Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1900-10-29

Wilkinson, the Colored . Man In.
volved in several scrapes-
Wanted in Missouri

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Des Moinee, Oct. 29.-John Scott Will
henson, colored man who has served
as porter at the Slavery hotel and in
several barber shops and saloons around
town, was taken to Ottumwa Saturday
to answer to charge OF inducing an-
other to swear falsely. HE arrest is the
|outgrowth Of his elopement with q white
girl who was living with her father. In
lcidentally. another colored man, Walter
Davis OF Ottumwa, is in trouble and Will
be called upon to answer to q charge Of
perjury. When Wilkinson gets thru
with the Goddess Of Justice in Wapellos
county. 1t is proposed to take him to
Missouri to answer to q charge OF kid
mapping, and II Louis Gordon and Will
liam Gordon Of Harrison county. Mo,
are to be believed, he will do we'll IL he
avoids an interview with Judge Lynch.
The story of Wilkenson's escapade iss
a long one. About a year ago, after his
first wife, a colored woman, had SEE
cured a divorce from him, WILKINSON
igave up job in Smiths barber shop,
at 3l2 Sixth avenue, and went to Mis-
souri,. He found work on William Corr
don's farm. and with the assistance of
a nanny employed on the place, who
had been in the Gordon family for a
number OF years, worked himself into
the good graces Of Mary ]. Gordon. the
daughter OF the family, who at that time
Twas about is years old. He ran away
h
where they met the NANNY" In the
case and set up housekeeping on B
street, representing themselves to be
Imam and wife
The irate father started In pursuit,
land after search OF several weeks,
came face TO face with WILKINSON at the
Icornersof West Fifth and Locust streets.
This was in the first week OF September.
Wtlkenson saw an ominous flash OF
steel in the old mans hand, and without
stopping to tender hie resignation to
James Hood, for whom he waU working
IN the Observatory saloon, started
across the street at a breakneck speed.
The irate Missourian was unable to get
a shot at him, because OF the large num-
4 ber OF persons and vehicles on the street.
i Ntlkenson ran thru the Slavery hotel
lobby and went out an alley door. Cor
don followed him, and a hot chase thru
alleys and back yards ensued.
i Gordon managed to keep his game in
5lstght until Tenth and School streets.
lover a mile away from the start, was
Preached, but could not get close enough
4 to persuade him to stop. There VIII
henson dropped into an alley and when
II GordOn came to 1t was nowhere to be
II seen. VIZ 4
Gordon employed Eli Harden pri-
4 Yate detective to take up the case Har-
4 din found the trio wanted Were living on
a p setreet and went there to persuade the
a girl to return to her father. He found
4 the house vacant. Later he found a
4 teamster who had driven WILKINSON
and the runaway white girl 10 Marquis
vile. AT Marquisvlle he learned that
latter stopping over night they had driv-
len to Bondurant and at Bondurant they
bought tickets to st. Joe over the Great
western. From st. Joe they went to
n Topeka and from Topeka to small in
4 land town in Kansas, from which town
4 they drovei into the country. Here Har-
din came up with Miss Gordon, but VIII
\ henson had received a tip and fled.
Gordon persuaded his daughter to re-
Z turn to her Missouri home with hin,
/ and up to two weeks ago supposed he
had induced her to give up her strange
. infatuation. But one morning the girl
was missed and the father immediate
ly suspected Wilkinson. He made in
quiries and found that Wilkenson had
been in a neighboring town and then
d came post haste to Des Moines. He
Il went directly to Detective Hardin and
;. 1t was learned that Wilkinson and the
fyiy liyyiy, 4 yS,it1 ~
nanny" at West Eighth street and
q Grand avenue.
. Inquiries developed that they had
{ been married in Ottumwa and two
! days ago Hardin went there to investi-
a gate. He ascertained that Walter
} Davis. porter in the Balltngall hotel
had sworn before a magistrate tina,
Wilkinson and the Gordon girl were OF
legal age and that there was no legal
disability to ai.marriage contract be-
tween them. Hardin forthwith swore
out informations for the arrest OF Davis
!, for perjury and Wilkinson for induc.
!. ing perjury. Davis was arrested and
confessed. He said he did not know
either Of the parties. that Wdlkensor
!. had come to him with the statement
that they needed witness to get q
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/, age and that relying on this statement
he had made affidavit that he was per-
sonally acquainted with both parties
that no legal disabilities existed and
& procured license for them. They were
married in Ottumwa.
Hardin returned to Des Moines yes.
q terday morning with a deputy sheriff
and just before the Burlington train
y left at 1915 in the afternoon Wilkensor
was arrested and hustled OF to Ottum.
Iva. After he was out OF the way Cor
don went to Eighth and Grand and had
Z a stormy interview with his daughter
4 He wanted her to return home with
him, but at hrst she refused to ever
discuss the subject. When she came
to understand that her husband was
under arrest and would probably have
rough experience extending over sew
eral years before he would be able Il
,.I!rejoin her she commenced to weaken
and last night Indications were that she
J. will 60 home with her father. Il.
!, In Missouri the taking or enticina
! away from home OF girl who has moi
! reached her majority, Is years. is a fel.
y ony. "A warrant Is out for Wilkeneon
q in that state on this charge and Gov.
{ ernor Shaw will be asked to recognize
|requisition papers. It is the intention
to follow up the Wapello county prose