Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1903-09-17
STOLEN F|)RS FOUND
Police Do Som, Good Work In
Locating and Recovering
Valuable Fur Garments
THREE ARRESTS ARE MADE
William and Lizzie uehears, Known
Under Name of Austin, and Tom
Lowery, All coIored. in Custody -
Officer Lase Has Narrow Escape
From Death in Arresting Trueheart.

AS the result of the arrest of William
Tyueheart, colored, alias William Aus
in Wednesday afternoon, between
4 $500 and $4,000 worth of stolen furs.
taken from the H. Singer store Monday
night, We're located Two other ar
rests We're made in the case, that of
Mrs Trueheart, or Lizzie Austin. and
Thomas bowery. The furs We're found
in an old barn, on the premises of
Thomas Lowery, at I03 Turner street
which the offers ses rched on a war
rant ofhcer VIII Lage who was shot
at by Trueheart, who resisted arrest
had close call frorl death, and has
a powder burned wrist and coat sleeve
to show as a result Of his tussle with
the colored man.
/ To Officer Mike Clark is due the cred
/ II TOR the location of the stolen goods.
| Clark overheard remark some tirle
ago which. when the robbery occurred,
Was recalled to mind. This lid him
70 suspicion the Austin woman, and,
in company with Officer Lage. ana
armed With search warrant, he visited
/ the Lo"ery premises Wednesday az
ternoon Irueheart and the woman.
were oeth at the place. and 1t WASH.
.onS before the officers found a valuable
sealskin coat, worth shout $3.50. Real
izing that the discovery of the entire
list OF stolen goods would undoubtedly
re made Trueheart stepped into an
ADJOINING room and escaped from the
mouse thru window Officer Lage,
VINO was watching The man, while
ofhcer Clark had the woman i'm tow,
suspected what he vas up to. and
discovered him as he was leaving the
mouse. He called upon him TO halt. blu
the negro did not stop. Officer Lag,
opened fire, and shot three times. but
neither OF the shots took effect. Fear. |
ing that he might escape. the officer |
began on what he figured would be a |
long pursuit. He had a view Of the |
heeing negro, and never allowed him I
10 get our of his sight A course of /
about three blocks was run. thru corr
nelds and over rough ground. AT a /
point near the large Storage tanks at I
the glucose works the officer overlook
his man. and held him until helm could /
De secured. A buggy was obtained.
to take the man to jail. and after it
arrived is when the officer came near
losing his life. He hid covered the
negro with revolver, after capturing
hnn. The man was calling the officer
att the vile names he could Law his !
tongue TO. and was daring him to shoot
IN putting him in the buggy Ofice,
Lage, IN an unguarded moment, laid {,
ms weapon on the seat in order that ,
ne might use both hands The negro. {,
seeing an opportunity to get posses.
sion OF the gun, grabbed It. The Of .
hcer knocked him down and graspei
me negro's wrists, and with keen pres-
'ilce OF mind turned the mans hands
% such position SO that the m,1zz,a
would be pointing in some other d.
'ection than the negro intended. The
nan saot twice, and the S-caliber halls
srazed the officers right wrist The .
'oas sleeve and wrist were povde. :
burned by the discharge of the weapon :
Officer Clark Arrests Woman. IL
While Officer Lage was having his :
strenuous experience with Truehe,rt :
'ificer Clark was looking after the | /
Woman, who was making all sorts Of q
,xcuses in an endeavor to make her !
,seape. she denied that she knew ANY, /,
hing about the fur robbery. and sagm- | /
"a to be very much surprised 10 think | +
NAT the sealskin had been found in her j
iouse. The officer did noy ALLOW her ,
o get out of his sight tor a montn;. i
md accompanied her to severa, places I :
where she finally admitted the furs
night be hidden. providing her h,ls-
'and had stolen them. The woman took
he officer to several PLACES on the pre- In
ense of searching or expecting to find
hem, but nothing was found Officer
lark soon tired of this game, ana ttok
lis prisoner to JAIL !,
After Officer Clark had landed The :
woman safely behind the hars. and :
officer Lage had placed his prisoner in
tstody, they returned 20 The Lowtry :
remlSes, TO conduct more thorough .
nAestigation. Their energy was re- !,
sarded about 5 o'clock, when. in a :,
earch of a small barn, they found the :
tclen goods There we,a more GAR !,
ssnts than even the po,ica mad any ],
lea had been stolen, twenty uine N !.
l.. being recovered In lhe lis. made :,
ut after the robbery, fl1er, We're said !
rly to be eighteen pieces missing. Mir.
niger, who was out of Ihe city ut the =
me of the robbery, hal Tot been able
5 yet to make careful COMPARISON Of ),
ne stock list with his pr asent invell- :,
". The stolen goods were thought :.
, aggregates a value OF lbout s2.50c. =
u. those recovered will re ach SO 900 w - :,
arhaps more. =.
Thomas Lowery, a we'll known color :,
] laborer of the city, at whose house =,
rueheart and his wife have baen stop !.
Ing, was also placed under arrest Late .
the evening, as an accessory to The ~
iii'e, 40 - - ,aAeii To- ~ ai' - .iis'' d.
lie robbery could not have been CONF
tilted and the stolen goods brought 10
IS home, without his knowledge.
Truehearts Bad Ores. ce
Trueheart and his wife, who are 1e
ell known in police circles as the mo- a,
riouS AuStinS, are well known crooks ~,