Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1901-05-09
COIN Is CAPTURED
After Search OF Two Weeks He
Is Arrested in Wat
erloo.
Cohn Induced Vile to Sign Away
Her Property, Then He
vamoosed.
Went With Another Woman and
Wife Causes Arrest
Of Both.

Sheriff Shoemaker arrived from Wat
erloo at midnight Wednesday in com
spany with Joseph Cohn. for whom the
county officers have been searching for
the past two weeks. Cohn was arrested
on the charge of adultery, preferred by
his wife. Mrs. May Cohn, of Waterloo,
who two weeks ago secured the arrest
+ in this city of Mrs AIadge Lantz, with
whom, it is alleged, Cohn had been liv-i
ing in this city
The case has developed an Interest,"
ing story of a patient and over-confi-
dent wife and mans perfidy Mr.. and
Mrs. Cohn have three children and the
woman is highly spoken of in Waterloo,
where she resides The husband be-
came enamored of Mrs Lantz, u grass
widow. and the wife says he neglected
his family and sought her company. A
couple of months ago Cohn induced his
wife to sign deed to their home in
Waterloo on the promise that he would
leave that city and come to MARSHALL
town and engage in the laundry bust.
ness. with the proceeds of the sale.
5Cohn secured 5000 for the property and
with him came Mrs. Lantz The officers
say that Cohn and the widow -esided
for five weeks on a farm south of town,
and later came to the city. Mrs. Cohn
Instituted a search, located them here.
and Mrs. Lantz's arrest followed. but
Cohn made his escape. Mrs. Lantz has
since been in jail here. and COIN has
been sought by the officers. OF his ar
rest the Waterloo Reporter says:
.Dode Cohn was taken to MARSHALL
town this Afternoon by the Sheriff of
Marshall county to answer TO the
charge of adultery brought by Mrs.
COIN. The woman in the case, known
as Prude LantZ, is now IN Jail in that
city, having been arrested on informa-
| ton sworn out by the wife of the err
| ing husband. Cohn succeeded in elud-
| ing the officers and making his escape.
Last night Marshal klingaman re-
\ ceivcd a message from the sheriff OF
4 Marshall county advising him that
| Cohn was either in Waterloo or Cedar
i Fails The officers were notified, and
| when darkness had settled down made
/ a visit to the home of COINS brother in
1 Calumet addition. No trace of COIN
/ could he found The officers heard tina,
4 he had gone 10 the Cushman farm IN
1.-The country. and accordingly team
4 was secured and drive started.
| 1t was decided, however to make
another examination of the broth
er's house When the police anc
4 sheriff made the second search thel
were rewarded in finding their man. HI
having just returned from some poin
4 in the county. Sheriff Law placed
pair OF handouts on Cohn and tool
| Thin to the city jail. He was locked uT
1 where there was no chance of his max
ing a second escape. Last September
COIN secured his wife's signature 10
4 bill of sale of the property a town res
i idence and lot. and selling the place
took the money and left town, presum'
4 ably with the woman now under arrest
1 Mrs. Cohn has been following the twt
Il and at last located them in MARSHALL
town.
4 When arrested cohn had no money
A and it ia thought that he has spent al
4 of the 5000 realized from the sale OF hi
home. His preliminary hearing in jus
4 tice Burritt's court will probably b.
4 postponed until next week.