Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1901-08-10
.spRowNEp IN a wAsAruH.
Baby San Of Peter Swanson, Of Green
Mountain Dies Under ead ciroum-

fstAnpes.
The 1s-months-old son Of Peter
Swanson Of Green Mountain was
drowned Friday afternoon between s.
and g o'clock under peculiarly sad cir
icumstances. Mrs. Swanson had get a
common wash tub beneath the caves
during recent rain to catch supply of
soft water. The tub was full Of water
and Id come manner the little one fell or
climbed into 1t while the mother was
pfepefing supper. The babe had
gone sout to play with the other two
children somewhat older, and the moth
er supposed 1t was with them. They,
however, had gone to the home of their
grandmother, Mrs. Leibrum, leaving the
baby alone.
The mother became nervous over the
absence of the children and vent out to
look for them. To her hcrror she found
the little boy in the tub of water, appar-
emily dead. She seized him and ran to
the residence of Alfred Chapman, near
by. A physician vac summoned imme-
diately and worked over the child for
more than an hour, doing all that could
be done to restore animation, but with
out avail. Life. was very likely extinct
when the mother found the body.
Mr.. Swanson, who Ia a section fore
man for the Great Western at Green
Mountain, returned from his work while
the efforts were being made to rescusi-
tate the child. His grief and horror may
be imagined.
The parents are nearly Frustrated over
j the tragic death of their child and have
hesSympathy of the entire neighbor-
hood. The funeral Will take place from
the residence this evening at 5.o'clock
4cENrRAl's BRAKEMAN STABBED.
William Nicola. OF cts Grow, Brutally
Assaulted by Tramp Negro.
sBrakewan William Nicola, OF the iowa
Central, whose home Is in Oskaloosa
and who. ~ employed In service on thru
freSxhts N9s. 80 and 81, was brought In
to the city Friday evening about $50
o'clock, ;isutfering. with four wounds
caused by "a small stiletto In the hands
of negro tramp. Aside from these
wounds Nicola was more or less bruised
over the entire body. which told OF q
herce struggle that had been engaged
In between the brakeman and the negro
Friday afternoon about 1880 O'clock, as
the freight train was coming up
es'Schoolhouse hill" which begins at
about searsboro and continues until af-
ter g. y NJ. junction, Is passed. Nicola
rot on the train near the head end for
the purpose of looking aver the train. 1t
u necessary for the heavy freights to
move very slowly over this grade,
which Is q ruling one and oftentimes
K misi1aps occur and break-in-twos are
not unfrequent. It was TO avoid the pos
Dibility of an accident that Nicola left
the train. No sooner had he done 80 and
4 was peering underneath the moving cars
to rec that everything was moving all
right than burly negro, six feet and a
ttrife over in height, and heavily built,
selimbed out from under one OF the cars
where he had been riding on the truck
rods, and stepping up Nicola accused
Nm OF being the = - 49,.
I; nat had abused him and struck him last
4 week" Nicola didn't think much OF the
{ negro's threats at first, for he thought
Ne was only bluffing, but no sooner had
s khe negro got the words out Of his
1 mouth than he struck Nicola with a
fsmall etiletto which he held firmly
sYrasped In his right hand. The negro
sSvidently meant the blow to land on
Nicolas side. but the brakeman guard
"a himself and received the sharp blade
IN hls right arm just ABOVE the elbow.
e5e then grappled with the negro and for
several minutes, seeming to Nicola full
4 <v ten, Il was a fierce struggle on the
ground, During the melee the negro
sSept striking with his sriletto as best he
lould, resulting In Nicola receiving an
q lther wound In His left arm, one in the
i back ana . fourth In the hip. The train,
u AaNifnG the p0ltt where the etrugGle