Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1900-06-04
A HONE SENSATION.
Prominent Soldiers Home Member
and Wife Of . Oomrade. Arrested
in Des Moines
Charged With q Serious Crime and
Are Brought Here Will stand
Trial in Capital City.
I. ]. Thompson, One Of the Defend.
ants. Formerly Sheriff Of War;
rem County.

The Soldiers Home members are con.
Isiderably stirred UP today as the result
OF sensation sprung early this morn
ing when it was learned that Sheriff
Shoemaker had brought to the city
Sunday night, from Des Moines. two
members or the Institution, Mrs. Mag
gle Freestone and Sergt. I. j. Thomp-
son, who were arrested in the capital
city charged with adultery, upon a
warrant issued from Justice Aliens
court after an information had been
filed by John Freestone. husband Of the
woman, also a member Of the Home.
The information was sworn out by
Freestone several days ago and for
three consecutive nights the sheriff
officers watched certain places in the
city which 1t was alleged the couple
was likely to frequent. No evidence.
could be secured, however, and on Fri
day morning, at 4:46 O'clock, after a
discharge from the Home had been.
asked for by Mrs. Freestone, she left
for Des MONIES. Saturday evening, at
< O.0O
Moines and when the Information was
received Sheriff Shoemaker immediate-
liy wired Sheriff Mattern, of Polk coun-
\ ty, where he would be likely to find
them. About midnight Saturday, at a
boarding house located at us Mulberry
street, and conducted by Mr.. and Mrs.
\ Lovejoy, Sheriff Mattern and his dep
uty called and found Thompson and
Mrs. Freestone occupying the same
apartments. They were arrested and
| taken to Jail and We're turned over to
Sheriff Shoemaker Sunday evening and
| brought back to Marshalltown al l0:4O
Sunday night.
To Mr. and Mrs. Lovejoy Mrs. Free
stone claimed, when she rented her
room and engaged board for a few
1 days. that she was expecting her hus-
band on Saturday night, and that he
expected to spend Sunday with her.
Accordingly, when Thompson called
and inquired for his wife he was shown
Ito her room without any questioning
4 whatever.
After being brought to the city
| Thompson and Mrs. Freestone were
4 placed in Jail and at 10 o'clock this
/ morning were taken before Justice AL
lien. AS the crime had been committed
lin another county Justice Allen adj
4 vised that they be rearrested and Sher-
lift Shoemaker did SO and will take them
Ito Dies Moines this evening for their
| hearing. The informationin which they
| were arrested charged similar crime
1 as having been committed in this city,
i but as the evidence in that was not
nearly so conclusive az that obtained
4 from the Des Moines arrest, it was
4 thought best to have them tried in a
preliminary hearing in Polk county.
The prominence of Thompson in the
/ Home has caused a great deal of inter-
/ est to be taken in the case. He was a
member of Company L, of the Eighth
Iowa Cavalry, and lived, prior to COM
1 ing to the Home. in lndianola. \ Wife,
4 who is an Invalid, still resides there.
4 Thompson is q sergeant of the old
mems building. having charge of the
4 affairs in those quarters. and at one
4 time he was sheriff of Warren county.
He is 90 years of age. Mrs. Freestone
i was until Friday. a member of the old
peoples building. occupying apart
\ ments there With her husband, who is
a Colorado soldier. Mr.. and Mrs. Free
4 stone came here from Perry She As
4 years old.
/ The Freestones first came into promi-
nence week ago when John Olson, a
:. packing house laborer and son-in-law
of Freestone. residing on North Second
street, filed an information asking that
4 Freestone be placed under bonds 10
keep the peace, claiming that he had
threatened the life of his wife and OIL
i sons family. Freestone WAS put under
bonds and the next day filed the nfor-
nation charging his wife with the
i crime for which she was arrested.