Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1903-07-22


her by telling her she wasn't to blame
for what he had done; that she had
brought him up to be a good boy. and
had never given him anything but the
best advice and the most loving watch
care.
senhart's First Marriage.
lsenhart's first marriage was In this
city on Sept. Is. 1895. when he took to
be his wife Emma Haperlo. daughter
of MIR. and Mrs. NJ. +. fIaverlo, of this
city Rev e. i. Nell, then pastor OF
the Trinity United Evangelical church,
performed the ceremony, and the rec
ords show Claude Whitney and Miss
Bessie Winters to have teen witnesses.
The wedding took Mace in Rev Meil's
church, at the corner Of Mitchell and
Arson streets.
Crime Was Premeditated.
In order to ascertain how 1senhart
had acted at Clemens, during his court
ship with Miss Mitchell, the T.-R COM
municated by telephone this morning
with w. f. Mitchell, brother of the
girl who has been deceived and
wronged by her illegal union. Mr..
Mitchell took the morning train to the
city, and was seen as soon as he ar
rived at IL o'clock. He said that 1sen-
hart had passed himself off as an I'M
married man before his sister since last
spring. when they first began keeping
company. He has visited Miss Mitchell
at her parents home, and seemed to be
very devoted to her A week ago las;
Sunday Miss Mitchell informed her
parents that she had promised to be-
vi. ia nj hlt IN a
decided to go to Webster City to have
the ceremony performed. Thursday, the
10Th. was chosen as the date, and 1t
was arranged to have w. f. Mitchell,
the brother. and Mrs. Jesse Oman. a
sister of Miss Mitchell. residing also at
Clemens, accompany them.
Leaves One to Meet Another.
AT a little before o'clock Wednes-
day evening Isenhart left his little
home at 1928 May strea., kissing his
wife, mother and three little ones good
BILE. He told them the train left at 6:20.
He went to the station and took the
Story City branch train west at 6:10.
having made all of his arrangements to
meet his prospective bride ana hef
brother and sister at Clemons. The
party was at the STATEN and all pro-
cceded to Story City. where they took
the Northwestern train to Webster
City. The wedding took place on the
following afternoon, as indicated in the
dispatch from Webster City. and as
confirmed by w. r. Mitchell. who with
his sister, stood up with the couple.
Borrows Money to Pay Bills.
Isenhart couldn't have had any very
great amount of money, or If he did he
schemed to secure more. He told his
new brother in law be, just before
the ceremony, that he was a little short
Of funds. and asked a loan until he
could get to his destination at North
Bend. Neb.. where 1t is supposed the
couple went. Mitchell let him have
$3.50. and his bride gave him all she
had. Mr.. Mitchell is of the opinion that
he still has something coming TO him.
and probably always will.
Mr.. Mitchell and Mrs. Oman left
their newly welded sister and 1senhart
Mt Webster City when they returned to
Clemens, Thursday afternoon at 1852.
They intended to leave for the west at
little after 6 o'clock Thursday evening,
and claimed to be en- route to North
BEND Neb.. to visit a friend of Mrs.
Isenhart. who was formerly Minnie
IIdmundson, OF this city. The latter is
now married and living at North Bend.
and the girls had known one another
here. where both were employed as
mattresses at the old fremont and Pill
grim. a few years ago. Mr.. Mitchell
says that Isenhart told him he might
look for work in Nebraska, and again
he might go on out to Colorado or pos
sibly California.
Letter Tried to Warn Her.
Now that the terrible state of affairs
has been brought to light the Mitchell
family sees what might have been
avoided had certain letter received
by Miss Mitchell from an unknown
source, last Tuesday, the day before she
left with Isenhart for Webster City
to marry him. been needed. The let
ter was an anonymous one, and mailed
at Clemens. 1t told her in few words
that the man she was about to marry
had wife and two or three small
children. Miss Mitchell thought that
someone was trying to play joke on
her, and did not pay much attention to
il. She did show it to Isenhart, in
the presence of her father and mother
and brothers. He scoffed at the idea
and pretended to be angry. He even
went SO far as to accuse Conductor d.
p. Wilhelm. whose train he fired as
being responsible. The letter was, how
ever, written by someone at Clemens,
who knew the facts Of 1senhart's mar
riage. Had the author been kind
enough to place his name to the epistle,
all on the trouble might have been
avoided.
A few days after w. r. Mitchell and
his sister got back from Webster City.
they began to hear rumors of an I'M
savory character, intimating that 1sen-
hart already had wife. They didn't
believe them, however. and not until
Tuesday night was Mr.. Mitchell con-
WINGED that his sister had been duped
by a scoundrel OF the worst type.
Nerve Unprecedented.
Isenhart's nerve is unprecedented in
many ways. He brought Miss Mitchell
to the city week before last, when she
was preparing for her marriage and
wanted to make some purchases. He
told her that he wanted her to meet
his mother who was anxious to see her,
He took her to some house. unknown, of
course to the brother. and when no one
was found to be at home, 1senhart felt
very much disapportn' He remarked
that he could not see why his mother
had not stayed at home, for he had told
her that he was to bring his Wife to- be
TO see her. He excused Mrs. 1senhart