Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1901-07-16
A RE|jR[AN| SPOUSE
phil" Haverlo. a Central En-.
eineer. Deserts His Wife
and Family.
Missing Since Saturday Nieht-.-
A Woman in the
Case.
Disappearance Of a South Side
Landlady About the Same
Time.
- strange actions of an Iowa Cen

trail engineer in leaving home without
his departure to his wife
and family or indicating in any way
where he was bound for is causing a
great deal of anxiety and worry to Mrs.
Philmore Haverlo of 913 Mitchell street.
Phil Haver!o is an engineer for the
Central, and for the past four or five
years has been employed in the yards
here running one of the switch engines.
Judging from Mrs, Haverlos statement
things have not been the smoothest
sailing in the Haverlo home for the past
two or three months, during which time,
50 Mrs Haveilo says, her husband has
contributed but very little TO the sup
port of his family and has stayed at
home and taken his meals at home
only a portion of the time.
Mrs. Haverlo. who is spoken of by her
neighbors as a good and kind woman,
was much distracted Monday when she
found thru Information from friends.
that her husband left the city Saturday
night. So far he has not returned and
1T is not known whether he is going TO
or not. When he asked for his lay oft
and secured Il pass 10 Hedrick he prom
Used Foreman Charley Winters of the
round house that he would be back In a
few days to report for duty. To Night
Baggageman Nate Thompson of the
Northwestern and Central, Whois mex,
door neighbour Of Haverlo. when he left
the city on the midnight train for the
south Saturday, Haverlo bade good bye
land said he guessed ne wouldn't see
old Phil any more, OF words to that ef-
fect When asked where he was going
Haver,o replied that he, didn't know.
That there is another woman in the
case afirmly believed by Mrs Haverlo
but just what aciicn she Will take
whether 10 secure the arrest of her hus
band or the Institution Of divorce pro
eeeaings ia not yet known. as she state'
( Monday night that she had not yet mad'
up her mind.
since Haverlo has been staying ava,
from home Mrs. Hayerlo has heard usi.
4 rumors regarding her husbands con
4 daet, ard the name OF Mrs. Belle Mel
son. formerly Belle Knowles. am
known on the ''levee' as Mother
Knowles, has been associated Mrs. Mel
sen was married a year ago last winte
4 to James Nelson, carpenter, who NOR
recently has been working at the Sta
hotel Mrs. Nelson has not been Twins
with her husband Of late, however, an
'only recently began proceedings in thu
district court for divorce. 1t has bee
quite common knowledge among Sout
Side residents that "0ld Phil as he i
called, was paying more or less atten
tion to Mrs. Nelson. who has been con
Quoting boarding house at 502 Ma.
:. street On Friday night Mrs. Nelse
left the city, having her trunk chetke'
for Hedrick, and Haverlo's departure o
Saturday night for the same place. ha
as consequence made Mrs Haverl
I feel that there is some ground for tn
: ugly talk that has come to her ears dun
ing the past few months.
Mr. Haverlo is an old-time Centra
employe and for several years wa
night round house foreman. Severa
Y years he was locomotive fireman an
a few years ago was set up since whic
time he has been running a switch en-
CINE. He is so years old and deserts
family composed of his wife, son Ray
nond aged %: son Elmer. aged 20;
daughter, Matte, aged 10, and a lit
son. Winfield, aged 10. marie
i, daughter, Mrs. Burt Isenhart resides {
III May street Mrs. Nelson is 40 yeal
old. has been married three times an
liz the mother of David Ambrum
i, young man about 81 years of age, an
Mary Belle Knowles. aged 6 or year: