Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1905-04-14
Strange Man Causes Terror to
Mothers In Sioux City by
Abducting Boys
POLICE MAKING A SEARCH
Several Boys Have Been ForcibIy De-
tanned and the Man Is Believed to
Be Insane-Same Man Believed to
Have Been at Wayne, Neb., Playing
Same Game.
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Sioux City, April 14.-Somewhere ir
Sioux City Is a strange man, believed.
to be insane, who has mania for
kidnapping children.
Realizing that his presence in tn,
city will soon terrorize mothers, the
police are today making arduous eff
forts to find the man before he indul-
ges his insanity of stealing any more
boys.
The man last week kidnapped a
Wayne Neb.. boy and last night a
little chap in Sioux City. That he is
insane is indicated by the fact hat
he apparently does not take the chill
dren for purposes Of ransom, or for
any other reason, in fact.
This morning Harvey Tucker, aged
6 years, who was stolen by the Nun
last night and kept in a box car until
daylight, was found crying and beg
cling to be returned to his mother,
| who, with her husband, John Tucker
were up all night at the Chicago house
| waiting for the police to discover their
lost boy.
The Wayne kidnapping.
| Last week at Wayne, Neb., man
answering the description Of the m
dividual who kidnapped the Tucker hoy
last night, stole the 6-year-old son of
June Conger, a business man Of
Wayne. The fellow kept the boy con-
cealed in the Wayne slaughter house
all day, and then skipped to Wakefield
where he was apprehended. He gave
the name of John Olson, and it vas
| learned he worked a few days for
Oscar Franks, a butcher of Wa1ne.
Mr.. Conger declined to prosecute, and
| the man was released. He doubf less
came to Sioux City, and since the de-
scriptions tally, he is believed to have
been indulging his mania again with
the Tucker boy last night.
| His opportunity came last evening
when he. walked into the Chicago
house and picked UP Tim, aged .,
and Harvey, aged 6, sons OF MI. and
Mrs. John Tucker, Of Blunt, s. d.,
guests of the hotel.
| He took the boys into the bar room
/ ana DOUGH- LucIil q glass; "a PNHS e~~~S-
which he went down Fourth street
with them. He stopped at a confec-
| ttonery stand and purchased apples
and oranges and then got rid OF the
eldest boy whom he sent on all err
rand. When Tim came back the man
and his brother had disappeared. The
fellow was last seen at William car
rolls saloon, corner of Fourth ana
Iowa streets. After searching for his
brother, Tim returned to the Chicago
house and told his parents what had
happened.
He Wanted His Mamma.
The police were notified, and while
| the anxious mother paced the floor
! at the hotel, Mr.. Tucker, and the off1-
GERS made a search of all the saloons
They got trace of the boy at Carrots
| and learned that tall man With
light mustache wearing black hat
and dark suit, had been there with a
boy answering the description of the
man said to have taken the Tucker
lad. The fellow bought glass OF
beer and then disappeared. No par
ticular attention was paid to him.
Marshal George Miner, of Wayne,
who arrested the man who stole the
Conger boy at Wayne, said the des-
ERUPTION of Olson tailed with that fur
nished by the Tucker boy.
Marshal Miner said Olson had a
cleaver mark on his arm. He is of
the opinion that Olson is insane. He
did not injure the Conger boy nor did
he harm the Tucker lad. 1t is thought
he may have secured work at the
packing houses, as he is a butcher.
The police yesterday took a suspect
to the station, but he was not iden-
tilted. Mr.. and Mrs Tucker recently
came here from Blunt. S. d. They
have been boarding at the Chicago
hotel. Tucker is employed at the stock
yards.