Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1901-09-16

couple of weeks ago, has been arrested
and bound over to the grand Jury in
his home county 1t is also reported
that he has confessed to having crimi
nal intercourse with the girl shortly
before her departure for Iowa. There
will be an effort made to fasten the
crime. leading to the girls death, on
the Kansas youth, instead of her uncle,
Link Morrow, upon whom popular
opinion about Douds placed IT.. Where
the venue will lie, In Iowa or Kansas.
is one of the perplexing problems In
this strange case.
Webster City.
About as good joke as the Free
man Tribune has heard sprung by
weary Willie" happened the other day
when the aforesaid tramp washed him
self in front of the kitchen door of a
certain farmers house not many miles
from this city and then entered and
Informed the madam of the house that
her husband had hired him to help
thresh and had sent Him in to get his
best grub in the commissary depart
ment and Willie filed himself up to the
brim and walked away. Later in the
her husband knew nothing of the man,
She was 'madder than wet hen" and
she would murder the editor should we
give her name to our readers.
Red Oak.
Last Saturday morning w. L. Wilson,
the buggy man discovered $50 bill
missing from the cash drawer in his
desk AS the desk was locked, and
there was no evidence of the room hav-
ing been entered during the night, it
seems reasonably certain that the theft
must have been committed the preced-
ing day. For certain reasons suspicion
was at once directed toward Wesley
HARDWOOD, a 16-year- old boy, and when
| it was found he was quite flush with
money and could give no explanation
of how he came by it, Marshal Davis
arrested him. When searched he had
$500 on his person. and by close ques-
tioning he was led to confess that the
money belonged to Mr.. Wilson, that he
had taken 1T from the desk the day be-
fore when no one happened to be in the
store. Being successful in recovering
the greater part of his money, Mr..
Wilson decided not prosecute the boy,
but at the request of his mother he
will be sent to the reform school as soon
as the proper order can be secured.
| This is not young Harwood's first Of
Tense, by any means and therefore he
| is In need of more retaining Influences
than can be given him in his home.
Coon Rapids.
John Cretsinger has bought of q. L.
Shaver q steam thresher and corn
husker and shredder. The corn huskel
| is a new machine for this locality,
but Cretsinger already has $500
acres contracted to husk and shred
The corn is first cut by the
farmer. 1t is then fed into the
husking and shredding machine
! The corn is husked and the corn blades
etc.. cut up into feed. F.. f
| Thompson, of Boone, connected with
town last Friday and at the request OF
1 q number of citizens, made estimate
on second telephone exchange to con-
| meet with the main lines of that COM
pany, giving service practically all over
the state. 1t was found that ample
money had been pledged to put in an
other system. 1t is thought that the
franchise granted by the town a few
Years ago to the Iowa company can be
transferred to the proposed Mutual
and, If so, work could be begun a
any time. Otherwise a franchise would
have to be asked for at the next towi
election. AT the low rates suggested
jabout Is phones would be necessary tt
pay expenses, requiring about . mors
than already pledged. Enough phone.
will have to be promised before con.
struction will begin.