Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1900-09-17
Suspected Murderer q John q Rob.
son Brough II y Ious City
Fromssts Iouil M
Hammond's Acquaint ales5 say Psy.
ton e Not Hammond They
Knew.

20 last entered q dim cell in the county
jail and the door. banged shut.
Peyton is mysterious cuss. He is
not p. Frank Hammond. He has been
In Sioux City several times before
since 1888, but nothing IL known OF his.
operations previous to the robbery at
Robson 9 Office and the murder which
resulted there with which he stands
charged. He would not be interviewed
and he has not been since the day he
and his little, fragile wife, who came to
Sioux City with him, were taken to the.
-Four Courts in st. Louis half dead with
'opiates. He isl reserved. polite and
shrewd. sss Re
The wife was taken by Police Matron3
Thurston to st. Vincent's Young Ladies
Home, on Pierce and Seventh streets,
for a quiet. retired home while she
stays in Sioux City pending Peyton's
trial and the verdict OF q jury.
Sheriff G. w. Jackson and Chief Of
Police James Nelson. having in custody
lPeyton, who was accompanied, against
the wishes OF the Sioux City officers, by.
his wife. left st. Louis over the Bur-
lington Friday night at 9:15 o'clock.
They We're delayed two days by the fall
ure OF the requisition. properly signedi
by the governor of Missouri and the
governor OF Iowa, to arrive. When they
received the requisition 1t took about,
half a minute forthe St.-Louis authori-
ties to turn over the prisoner to them
In fact, they got their man several
hours before they were ready to leave.
They We're not permitted to be embar-
i-assed by that fact, for they took him
10 the hold over and left him, much
as man would leave cumbersome
package at a check room. When they
We're ready to start they got Peytons
again at the hold over handcuffedl
him and boarded the train Charles
.Seawell. formerly of Sioux City, a re-
porter on the st. Louis Republic, was
at the train to see them go in the vain.
hope that Peyton would break his OBJ
Idurate silence and talk for publication.
Mrs. Peyton was not with her hus-
band till Missouri Valley was reached.
Sheriff Jackson and Chief Nelson rode
in the smoker with their prisoner most
of the time. He was kept landcuffed,
and he smoked cigars continuously. The
party reached Omaha at IL a. M. and
Peyton was taken TO Council Bluffs and
locked up until train time. Turnout the
trip he was moody and silent. On the
train Friday night he slept pretty Well,
but during the two nights previous he
had slept little.
When the Omaha and Kansas City
limited, over the Sioux Citys&. Pacific,
arrived ten minutes late, at 10. 35, he
platform was swarming with people
who had assembled TO see the alleged
murderer, with police officers and with
printers who We're anxious to settle the
lingering doubts as to whether Peyt0n
was F.. Frank Hammond, who worked
in Sioux City last February as lino-s
type compositor, and who has some
mysterious connection with Peytcn,
voluntary or Involuntary. Peyton, as
best he could with his hands nanacled,
saw to his wifes comfort, and was her
escort from the train thru the crowd to
the waiting patrol wagon. Sheriff
jackson was his escort. and Chief Nell
son led the way, skirmish line of Of
tlcers going in front to open an aisle
thru the people.
It was odd to hear the comments of
the men and women who craned their
necks to see in the dim light the man
.
black crimes Of the city.
See! She his wife! Oh, the poor
5thing!' a woman's voice. Nothing in
it: can't convict him." in a mans bari
tone, and the guilt or Innocence of
Frank L. Peyton was discussed forward
and back among the hundreds Of peo-
pie.
The quartet from ST. Louis, police Of
ficers and reporter, loaded the patrol
wagon to the steps and its syringe
bumped as it rolled of to the county
Jail, up Nebraska. down Third, up
Pierce street.
The horror Of the situation grew more
real to the child wife as the party
tramped down the stone steps to the
stone corridor, where gas Jet flared.
She trembled and sobbed and Peytont
stopped and kissed her reassuringly as
they entered. During the hustle of
changing prisoners to other cells to give
Peyton one in murderer's row, = Police
Matron Thurston took charge of the
frightened little wife.
Mrs. Peyton is barely IS; she 10 not
beautiful, but her face is SO haggard
with worry and weeping that 1t would
be impossible to say she is not pretty.
She wore a plain black gown and black
hat, which were in taste and probably
would be becoming to her in her happy
moments. Her dark eyes We're circled
by dark rings and her black hair was
.dlsordered with the hours Of travel She
was covering, pathetic little figure.
Her eyes rarely wandered from her hus-
band for long. When asked il she be-
.lieved her husband innocent and il che
believed hie confession she faltered.
! You must ask Frank that. Talk to
Frank,
But Frank Peyton Is as voluble as
burglars Jimmy.
Mr.. Peyton, are the reports true that
You confessed knowledge Of the Rob-
discuss my case. Il was said blandly.
but determinedly. and the lips closed