Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1903-09-02
NAR9)N WORKED
SANE Old SCHEME
Evangelist Promoter Will Soon
Be Leading Sunday Services
In County Jail
HIS DolNGs AT MuscATINE
HIS DolNGs AT MuscATINE
Name of Company is Changed, But
System of Fraud is Identical With
Operations Here-sorry to Miss the
Reception Tuesday Nisht-says He
Never Was in MarshaIltown.

| Fred A. Marson, alias Fred A. Mai
son, Fred A. Meyers and many others
| the sweet singing evangelist promo ter
formerly known as mo. 1891 at the
Anamosa penitentiary. will arrive In
the city tomorrow in charge of Sher-
III L. j. Shoemaker. If Marson is given
q chance to defend himself the cour.
room viii probably be uverhowed in a
sea of brine, for his tears are as copi-
Gus as spring rains. If he can have an
audience with some Of his church
friends he doubtless will be able to
secure bonds. for he VIII put up the
same pitiful plea of persecution that
has aided him SO Often in escaping
punishment he SO justly deserved.
Marson's work at Mascatine, under
the name of Meyers, was identically the
same as carried on in this city last
February. While the name of the conn
pany has been changed from the sssmi-
nola Manufacturing Company to the
Imperial, the company was to manu-
facture similar line of articles, toilet
soaps, perfumes, toilet waters. etc. The
WORD Ssnnnola, so Mafson said here,
came From the Indians of Florida, who
gave the company the secrets that
We're used by the large force OF cnem-
lists who Were to occupy the mammoth
laboratory to be erected in this city
The Imperial evidently receives its
meaning from a certain realm with
which Marson viii be familiar some
day.
SO far as can he observed Massons
"weh-known aunt Mrs. Lynde Nc
Cornlick, she OF the millions, the widow
of the elder OF the brothers, who
founded the Mccormick Harvesting
Machine Company, does not figure in
the Muscatine enterprise. .'Aunty
Lynde," us Marson Called her, has evil
IDENTIFY been worn out With her efforts
in trying to establish for her fasvorite
nephew some line of business that he
might manage. Marson, or Mais.on as
he was then. and Very particular that
The Il" be inserted loved his s.unty.
She had no children, and was SO anx-
ious to invest her money that her
nephew might succeed in busin ~sss, and
lay something aside for rainy day.
Marson Is evidently fond of his initials
for in all of his transactions in the
state he retains them. His Surname he
IS not so particular about. Any old
name will do, but the initials, they re-
main the same, f. A. whether
coupled with Maison, Marson or Mey-
ers.
Uncle Sam Will Likely Take a Hand.
1t is very probable that instead of
Marson having a dear aunty to help
him on the road to fame, he will have
an uncle to do the boosting this time.
The government wants tn get it's hands
on Marson for using the mails, to de-
fraud. An inspector of the pltstoffice
department visited this city after his
here last winter, and now,
that he is under arrest IL is more than
likely that he will be turned over to the
federal authorities In due time. While
there are several lite things here, and
in other cities. for which Marsor. might
be compelled to answer, they are not
Sam. 1t is doubtful whether or not
grand jury offense could be miide out
Of his numberless fraudulent transac-
tons, for the individual amounts are
comparatively small. Sheriff. Shoe
maker, nevertheless. is glad ia get his
hands on the sweet singer, who Will
probably have the job OF conducting the
regular morning services in the county
Jail next Sunday.
Identification Is Complete.
A telephone message to the Times
from Muse atine this morn
lig says that Meyers has been positive
" identified as Mawon by NJ. o. Stan
wood. of that city, who was formerly q
guard at the Anamosa penitentiary
when Marson was serving sentence
lhere. People whom he has defrauded
n Musoatine are clamoring for their
and the $55 that Marson had
On his person when arrested has been
seized 1t is estima ted that there Were
1t least fifty young men from whom |
le secured SIS eath h. it is also esti-
mated that Marsoll has succeeded In |
getting loans from different church |
friends, amounting in all to between |
$500 and $500.
T.-R. Does the Business.
Copies OF the Times r republican. of |
he dates of March 2, 3, 4 and t2, show |
ng Marson's work here and at other |
nearby towns, together with his peni- |
entiary record, which was published |
or the first time in these columns, are |
responsible for his arrest Mr.. Neal |
tones, city editor of the AIuscatine |
Journal, wrote the T.-R. last week, ask
ng for a description of Malson, and |
my data that might lead to establish |
ng the fact that f. A. Marson and a |
nan operating there Were ONE and the |
same. A description was furnished, |
wen to the mans actions when in con-
'ersation, and this, with the copies of |
he paper, was turned over to the |
-hief of police when received by Mr.. |
ones. The chief of police, having then
made up his mind that Ma-rson and |
Meyers were the same telephoned |
Sheriff Shoemakes' at 10 otclocdl Tues
lay morning, and the sheriff wired back
o make the arrest on the warrant held |
~ him.
IL Arrested There, Too.
This morning Marson was placed UNI
Ter arrest on a warrant issued at Mus
atine. The information charges OBJ
aiming money BY. false pre- lenses, and |
5 filed by A. +. F[utehirgs, manager of
he Guaranty Loun Company, of Mus
atine. Marson, representing himself
IS an employee of Rnach & Musser
;fter-he had really left the firms EN-