Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1902-07-21
SAVES HUSBANDS LIE
Mrs. Emmett Waters Deals Drunk.
en- Man Blow While Assault.
ing Her Husband.
Stranger Has MIR. Waters Down
and Attempts to Cut His
Throat.
Much Crime as Result of Circus
Day Develops...Several
Houses Robbed.

with a single tree. with which she dealt
the man blow over the head, Telling
him to the ground. as he was in the
act of slashing Mr.. Waters throat with
an ugly-loolking jack knife. Mr.. Wa
ters escaped injury, but has to show as
the result of his encounter a cash seven
inches long thru his clothing, which, il
the knife had penetrated, would have
laid open his left side.
Charles Smith, a farm hand who has
been working for Oscar Terrill. OF
Green Mountain, is the man who COM
mitted the assault. He had been i'm
billing raw alcohol and was out for
blood. In wandering down Main street
he strayed to the house of Mrs. Henry
White, Mr.. Waters sister, one half
block north on Fourth avenue. Smith
began to blaspheme Mrs. White, and
insisted that she should allow him to
enter. Mr.. Waters attention was called
to the matter and he Immediately went
to his sisters defense. Smith whipped
from his pocket knife and with the
large blade open made a lunge for Wa
ters. The latter ran, with Smith in
close pursuit. After a chase of a block,
around the premises, Mr.. Waters fell,
and it was only the work of an instant
before Smith was on him, with the
knife aimed at his victims throat. Mrs.
Waters immediate action is all that
saved her husbands life, for Mr.. Wa
tiers was unable to combat With the
St CO ppwarfl11 was ha
Officer Hanson arrested Smith, and
with the assistance of Calvin Wheeler
brought him to Jail. In Justice Burritt's
court ti.is morning he pleaded guilty 10
the charge of intoxication and was or
dered committed for fifteen days. 1t is
surlnised that Smith is wanted. and
efforts are being made to establish his
identity and ascertain whether or not
he is sought by the police of other
cities.
Pickpockets at Work.
AS is usual with such crowds as were
in the city Saturday several cases of
pocket picking We're reported. G. G.
Briggs, of Des MONIES. and w. e. Pres
ton, of Melbourne. were the victims of
the smooth fingered gentry as they
We're boarding the south-bound Chi
cago Great Western train Saturday
evening. The thief got in his work as
the crowd were entering the train Mr..
Briggs lost a mileage book and Mr.
Preston and relieved of his purse, con-
tanning $50. w. j. Mccormick, an en-
ploye of the Ringing Brothers show,
was arrested upon suspicion shortly af-
ter the robberies were committed and
hi 1,ao wi,
Burritt this morning. AS there was no
proof of his being the person wanted,
he was discharged. A lady passenger
whose name could not be learned,
waiting for the north-bound Iowa Gem
trail train, at the union station Satur-
day night, was robbed of her pocket
book containing SIS, also watch. a
collection was taken up for her among
the passengers in order that she could
reach her home.
A Country Home Burgiarized.
The home of R. N. Renner, three and
and one-half miles southwest of the
city. in Campbell's grove, was entered,
while the family was in the city Satur
day morning to witness the parade.
The thieves entered the house by
things generally, overturning and scat
tering articles about the house. They
secured a pair of trousers valued at 81,
a razor and shaving outfit, worth SO, ..
collection of old coins and gold ring.
valued at 50.
Hotchkiss Home Entered.
The home of Mr.. and Mrs. Harry
512 North Second street,
was broken into some time Saturday
evening between the hours of and
1890 o'clock While Mr.. and Mrs. Hotch-
kiss We're attending the evening per-
Torrance at the circus. The thieves
gained admittance to the house thru O.
front window, by cutting out a pain OF
glass. The breakers evidently
worked in hurry, as the front rooms,
where the silverware was kept, We're
The only article missed is
a new overcoat, belonging to Mr..
valued at $50.
Ransack House But Secure Nothing.
While all the members of the house
hold were away Witnessing the par
ade Saturday forenoon the home of Da-
vid Imhoff, No, 10 North Fourth ave-
nue., was ransacked. The vandals
gained entrance thru window, and
We're evidently after money, as things
We're overturned and scattered about
the house promiscuously. Nothing was
found missing however.
An Assault Case.
Harry hockey, Il bartender in the
employ of p. T.. Clifford, was arrested
Saturday evening by Constable Leech
upon an information filed in Justice
Burritt's court by Fred Mcknight, of
Timber Creek township, charging as
sault. Hockey furnished bonds, and
this morning pleaded guilty. The
determined.
Picked UP Purse and Was Arrested.
M. z. Collins was arrested Saturday
afternoon on information sworn out by
Mrs. w. NJ. Hughes, charging him with
the larceny of a pocketbook containing
SO. The circumstances of the case are
alleged to be. that Mrs. Hughes. White
up town. Saturday afternoon, dropped
her pocketbood on Main street, opposite
the court house. Collins picked it up
and, after passing thru A. Nj. Friend &
Sons store to the alley in the rear,
came again. to Main street on Center.
Here he Claims he turned the pocket
book over to a woman who claimed 1t,
but who proved to be afterwards other
than Mrs. Hughes. The case was first
called in Justice Burritt's court, but the
the court of Justice Clark, where the