Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1901-11-04
POLICEMAN RUNS AWAY
Grinnell's Imported Terror to
the DRINKS Leaves Town in
a Hurry.
Warrant Out for His Arrest for
Drunkenness and Cruelty
to Animals.
Grinnell's Blue Laws, Reform
Mayer and Reign OF Terror--
Racy Gossip.
Special to Times Republican.

4 the Times Republican. after a long tb
sence, dropped into this interesting
town of Saints Rest for an over Sun.
day visit and found affairs in a ter
rible turmoil. Altho reared from child
hood in the classic town and acquainted
with its affairs since changing resi-
dence the writer has never known 6
time when public feeling was at such
n pitch of excitement, or public GOSSIP
The cause of it all was reform mayor
and a Congregational church admins
tration of civic government. The re-
suit, the city has seventy two seized
packages of liquor stored in the jai!
awaiting the trial in progress today,
the local rfwdies are up in arms with a
determination TO get drunk If they pos
sibly can. Some are serving thirty
ady sentences in Jail for drunkenness,
and others are nursing sore heads us
a result of an encounter with an i'm
ported town marshall, who is nov him
self fugitive from justice with war
rant in the hands of a special officer
for his arrest.
Grinnell is dreadfully bad town. 1t
has always been SO. A few worthless
men will come in from the timber and
get drunk occasionally. But Grinnell
has hopes. She has Il reform mayor.
Mr.. II. W. Spaulding. the rich buggy
manufacturer, is mayor. He is also Il
pillar in the Congregational church
and Congregational deacons dominate
the town council. Grinnell is TO be
reformed. The passing of the cele
brated ordinance No. lis has become
history. No. IFS makes it an offense
punishable by Jail sentence for two men
to taste spurious liquors in one an
others presence. Spaulding, the
mayor, is a man with mission. Most
people in Grinnell are men with mis-
sions. The mission of reform is taught
in the schools. preached from the pull
pits and iterated and reiterated in the
college. Spaulding also is a man of
indomitable energy. The story of his
for success in the buggy bust
ness would inspire old Lazarus him
self to action, and Spaulding undertook
the performance of his mission to re-
form the DRINKS with the same ner-
vous energy that he has shown in the
buggy business.
In sympathy with ordinance No. IFS
Spaulding imported town marshall
rom Des, Moines to enforce the law.
This man was an ex-policeman dis
charged from the capital city police
'orce for cause, u man who had the
appearance of negro blood in his veins,
l brute in nature, tyrant in manner
and thoroughly disreputable in char
,cter. But the mayor and the good
people of the Congregational church
lid not know these things. They never
10. Spaulding must have man who
would obey his every command The
of the DRINKS began
Council meetings We're held three times
| week and the mayors police court
worked overtime. Arrests increased in
and drunkenness never seemed
so common.
The DRINKS for miles around came into
own 10 defy the law. There was prom
Sc of a fight. 1t had been invited by
The mayor and the fun began. One man
was nearly killed by q deputy in the
sight of hotel porch crowded with
strangers. The mill ground on. One
harmless fellow. Tommy Leggins.
'Squint Eye" as he was known. had
ooasted that the niger marsha,
couldn't run him in Sc Tommy got
trunk down by the livery stable and
vas furnishing fun for the loafers. The
marshal swooped down with club III
iand and deputy trailing behind.
'Squint Eye" was arrested and when
.old of it he replied, ..Ali right, take I
ne" and laid down. The marshal and
'eputy seized him by the legs and
started to drag him like carcass down
NTH business men stopped them and in
listed that wagon be secured. Safely
jagged" the jag was handcuffed and
brown upon the cement floor of the
all. When he had sobered off he sent
or lawyer and asked to be bailed out /
tut the mayor and imported officer re-
used bail. The lawyer was astounded I
ii the denial of the mans constitutional
lights. The mayor is very determined
ran and also very ignorant man as to
he principles of American law The
'risoner was compelled TO lie handcuffed
N the floor of the jail that night. with
hose 70 cases of seized liquors piled tier
tpon tier in the same cell abou; him. The
.eSt day he apneared before the mayors
curt with half the town in attendance
md was sentenced to thirty days In jail
or drunkenness.
During the trial the imported marshal
Who had WELDED a reign of terror over
iriEnell all summer, excited the wrath
i the Defendants attorney. There were
hose in the crowd to relate interesting
violence against the character of the
MARSHAL and by the afternoon a warrant
vas sworn out for the arrest of the ty-
ant himself or the charge of drunken
ess and cruelty 10 animals The livery
ran was ready TO swear that one horse
Re had driven nearly TO death was still
nable to leave the barn. The new bug
v whip, reduced in a single drive 10 a
lump eighteen inches long, was ready
or evidence, and witnesses from along
early every mile of the road Travelled
" the marshal in his drunken drive
tere ready to testify. But alas! the
larshal disappeared. This was Satur-
ay night. Telephones rang and tele-
raphs clicked for his arrest, which was
rally accomplished. and he was caught
Y the marshal at Kellogg, having BEEN