Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1903-06-24
One Hundred and Twenty Five
Young Chickens Stolen
Other Thefts
NEWS OF SOUTHERN IOWA
Three Railroad Employees Injured at
creston, One So Seriously That He
May Not Live-Back Hurt by Run
ming Against Switch-WiIIiam Walk.
er's AssaiIant in Jail.
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| Creston, June 24.-Blacksmith, Sam
Lewis. has been selected to succeed Ed
| Haskins as foreman of the Burlington
shops at this place. Mr.. Haskins has
gone to Canada to take charge of a
large locomotive works. Mr.. Lewis has
been an employee of the Burlington
here for % years and is considered the
most competent workman in the shops.
He has already assumed his new posi-
ton. z
Petty theving seems to be on the
increase in Union county. Three
houses in Alton We're entered by bur
glars and the same night reports
came from north of town that a party
had gone thru the country with a wag-
on and stolen all the chickens he could
find. one man by the name of Peter
son had 100 young chickens nearly
ready for market, and they only left
him twenty five. A neighbor who had
but fifty had none left, while in town
a..
evening a young man by the name of
w. A. Houk. of Bedford, left his sat
chel full of clothes and valuabes in the
depot until he walked over the town,
while waiting for his train, and 1t was
carried off. and the next day nelghbors
in the north part of town, complained
of losing their small fruit. This to-
gether with the carnival of crime that
has been going on in Creston since
Saturday night has given the town a
hard name and the police plenty of
work.
Rev. w. r. Gray. who has filed the
pulpit of the United Presbyterian
church here for the past few years, has
handed In his resignation, to take eff
feet at once. He has not yet decided
where he will go and his successor has
not been appointed. The pulpit will be
supplied until a permanent man is Sc
cured. He has proved quite successful
here. This lC9~c ',rt three ministers
in the city ,...o nave been 4.ere over a
year.
Three railroad boys We're quite SER
iously hurt yesterday. Herbert Schear-
err who is employed in the roustabout
gang. had his first and second fingers
on his right hand smashed, by hand
car wheel falling on them. Brakeman
on the st. Joseph local, had
his back badly hurt by running against
a switch near Hopkins. while hanging
onto the car while switching, and Flag |
man Alva Stottlemeyer was hit in the
face by rock. thrown by some buns, |
whom he was trying to fire off the top
Of train No. 4. All the boys are now
in Creston and their injuries are quite
painful, but only those Of Robinson are
thought TO be very serious, and 1t is
IL he will recover.
Oscar Poll, of Murray, who assaulted
Walker, fellow worker on the
extra gang, by hitting him in the head
with shovel, is now in the Union
jail awaiting the result of the
injuries to Walker. He waived ex-
animation and was bound over in ST.. |
300 bonds. Walker and Poll had a
dispute and each went back to work
when Poll slipped up behind Walker
and knocked him senseless with show |
FL. Walker was unconscious for twelve |
hours and is still in very serious con-
iition, with little hopes of his recov
cry. Poll is held on the charge Of at
tempted murder.