Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1901-10-15

Mistress Gives Up Articles Sent
Her by Her Suspected
Lover.
Des Moines, Oct. 15.-The arrest of
Chester Tyler, Saturday. charged with
the murder CT DR.. Failor at Newton,
Sept. ii, has been followed by the re-
covery of the watch taken from the doc
tors body the night he was missed.
Not only was the watch, with the
name of the owner inscribed on the in
side of the case, recovered, but letter
written from Centerville by Tyler to
Miss Matte Walker Of Berwick, was
captured during search of the house
in which Miss Walker and her mother
reside near the Norwood coal mine at
Berwick.
The possession of these articles is
thought to complete the chain of evil
dence upon which it is believed a con-
yiction will be had of Tyler in the dis
trict court at Newton. Detective Con-
molly, who made the arrest and I'M
iearthed the watch and letter, suspected
Tyler of the murder and communicat-
ed mis- suspicious to Detective Eli Hard
ing and Deputy Marshal Pat Burns five
days after the death of DR.. Failor, when
Harding was following a clue which it
was believed would tmplicate two white
tramps known to have been in Newton
the night of the murder.
The reasons set out by Connolly were
considered so plausible that further
quest for the tramps was abandoned
and search for the negro begun. Hard
ing hurried away to Newton. He as
certained that Tyler had been in town
the night OF the murder and remained
until two or three days afterward,
when, number Of negroes having been
arrested as suspects. he fled. Harding
came back to this city, expecting to
find his man, but he had either gone
into hiding or left town. About this
time George Taylor miner living at
Youngstown, had a suit Of clothing
1t to the detective department. Taylor
knew nothing Of the suspicious enter
tanned of Tyler, but confided to the off,
GERS that he had stolen the clothing
Connolly had previously learned that a
colored woman named Matte Walker,
to whom Tyler had been paying atten-
ton, lived at Berwick. Suspecting he
would seek refuge with this woman,
and, perhaps. go into hiding in the mine
for time, the detective went to Ber-
wick. He ascertained that Tyler had
been there, but had gone to Centerville
He was unable to gather any additional
information at the time, tho we'll salts
fled that Miss Walker could enlighten
him II she desired to do so. #
Meanwhile Connolly. apprehending
Tyler might attempt to dispose OF the
clothing stolen from Taylor at Youngs-
town, kept close watch on the pawn
shops. Saturday he found the cloth
mig at 210 Third street. The description
given of the man who had disposed of it
answered closely to that of Tyler, and
taking the cue from this incident, Con-
molly began searching for him. In less
than half an hour he saw his man
standing on Third street, between Court
avenue and Walnut. He placed him I'M
der arrest and sent him to the county
Jail for safe keeping. Tyler refused to
talk, and failing to get any admissions
from him, the detective decided to go
out to the mine and search the residence
occupied by Miss Walker and her moth
er. He wired Cashier LYDIA Of the New
ton bank, nephew of DIR. Failor, of his
intention and requested that he accom-
pany him. Mr.. LYDIA arrived in the city
Sunday morning and in the afternoon
he and Connolly went to Berwick. The
detective swore out a search warrant
for the Walker premises. and going to
the house informed the occupants Of the
nature of flis mission. For time the
girl and her mother stood pat" and re-
fused to make disclosures. Connolly,
who had received an intimation that the
watch had been left in charge of Miss
Walker, acted upon this hint, and at
to bluff" the girl into an adj
She would give no information,
but when the officer told her that Tyler
was in the Jasper county Jail charged
with murder and that he had a warrant
her in the crime, she weak
ened. AT this her mother tapped the de-
tective on the arm and reckoning him
to one side, said:
..Mistah, will give you some light"
She then summoned a negro from n
crowd of miners who were standing
about outside ard told him to go across
the street ard get the watch. The me-
gro did az directed and in three minutes
returned with it, which was given into
the possession of the detective. On the
inside of the case was the following in
scription: ORB. NJ. Failor; from the
family Of Major S. G. Smith, in memoir
iam.'
Connolly then searched the house and
found a letter from Tyler to Miss
Walker. 1t was dated at Centerville,
two weeks ago, and requested her to
write and let him know il she still had
the watch.
The letter and watch complete the
forging of chain of evidence which it
seems Impossible for Tyler to break. The
incident that first directed suspicion to
Tyler was an incautious remark made to
another negro in which he explained he
had left Newton because nearly every
negro in the town had been arrested for
killing an old doctor and taking from
Kim his watch and some money 1t was
true that DR.. Failor had Sc in silver in
tis pocket when he was murdered, but
no statement of the fact had been made
ty his family nor had it been published.
The question which suggested itself to
Connolly when he learned of the. remark
IA Tell ~, nt,N