Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1900-11-16
/ MISSING HUSBAND
No Reason Tor His Action and tho
Theory q Insanity Is
Advanced.
Prominent Contractor Of This City
One Of the plaintiffs in Big
Damage suit.

few years conducted a barber business
at LeGrand, and who will be renem-;
by many ~ having figured in q
newspaper story last May. on the " OF
his marriage to Miss Nellie Richeson, Of
State Center. when he disappeared from
ELeGrand and had his bride-elect guess
ing az Il whether the ceremony was to
|be performed that evening or not, has
again disappeared, and this time it is
thought by his wife and friends that he
has zone for good.
The State Center Enterprise Of Tues
day gives the following particulars Of
the affair:
Mrs. Nellie Barkley, daughter OF Mr..
and Mrs. i. c. Richeson, and barely elk
months a bride, is anxious to know
where her husband IL and why he went
there. There are indications that he has
deserted her and che and her parents
are nearly overcome with grief and hu-
initiation. Last May Miss Nellie Rich
A. Barkley, after q sorrowful trial
brought about by peculiar actionr Of
the latter, superinduced no doubt by q
lllE0AtitS, dlA liAC
moved to flne new home in LeGrand,
where MI. Barley was established in a
prosperous business and were sur
calculated to make q happy and pleas
ant life. The two seemed to be greatly
attached to each other. and frlends who
have Visited In their home have found
nothing Indicative Of q skeleton in the
lr1ooaA orS n~o waaHf .vE -,,r1~t-,r3 - 49,
sudden turn in their affairs. Two weeks
ago Barkley Disposed Of his business.
unbeknown, asehe declares, to his wife,
and afterwards began preparations to
remove to another point. The two came
here a week ago Monday, after stopping
in Marshalltown to visit with relatives.
and went directly to the home OF Mrs.
Barkley's parents. where they were
greeted in the most fatherly and moth
erly manner. Barley returned to lie
Grand, ostensibly to vote and pack up
his household effects, telling his wife he
would return to her in two or three days.
She a%nxiously awaited his coming, but
failing to put in an appearance by Fri
day she and her mother went t LIE
|Grandst to ASCERTAIN the cause OF the non
appearance. They learned that Mr..
odIAiSy Oh wednesday evening puT.
chased a ticket for State Center, but in
stead Of coming on here got of at Mar
%shalltown, where he was met by sew
eral State Center people. and took q
night train for the east, the last. heard OF
him being a short distance the other
side OF Chicago. 1t is a TRANCE case
and can be accounted for only by the
theory Of an unbalanced mind, altho to
all outward appearances Mr.. Barley
showed nothing OF the kind. Mrs. Bark
ley has not yet made any decision as to
her future course
Mrs. Barkley, wife OF the young man.
is very well known in Marshalltown,
and liz a niece of Mrs. J. "A. Yokom. It
was only a week or 90 g that she Wig
tied in the city, and during a portion
of thai time her husband wae with her.
Barkley is a Marshall county boy. was
reared near State Center, where his
mother now lives. He is known as q
young mar Of excellent habits, and very
religious in mis- nature. Friends claimed
for him at the tome he disappeared on
the day before his marriage that the
cause was an unbalanced mind. Now
the aame friends, to a T.-R. man, inti-
mated that other causes are responsible
for this last act. Mrs. Barley il a very
sweet and pretty young woman. and to
all who knew them gave evidence OF be-
ing on the most pleasant terms with her
husband.