Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1902-07-05
CRIMES AND ACCIDENTS.
Houses Bursled and Pockets as Resul
of the Carnival-But Few Acct

AS was expected ny every one, liiS
gang that has been here awaiting the
arrival of the big crowds. got in its
work on the Fourth. after having made
q pretty fair Roadway on Thursday
Several cases of burglary have been
reported, and also picllpocketing. The
accidents, however. were very few.
Janss Home Burslarized
Thieves secured $S5 worth of val
uables from the home of DR.. and Mrs.
H. Janss, EOS East State street some
time between 4 and and o'clock
Thursday afternoon. There was no one
at home at the time of the robbery, and
when Mrs. Janss returned after being
down town for an hour she found the
rooms In disorder. Bureau drawers
had been pulled out, thoroughly ram
sacked, and whatever was desired tax
en-. The thieves were only looking for
valuable articles, however, and out of
a large amount of silver that was
gone over only the solid pieces were
stolen. A half dozen solid spoons.
valued at $40, were taken, as We're al
SO q ring, with turquois setting, sur
mounted by ten small diamonds, valued
at $40, belonging to Mrs Janss, and
Mr.. Janss' gold watch, which cost s35.
The thieves effected their entrance
thru the cellarway, in the rear of the
house. A new hat, belonging to MIR.
Janss, was also stolen, and in Its place
one of the thieves left an old black
SLOUGH that had seen its best day anG
was reeking with kerosene, used evil
IDENTIFY to kill vermin. While not GER
tain Mrs. Janss thinks the hat is the
same one worn by fairly-well dressed
stranger who came to the rear door OF
her home on Wednesday, and asked
for something to eat. The burglary
has been reported to the police.
Another burglary occurred at the j.
A. Lane home Friday night, some time
between and 1890 o'clock, and as
result Mr. and Mrs. C. j. Lander. Jr.,
who have apartments With the Lanes,
are minus about s145 worth of jewelry.
The thieves entered the residence thru
a rear window by cutting away the
screen. The Lander apartments proved
a rich harvest field for the men, and
when they left they took with them a
gold watch belonging to Mrs. Lander,
valued at $50; two gold lockets, worth
S25; two small diamond rings, valued
at SIS and $50; an opal ring worth in
the neighborhod of $40; a gold buckle
that cost So. and another gold belt
buckle, worth SO. pair of diamond
cuff buttons valued at SIS, and S1.5O in
cash. The thieves evidently worked in
a hurry, as they missed even more than
they secured. Mr.. Landers gold watch
and quite a large sum of money We're
overlooked, and in the Lane apart
ments only a small pair of cuff buttons
was taken. Mr.. Lane had quite sum
of money in the house, and also had
valuable shotgun and revolver that
would have made valuable plumber for
the burglars.
Arrest Carnival Snowman.
Frank Hackett, of Iowa Falls, one
Of the proprietors, of an acrobatic show
on the carnival midway. run under the
name of LaVon Brothers. was arrested
Thursday afternoon by Sheriff A. w.
Mitterer, Of Hardin county. upon an
Information filed by the Chicago, Iowa
& Dakota railway, charging him with
malicious mischief and the use of OBJ
scene language. With Hackett the
Hardin county sheriff also arrested
John Grennan, aged 10. son of III. Gren-
nan, of Iowa Falls. The railway COM
pany alleges that Hackett. Grennan and
Jay Stewart, of Alden, while passengers
on the Woodman excursion from Ell
dora to Alden or. the Goth inst. acted
in desorderly manner and broke sew
eral OF the windows in one OF the
coaches. Stewards arrest was made
at Alden by the sheriff's officers Thurs
day afternoon. Sheriff Mitterer took
Hackett and Brennan to Eldora Thurs
day evening for their appearance be-
fore Justice Whited.
Each of the men pleaded guilty to the
charge and was fined $50 and costs. A
portion of the fines was RENTED and
the defendants We're discharged.
Slueged and Robbed.
William L. Paul, stone mason re-
siding at 3291s South Third avenue, was
set upon and robbed of IS at a late hour
Thursday night. He was followed from
town by two men and when on Linn
street between Fifth and Sixth ave-
rues, was struck from behind by one of
the men with billy or some other in
strument. The blow rendered him I'M
conscious, and in this state his pockets
were rified. AS soon as he regained
consciousness the matter was reported
to the police, but by that time the high
waymen had made good their escape.
Thieves broke into Chicago &.
Northwestern merchandise car stand
ing on the team track in the yards Fri
day night and made off with several
boxes of crackers consigned to firms in
this city. No clue to the pillagers is
known.
Carnival Employe Assaulted.
Dave Mcbride, of Davenport, who is
employed at one of the gambling tents
on the carnival grounds, was arrested
late Friday night by Special Officer Nc
Clure upon a charge of assault, pre-
ferred by NJ. Still, an employee of the
carnival company, who was assisting In
the fireworks display. Still was struck
over the head with board having in
che end a nail, and sustained quite a
bad scalp wound. This morning Still
informed Mayor Jones that he had
made mistake In accusing Mcbride of I
the assault, and said he could not den-
tify his assailant. Mcbride was dis
charged, but Mayor Jones can't be in
duced to believe but what there was
Doodle" used in effecting q settlement
Loses Watch Worth SIS.
l.. Wobeter. of Tama, had his pockets |
picked on the carnival grounds Friday
night and is now without a valuable |
gold watch. Mr.. Wobeter says his |
timepiece was worth SIS.
Another Touched for $50.
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