Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1901-08-17
|I|||RO8EOP RETURNS
Alter wanderint About for Three
Days He Finds His Way Back
Ia City.
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Can Give no Reason Tor His Ac.
tions.-.G Grave complicatlon
Discovered,
WILDE Arrailnsd before FEEDER.
a Cemmissiener Macarthur
Monday.

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1nr. hruskopf. altho now rational, has
Deen IN piteous mental state during
the time he has been away from the
CITY. Practically his mind has been n
plank since leaving Marshalltown. and
ne states that he remembers nothing
mat transpired since the time he left
me city until he reached Union an
ahursday evening. AT the hotel In that
toWn ne asked for Times RepubIican
ana Upon opening 1t and reading of his
escapade and the appear to return in
serted by DR.. H. L. Getz came to his
senses, he says, for the first time. He
intended to retrace his steps, altho then
nearly exhausted by his long walk. and
commenced, as he thought, his Pilgrim
age back to this city Instead, however
ne went in the wrong direction. north
instead of, south, and landed in Clifford.
as was known here. AT the time the
Marsfalltown friends were searching
Tor him he was only a short distance
south OF the town, in a small piece of
timber, where, utterly exhausted, he fell
asleep. When he awakened he started
IN the right direction home, and reached
Albion about midnight Friday. Consta-
BILE William Denbow, of Albion. ascer-
tanned that a man answering the de-
scription furnished all ne,ghborinr
towns by Sheriff Shoemaker, had been
seen walking south, Immediately In
formed the, sheriff by telephone. After
doing so he got a horse and buggy and
followed the timber road south, over
taking MIR. Kruskopf about three miles
northwest of the city He invited him
to his buggy and drove him to this city,
where at about 1:45 o'clock, he was
turned over to the custody Of Sheriff
Shoemaker and placed in the Getz hos
pital.
CAN NOT EXPLAIN ACTIONS.
When questioned by Postoffice Inspec-
tor Ketcham, Postmaster Saint, DIR. H.
y. Getz and others. Mr., Kruskopf was
unable to explain his actions. He was
ina highly nervous state, haggard and
Worn by his long tramp. Even tho RAJ
tional, DR.. Getz states that he Is far
from being himself, and that it will re-
qutre several days and maybe longer
before he can be considered wholly re-
sppnsible for his actions
~. ~ DIDN'T WANT TO ESCAPE.
sssNr. kruskopf states that he had no
imitation Of trying to escape, and that
\ ne wished to appear before the federal
authorities and have the postoffice
shortage matter examined into When
asked by Mr.. Ketcham why he didn't
take train instead of walking all the
way he replied that he did not know,
neither could he explain why he had
done as he had.
HIS STRANGE HALLUC1NATIoN.
Postofiice Inspector Ketcham and
Sheriff Shoemaker, who spent nearly all
OF yesterday searching in the vicinity of
Clifford for Mr.. Kruskopf. returned to
the city Friday evening at 6:15 from the
north, They had been unable, after the
most careful Investigations, to ascertain
anything OF his whereabouts. altho they
heard much of him in and around Gift
ford. The strange hallucination that has
had possession of the unfortunate man
was that he was delegated to protect the
Ash In the Iowa river. That question
formed the basis of his talk and he
talked with many, not seeming to realize
that he was being sought after. To sew
eral In Clifford he told that he was on his
way to Ackley, which in reality is not
on the river. where he was going to pre-
vent this wholesale dynamiting Of fish,
and after that he was going to Waterloo,
because he had received reports that the
eame thing was going on In the Cedar
river and that the dynamiters We're de-
etroying fish by the wholesale. After he
got thru at Waterloo, he said, he was
going to Des Moines, where he had been
. summoned to appear before the federal
commissioner and that he wanted to
reach there by Friday evening or this
morning at the latest.
During all his conversation he APP
. peared highly excited and nervous and
created the impression at once that he
!. was not In his right mind. He was ira
tlonal at intervals, and at the hotel at
{ Clifford, where he stopped, one stranger
who had been listening to him. fearing
Z he might try to harm himself, secured
from him by some pretence or other, his
Z pocket knife, which he kept.
"A CRAVE COMPLICATION,
A serious complication In the case as
. concerns the shortage in the postal
funds was discovered Friday night by
Postoffice Inspector Ketcham and is re-
| garded with the gravest apprehension
by both the inspector and Postmaster
Saint. In looking over the receipts for
the past few days It was discovered that
$495 had been placed in the First Ma
tional Bank as postal funds on last
i Monday afternoon, just before the in
spection occurred that resulted in ascer-
tanning the shortage. It has also been
learned by the inspector that on Mon
day afternoon Mr.. Kruskopf took the
!. note for $500. which had been signed
with him by Mr.. Gearge ]. Allen. and
/ had got the cash for 1t at the City Ma
tionai Bank. receiving $4s6.3s, or the val
ne OF. the note less the interest for thirty
days. AZ an agent of the government he
/ made the deposit Of $495 to the credit Of
..pcstal funds" altho saying nothing to
the inspector to intimate that he was
making good any deficit that he thought
might he found. This incident Is consid-
cred by Mr.. Ketcham and Mr.. Saint to
be the most unfortunate one for Mr..
Kruskopf that has yet transpiredA in
! connection with the case.
Mr.. Allen WAS seen this afternoon and
I asked what action he expected to take
! In the matter in which he was directly
concerned. He replied that as yet he had
|. not made up his mind. He feels that, he
should not have to, stand any loss. as he
{ had personally favored Mr.. Krusasopf
against his own will and better judg-
ment. and that the facts had been mis-.
yepresented to him In sighting the note.
4 = feelisess heWsves, taAt ~ has ~ ~