Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1902-05-16
NAD[' 5 INJURY FAIA[
The knife Wound inflicted by
''Flessie" Thomas Sunday
Caused His Death.
Conflicting Evidence as to
Whether the Stabbing Was
Done Intentionally.
Anti.Mor.em Statement by Wade
Said to Have Exonerated
the Girl.
to Times-Republican.


Newton, May 16.-Louis Wade, who
was stabbed by "Flossie" Thomas at
the Utopia Cafe Sunday evening last,
cied last evening as a result of the
wound. Miss Thomas was a dish wash
er at the restaurant where Wade was
employed as waiter and during a
scuf1le Miss Thomas stabbed Wade
with a long butcher knife, the blade of
which is ten inches long and tapering,
about five inches entering the body and
protruding into the abdomen. Those
present in the cafe at the time were not
aware of any trouble and the walters
and dish washer seemed to be joking.
Not until Wade had gone to the kitchen
for an order We're they aware that any
thing was wrong, when they heard a
blow against the partition and found
Wade supporting himself against it
with wound an inch wide in his side.
The woman escaped out of the back
door and when found later explained
that the stabbing was simply an acct
dent; that Wade and she We're scuf-
fling and While he was attempting to
secure the knife she slipped and he re-
ceived the wound. This story was in
part substantiated by Wade and for
this reason Miss Thomas was not ar
rested until yesterday afternoon and
placed in the county Jail. An ante
norton statement was secured from
Wade in which it relates that Miss
Thomas and himself We're on friendly
terms and joking each other just be-
fore he was stabbed. He states that he
believes it was entirely an accident;
that he had been in the kitchen just
short time before and that she had
dared him to return. He returned and
in attempting to secure the knife she
slipped and threw her arm forward
with the knife in her hand as If in the
act of saving the fall the knife striking
his body, which he believes was not in
territorial. Wade and Miss Thomas both
denied the statement that he had in
suited her and that she was resenting
his attack. Wade begged to be relieved
of his pain If it We're impossible to re-
cover and thought it hard that he, a
young man, had to die and asked his
physicians to do everything in their
power to save his life. He was con-
scious almost until his death and asked
and requested that Miss Thomas be
not prosecuted. 1t is feared that Miss
Thomas mind is affected, she having
threatened to kill herself in
case Of Wades death. The
charge upon which she was arrested
Is: manslaughter, the penalty of which
is not exceeding eight years in the PEN
and a fine of one thousand
dollars as under the Iowa law the care
less and dangerous use of deadly
weapon whereby person is killed
constitutes manslaughter, altho nc
harm is intended 1t is not likely
however that Miss Thomas will be
convicted. She is II years old and
has been employed in the cafe but a
cook shortly after she commenced
work, and it is reported made an as
sault upon him with knife, but a few
days before, and as a consequence the |
cook left, being in fear that she would
do him violence. Wade informed |
Proprietor Jones of the reason of the
cooks leaving, which angered Miss |
Thomas. so some claim, and provoked |
lfle assault OH WaQe, OUT WneInef THIS 4
is true is not positively known. 1t |
is also reported that just before death
Wade changed his mortem state
ment in which he blamed the girl, say
ing that she was angry at him for hav- |
ing told Mr.. Jones, the keeper of tho |
cafe, of the trouble she had had with |
the cook. and that she believed that ii |
was thru his CWade's) fault that she
would lose her position. Miss Thomas
still maintains that she was not angry
at Wade and that they were on the
best of terms and that he has somo
to his death as the result of an acct
dent. She is greatly worried and IL,
IS feared would attempt, if given a
chance, to take her own life. Her
people are residents of Newton.
wade was an Industrious boy, oil
years of age and well known, having
resided here all his life. His father
was formerly one of the officers here
and ne has brother who clerks in q
grocery. The case will be submitted
to the next grand jury for action.