Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1901-07-27
.BOLD-UP MEN At WORK
Gang OF Petty Crooks Causing
the Police Much
Trouble.
An Old Soldier Robbed Of His
Watch and Several Ar.
rests follow.
Threats Made to Take Lie OF
One Of the Witnesses-.Other
Police Matters.

there is nothing unusual transpiring ana
nothing occurring that would bring a
crowd here and with it its expected
gang of crooks, that the police have had
i to contend with the amount of deviltry
1 that ls being carried on at present. The
south or depot district, known familiar
4 ~ as the leyee, is literally thronged
With a bad element, comp t,se9 largely of
/ cheap crooks. who operate in twos and
\ 1hrecs CHIEFLY among victims tina, they
4 can lure into some unfrequented corner
j and rob of such valua bes that they may
I nave. The victims are largely those who
| are round to have imbibed too much
/ ana therefore are not capab bic of LOOKING,
after themselves properly Friday af-
l tefnoon and night there We're four hold
! ups, all In the south part of town and
( occurring in such way that the police
We're unable. excepting in one instance.
To bring the guilty parties to light The
police are working al DISADVANTAGES
| IN that the force is too small in thar Ia
| CAVITY and consists of but one officer
who has to be everywhere at once 10
satisfy the patrons. City Marshal Mich
olson has been spending his time largely
1 IN those quarters, even tho he 10 MOI ex-
I pected TO be there al ALL but is doing 50
! because he realizes that one officer. no
matter how good he may be- has more
than his hands full in looking after suc;.
rough element. especially when ii is as
large aa 1t is now.
tricay afternoon Robert Hansel, who
came TO the city two weeks ago from
ileaf 'haries city, Floyd county. to en-
| ter the Soldiers Home WAS held nm in
"a ha ir1e lti
South Third avenue. and relieved Of 3.
silver watch The theft was witnessec
by bystanGers, but waa done SO quickly
that none could Interfere Hansel is an
cid man, and was a bnnkmate during
the war of George w. Makepiece. of this
city Hansel had been drinking. ami
Was inalscreet enough TO show a we'll
MED purse, containing over 5000 in
Sreenbacks. OF course ne was easy
prey and 1t was the money the crook .
We're after. Fortunately. however. af :
Ter the watch was stolen, an one legged
c9mrade of Hansel, who formerly resid-
ed IN Charles City and Ma shua, took
MN IN charge. put him to bed and con-
sealenily saved him his money.
As soon as the theft became known
otiicer Clark was Informed. After a
basts- i"'estigation the e"see- learned
With one OF his partners, had taken the
| head end of No. 4, the Colorado special
east. at LOB O'Clock 1t lacked then just
six minutes for the train to be due in
Tania. the first stop after leaving Mar
shalltown. officer Clark telegraphed the
| Tama police and Was gratified fifteen
| minutes later TO receive a message stat
| ing that the men had been placed under
arrest and that the watch Was found
on the person of one Of them, who, in
Justice Burritta court this morning,
gave his name as James Murphy.
| officer Clark went to Tama AT 7:30 last
night. secured his prisoner and returned
| with MIN TO the city at l:25 this morn
ing. When arraigned, charged with lar
! ceny from the person, Murphy pleaded
/ not guilty. His hearing was set for
! this afternoon at 2 O'Clock.
THREATENS TO SHOOT PAINE.
4 During the afternoon pals of Murphy
4 We're bent on revenge on people Who
/ witnessed the hold of Hansel. George
+. Paine. of St Joseph. Mich. IA former
well known Iowa Central passenger
/ conductor who was in the south part of
/ the city looking after business matters.
/ happened to be within a few feet of
Hansel when MURPHY unsnapped his
! watch Nearer the old man, however,
1 was Frank b. Smith. of Newton. and
friends of Murphy realized this. Seeing
4 Paine on the street in the afternoon,
/ John Miller. who was one of Murphy's
/ pals. and who gives his occupation as a
/ press feeder, with residence in Chicago.
threatened to shoot Mr. Paine, making
Il gun play but doing no damage. Mr.
Paine swore out an information before
Justice Burritt asking that the man be
placed under bonds to keep the peace,
Il and Officer Weaver arrested him after
y supper. Miller pleaded not guilty 10 the
Fl charge of threatening to shoot Pain
and in order TO hold him until Monday
when Fireman George Richardson OF
8 the Central, who Witnessed the affair
Z can return from his run to Monmouth
Miller was charged with vagrancy, te
which he pleaded guilty and was sem
Il fenced to six days work. Smith tho
young laan from Newton, who WAS the
neares. witness TO the Hansel hold sup
was detained by officer Clark az a wit.
ness.
OTHER ARRESTS
A third member of the same gang
John Burns was arrested by Office;
Clark during the afternoon. Burns wa;
trying to dispose OF rings to pas'sers by
whom he would request to step behint
box cars to see his lire" 1t wa.
! thought perhaps the rings might be val
liable and might have been stolen bu
after his arrest 1t was found they Were
the cheapest kind of cheap jeweiry
, Burns was arraigned before justice
J Burrtt this morning. charged with ped
ding without a city license. He rieade'
5 not guilty and his hearing was set 70
this afternoon at 3 o'clock.
Frank Sharp, of 62l West Nevad
! street, and NJ. B. Hogle, of 2o2 Soutl
} Second street. Iowa Central yard etm
4 ployes reported to City Marshal Nichol
son shortly after 5 o'clock that ther
was a man lying in the railroad yard
who was either dead, overcome by tn
5 heat or drunk. The latter theory prove
to be correct and the man was place
4 in the Third avenue station out o
harms way. He gave his name as The
Z odore Nelson. of 40s East Nevada stree
8 and was sentenced to six days work b
Justice Burritt this morning.
Justice Burritt also sentenced to ri
days work, for intoxication, Robel
Clemenson and Thomas Nolan, arreste
by officer Clark; James Halves. arrest
ed by officer Weaver, and Thomas La
vim arrested nv CITY Marshal NichoIso