Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1900-06-27
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ing to search for the body which was re-
covered about $3.50 In the evening. = : =
Monday morning Judge Roberts said
that Ruth Holt was about the right age
to send to the reform school and accord
3ingly committed her to the institution at
Mitchellville until she shall have att
tanned the age of Fl years. Miss Holt
was recently arrested in an Oskaloosa
house OF Ill fame on the charge OF hav-
ing entered the residence OF DIR. C. c..
Powell, Of South Ottumwa, last April
and having taken 81. She recently
pleaded guilty before Judge Hall, to the
charge. who fined her $50 and instructed
the mother to take the necessary steps
to get the girl in the reform school
should she go desire. Monday Ruth was
brought before the court and her age.
fixed at Is years She was charged with
being ian incorrigible child, guilty of
larceny and prostitution"
Alba.
Union: Charlie Mock had a very mar
row escape from being Killed last Thurs.
day. He Is engaged in purchasing stock
and had driven out southwest of the
city some miles When he was near the
o. 8. Clark farm 1t began to rain and
Charlie drove up to the gate at Mr..
YClarks, tied the team and started to put
the side curtains on the buggy. Just as
he had his hand up on the cover a blind:
ing flash of lightning occurred, both the
horses We're knocked to the ground the
air was filled with splinters from post
to which the team had been tied and
Mr.. Mock was knocked down between
the wheels. He lay quiet for some mos.
ments. but finally pulled himself to-
gether and arose. An inventory of the
damage done showed one horse killed,
/ all the shoes being knocked from the
animals feet. The other horse was
stunned and was unable to get to its
feet. The gate post to which they had
been tied was torn to sivers and pieces
We're scattered over the ground for
many feet. Ii was most miraculous
escape.
| Cfeston.
Candy was good. mamma lisped
| the little two-year-old son of Brake
man and Mrs. Sam Currey, of South
Pine street, as he entered the house
1 kid-ne-oids and stumac-oids lozenges.
1 The boy supposed he was eating candy
In a few minutes after expressing his
Il
fellow was taken with commissions that
continued at frequent intervals until 10
O'clock, when a slight Giminution was
noticed and the Commissions REQUIRED
about every twenty minutes. The con-
dition of the child is still precarious,
with results uncertain. Upon ascer-
taining what her child had eaten and
1.-THE number she Immediately employed
HE
that physician was summoned and
worked with the child for three hours.
4 A sample distribution had been made
4 of the medicine and the child got hold
of the Kid-ne-oids before the mother
twas aware of what was going on, says
1.-the Advertiser. Later-The boy died
from the poisoning.
Davenport.
Frank Metzger, single man, about
sc years of age. va resident Of this city
4 for most Of his life, died at ST. Luke's
hospital Sunday evening. He had been
removed there frdm the county jail a
flew hours beforA An autopsy per-
formed Monday mprnng disclosed a
large clot of blood on his brain. making
lit plain that an intracranial hemor-
4 rhage caused his death. Metzger was
taken to the Jail several days ago. He
was then in an advanced state of in-
toxication, and acting queerly. For a
couple OF days he improved. altho he
4 did not clear up completely mentally.
4 Sunday he got much worse and Coun-
4 ty Physician Bowman. called to attend
him. directed his removal to ST. Luke's.
| There Sunday afternoon he lay uncon-
scious and partially paralyzed until
4 death came at 1850 p m. The deceased
was a son Of John Metzger. formerly a
LONGTIME employe of the Rock Island
5Eroad. Both his parents are dead, but a
sister lives in Ohio and a brother in
i Chicago and a couple of cousins live
i here. Frank was carriage painter
but had not worked at it with any reg
4 ularity for fifteen years. His last work
lis believed to have been done at the
4 Eagle Works He had no settled home
4 and slept wherever he happened to be
refusing any offers of assistance his
4 relatives held out to him. His death