Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1900-12-20
PEYToN is SUSPECTED.
Waterloo Burglaries Thought to BE
Work of Sioux City Criminal.

Waterloo, Dec. 90 - Possibly the confess
sion made by Frank Peyton, the man II
Jail at Sioux City charged With the muir
der of John r. Robson on the night Of
Dec. 30. 1899. may lead to solving the
mystery surrounding severai safe rob
berries which have occurred in Waterloo
the past two or three years.
City Marshal Wetlaufer received a
Communication yesterday morning from
tEe chief of police of Sioux City regardl
ling Peyton's confession of his alleged
crooked work in this city. In the letter
1.-the Sioux City chief says that Peyton.
claims to have been q participant IN
several safe robberies in Waterloo be-
tween the dates of March, 1898, and
Juno. 1900. He claims the robbers Sc
EcureG about 800 in their efforts here.
The city marshal calls to mind two or
three robberies during that time, but
CO.'S not figure the loss as nigh as Fes,-8
|etons claims One of these was he break
llHg into the big safeSin the Union Mill
is6'oinpany's Office. This occurred on the
hight OF NOV. 10, 1929, and the loss was
something over $40 in cash. Later DR..
Ferris dental Office was entered one day
about the noon hour aud the robbers
4 got intotthe safe without cracking il and
lscbtainad something ike s10O. About the
same time there was a safe robbery at
4 I5nnkerton, where the safe was blown
cpen and $50 taken. These three rob
Elseries would make UP about the amount
! mich Teyton claims to have obtained in
this section and it is probable if his
\ story is true that he counted the Dunk
erton job as part of his Waterloo work.
Shortly before the dates which he
mentions. on Jan. %, 1895, the vault in
4 the wholesale grocery store of Smith,
| Lichty u Hillman Company was broken
3li.ito. The craftsmen could not get into
the safe inside the vault, but they riiled
lssoveral drawers and obtained watches
4 and jewellery to the value of about $500
Il In ailsof these Jobs the perpetrators had
their tracks carefully covered and the
the police kept up a constant search for
\ several weeks after each robbery they
1 We're unable TO obtain any clue
The report whichthe Sioux City Office,
makes does not tell the story of Peytor
j Very fully and 1t is hard TO judge whetf-
Ell he is telling the truth or is simply
4 talking tostfe officers in order to obtain
a little notoriety.
Il The letter sent out from Sioux City
4 contains photograph Of the man who
goes by the name of Howard. His righl
name is Peyton and he is said to be B
printer. He was arrested in ST Louis
q last August on. some charge and after ilt
vas in custody told the police there tlas
he was the man who killed John f. Rob
y son in his office in Sioux City and fo
Mslom the police had been looking fol
several months. A1er making the con,
sfession PAXTON weakened considerably
Land told stories which led the officers L
! ,believe that he might simply be string
ing them in order to get away from st
\ Louis and be taken back to Iowa. II,
4 was taken from ST. Louis to Sioux Cit,
and has been i'll jail there since Opinion
IS divided as to whether he may be tell
ing the truth or not about the Robson
son murder Vt any rate it is eviden
that he is bad man ard the officer
will hold him as long as they can.