Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1904-04-01
William p. GIyndon.

| Marten, a girl OF IL IN Hardln county
| il 1877. He was walking from Eldora
/ 10 Grundy Center and engaged in get
ting contracts for threshing, and over
took the girl in the road carrying q
/ pJow-lay to a country blacksmith shop
| He offered to carry it for her. and did
/ SO He was seen with her. Later he
appeared at q farm house and went on
| his way The dead body of the Girl
VAS found In corntield near where
| they were both last seen together. lie
wax arrested He told al about meet
| ing the girl, where they went, and
pointed out his own tracks in field,
| concealing nothing, but insisting that
| h. left the girl some time before she
must have been murdered. The theory
| OF, hts friends was that as the country
] was filled with tramps the girl fell q
| setim to one of these and Glyndon
was seized upon as a criminal without
reason.
Orman Mcpherson.
| Crman Mcpherson, of Louisa county,
| is an old soldier, who killed the town
marshal of Morning sun under great
| plovocation. Mcpherson had gone ia
Morning Sun from Winfield with his
son to secure his little child from her
mother. probably to kidnap her. The
cl.ild's mother was working in a small
hotel in Morning Sun and the father
had upon investigation found she was
not living an upright life after leaving
| him. He had been to see the child and
had quarreled with the hotelkeeper.
The erring wife had stirred up some
| local feeling against Mcpherson. and
when the latter came TO town crowd
| OF hoodlums was prepared to run him
cut of the place. The town marshal,
| John Finley, went to the livery stable
and ordered the McPhersons to leave.
They chose not to do and the marshal
and others started to take the man up
town. The crowd was disorderly and
the marshal struck Mcpherson on the
head with club and knocked him
down. There were shouts of hang
him" and Mcpherson in the excitement
pulled revolver and shot the mar
shall The claim is made that at most
it was case of manslaughter and not
pr emeditated murder.
Clarence Mills.
Clarence Mills, of Davis county. kill
ed his wife and tried to kill himself in
Bloomfield, in 1899 He was found ly
ing In the yard one morning about 5
o'clock With his throat cut, his wife
near him. killed With an ak. He was
nearly dead, but recovered. The claim
was made that he was insane and six
doctors testified to their belief that he
was derange,l. He has since been tax
en- to the insane wards at Anamosa and
is there now. The pardon was asked
~, tal,- III Hot fn ly,
preferred that he be dn q hospital.
John G. Steel.
John G.. Steel, of Monroe county,
killed Jacob Werner on a farm. Steel
and the father of Werner had quarreled
over a ditch All parties met at the
ditch armed for death. The testimony
showed that va - was Killed wer-
ner had a s9ale; but Steel always
claimed that Werner had shot at him
ard he returned the fire in self de-
Tense
Leonard w, Haley.
Leonard w. Haley and Hugh Rob-
bsri were two of a. gang that was en-
pg gad in robbery in Dubuque
In 1899. Two special policemen, Talcott
ard Firth. were employed by rail-
road company to patrol the railroad
wards and they came upon the gang in
a car A duel followed and the two po-
licenen were killed. Robbard was a
hard character and had served time
before. Haley was smoother but had
bad record In Illinois. Haley had been
editor of the Prison Press at Anamosa
for. some time.
The Rainsbaruers.
Frank and Nathan Rainsbarger of
Hardin county. are practically the last
of q once notorious gang OF thieves
and dxsperadoes which engaged in
horse stealing In Iowa and other states.
They murdered the father of Mrs.
Frank Rainsbarger who lived with him.
in 1897. enticing him away so that it
would appear he had been killed by an
accident. They had secured heavy life
insurance against the murdered man.
NJ IS. Rainsbarger really discovered the
fart of the murder and caused the con-
viction of the two She is now the wife
of a respected citizen of Hardin county
and in mortal fear OF her life should the
Re insbargers ever get out. The evi-
dence the men was purely circumstan-
tial however. and the claim has been
made that E,noch Johnson, the murder
ed man. was one of a gang of counter
feiters. that he had threatened to ex-
nose the whole gang and that they
caused his murder to silence him.
Frank Hail.
Frank Hall. Of Pottawattanie county.
Is TYNE of rowing character seldom