Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1899-09-05
These Are Questions the County
Officials Have Had Under
Investigation
Fitzgerald's Strange Claims ana
His Sudden Disappearance
Later.
Said Ee Knew All About tho E.ur
der and Arrests Wers made Oil
His Statements.

Where is Charles I'itze rail, ard
what does nc know concertsiae lssn
der Of Bralssmen Wilson ana Mat
tilaws2 VINO is eCosbstt and what I
has become of him? These are ques
ssions that hstve been. uaa4r ilayestila
zion By tie cennss officials nearly evlsF
since The mutder two we rs age, VIII,
the result that tlssy areaiot agreed Us
70 their opiniona.a
Fitzgerald IS the former iowa Celitrai
conductor Who has been claiming to
know all aboUt tlle l5gllel bylt who,
when he vas "a tlfneqed 10 50 pel9ta
the coroner's Jury. disal1 scared ana lisBs
not since beea seen. Ssfri3sst Wa MSS
companion On tins night of tie tnuras,
hut has not been seen here since. iSz
gerald was at the Great WESTERN deppt
when the Ilews ct the snnrtier gf@s
brough to the city, and Will him wasa
man Wilo told the sheriff his llft5ee mas
lCorbett. bat who WAS ineeedgsed To
some of the otfer Officers a
lGieary.p When Sheriff Mcpherson ati9
~ ;.. III
$500 a., +f,.s,.,
x MR..
s, ,vss,s =
i,ierels il they 5ltlx9ped fssafn u trala
lin the vicinity Of the murder 1ae slfef
LIN told them to 20 ahead sfls assiss IN
Ethe searah Tint Is tlle last ri ess
lbett by tie officers, but they saw lpeeis
l,f Js;t ,tY1,.i Ia after that and f> i5fit
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Ell tb.s ;.5,.a s. hsntiaa "a tslat vi4isf &
sE4,.heI, ba ,siSeW Tie tallidsts1s Neg RI
Observation-Disclosures.
Fitzeerald c.3iltinaaa 10 haunt tfa
81 sbariff,s affice With tales i8a re
Ek,,s,v and. II what I'D itaa anealithesl 81
fhf. search h. was ing aesln. y
q ,isv forenoon he same to the sileriifs Of
fina and as3ged 10 see ths efsieiel a
lsheir priyate room. He told t5anl lS
5I.haa been searolljng for tllfsa DAYS ttl
III. revolver with which the sni9etlise
IAsas done ana couidnt find II, haf y
I3,rllty 1salvey would accompany hllf
3, the scells. he believed they wauid slie
[ceel. He had previously tod MI, iiiea
lir.latsr developed. chat he lsaeW iile re-
Ivolver Was OF 45-caliber, as ne haa sf.ies
lone of the bullets III iis own gei
ana 1t fitted. AS Fit2gerala mode tfii'
statement on the nloraing following thi
murder and before the oftieers tt1eia,
selves knew the size of the hlillsts chs
Ind caused the sulfOTtlii3&te ttf's9tlfs =
aeaih. they have bs@n WONDERING nos
Ia knew.
SAID HE FOUND BLOODY
CLOTHES.
me officers, while not having faith y
ali HAL Fitzgerald sail. ANA net thor
onel1Iy understanding his object IN be
Ing 90 active ia the case. eonelUaad =
IS cultivate him with the hope OF antini
: ibid not know of the crinls
So ,enuty Carney accofllEariei
him 10 the scene of The murder md rs
Il sisted in the search for the ralsoiEei
lwhile drlying around F'itzgeral
: nointed out place gisAee lie haa fouif
]. two bloody hand fssrefiiefs aud anotha
EnIaca where hg had found patF 9
soeks and still another place wiere i
had found q. pair of under drawers O
which there vas blood. They tra9ei K
over the roueht whieh Fitze rgi
: ctain,ed 10 have cracked the men az
vhen the center street bridge va
: reached p,ifzearafa stopped an
ssarchea in the brush Tor nfteaa n8e