Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1903-12-07
HUSBAND WAS JEALOUS
Recent Disappearance of E. c.
Jones Explained by Letter
to Young Wife
NEleHsoRs ARE QUITE ANGRY
Foul Play Was Feared anc For Three
Days They Searched for Some Trace
of Him-some Liability of Jones Re-
turning to His Home. South Of Web
ster City.
Special to Times-Republican.

| Special to Times Republican,
Wesbster City, Dec. 7.-E. c. Jones,
the young farmer, who after a month OF
married life, disappeared very myster-
iously short time ago from his farm
south of this city, has at last been heard
from. His disappearance was so sud-
den and so unexplainable that foul
play had been feared. For three days
after he had been missed posse OF
forty farmers secured the neighbor-
hood, searched every field, looked into
every old we'll and out -of-the way place
for miles around in the hope Of finding
some trace of him. No clew beyond
some old letters torn to shreds and
buried in a corn field could be found
and the search was finally abandoned.
Yesterday Mrs. Jones received lettar
from her husband dated at Minneapolis.
This letter clears UP the mystery and
indicates that in fit of jealous rage
Jones simply decamped and has since
wandered from place to place. He now
seeks the forgiveness of his wife AMI
wants to return.
Jones disappearance caused big
sensation in this vicinity and was the
cause of grave suspicious being laid
at the door of various known enemies
of his. 1t now appears that the sun
day proceeding the Tuesday upon which
Jones disappeared, he and his wife had
some trouble. She wanted him to drive
over to q neighbours and bring home
her sisters who had been out spending
the evening. Jones refused and Mrs.
Jones remarked that she would go her.
self and would get someone else to drive
the buggy for her. Jones took this re-
mark to heart and brooded over it. The
letter he has written to his wife Is adj
dressed to Bud" pet name he called
her. In full 1t is as follows:
Minneapolis. Mimi. Dec. S, 1909
Dear Wife: Well Bud, l suppose
you are satisfied now. You can get your
own driver. oh, Bud, wish to God
would have been killed that Sunday
night before l got to town. know
am to blame more than you but what
you said about that driver and that
night after we got home couldn't
stand it. Bud. know have done fool
ish but l never thought until after
telephone when / was at Hampton but
they wouldn't connect the Bell on the
Martin line. Bud. will you put my
clothes in my telescope and keep them
until I write for them. I go from here
in the morning, l don't know where.
And take good care Of my wedding
clothes as l will never have no other.
No other woman can be the same as
you have been to me. l am going TO
be true to you as when I was there.
Don't think am going to be ornery and
drink. You have learned me better. l
am going to live up to you.
Take that money, Bud. Of ours and
use it to your best advantage ony
please don't use it in getting a new !
driver. Well, will close as ! am quite
sick and can't write any more. won't |
say goodbye, Bud as something tells
me we shall meet again. II / thought
you would forgive my mad act, it would
be soon. Until.then, Bud, farewell, my
dear lost wife. EARL"
"P. S. Bud, you please write to Ed
ma Zones sister, and tell her how !
treated YOU