Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1907-01-19
LOVE is WANTED
in DES MONIES
MAN INDICTED BY wAPELLo
COUNTY GRAND JURY ACCUSED
OF THEFT THERE
Police Have Been Looking for Him
Since Last October, When he Left
Town Leaving Note That He Was
Going to Commit Suicide.

Arthur Love, who was indicted for
breaking and entering Wednesday
evening, by the grand jury of Wapello
county, is wanted, it appears, at Des
Moines, to answer to charge of
y grand larceny. Love seems to have
had faculty for taking things to
! which he had no legal right. He is
accused Of stealing monograph at
Des Moines and leaving town with it..
His whereabouts have been unknown
to the police of the capital city until
last Tuesday when Chief Daniel Han
non telephoned to Des Moines that the
man was in custody here.
On October 10. it is stated, Love or
Wing, as he is known to the Des
MONIES police, disappeared from
Des Moines, after first thought
fully leaving a note for his
bondholder L. S. Slater, saying
that he intended to jump into the Des
Moines river He was at that time
facing charge of petit larceny.
Leaving Des Moines he took with him
a valuable photograph belonging TIC
the M. e. Woods Co. of that city.
When Slater received the note from
Wing and realized that the bond was
forfeited, he sem circulars about the
country, asking for Wings apprehen.
sion. For a time it was believed that
the fugitive might have carried out
his threat, but the following day ths
story of, the missing photograph de-
yeloped and no attemupt to drag the
river for Wings martyred body was
made.
Landed the monograph.
AS soon as he had covered up lis
intention of jumping his bond, Wing,
it is said, went to the NJ. e. Wood
store and asked to rent a photograph
and a number of records. These he
asked to be sent to the residence of
G. 3. Tratter, his brother-in-law, VINO,
he said, lived at 944 Fourteenth street.
In some manner he Intercepted the
machine before it was delivered, and
is said to have disposed of it for a
considerable sum OF money. The ma.
chine and records are valued at $42.50.
In speaking of this case Des
Moines paper states that Wing was to
be arraigned in police court there
yesterday evening However, as he
is still in Jail here, this is manifestly
a mistake.
Charges are ignored.
The charges against William Bel
garde, charged with assault with in
tent to kill Frank Kicker, charged
with seduction, were ignored by the
grand jury in the report made last
evening. Belgrade was accused OF
shooting at one William Miller on De-
cember Is in Agency township.
The case of Frank Kicker attract.
ed much attention because of the spec
tacular chase In which he figured be-
fore he was saptured. Twice the Off
GERS of the law approached near
enough to see him, but the young man
escaped. He was captured in Illinois
and brought back to Ottumwa for
trial. In capturing him, the Illinois
officers shot at the fugitive several
times.
Kicker was accused Of criminally
assaulting Miss Fannie Odum, fit
teen year old girl. Her father. j. M
OduIn. who resides in Jefferson coun
ty, was the prosecuting witness The
grand pury ignored the charges against
him, because it was represented to the
jury that Kicker and Miss Odum had
boen married. The wedding is said
to have occurred at the home of the
bride near Abingdon on Friday, Jan
uary 4.
TWO Taken to Knoxville.
Sheriff w. w. jackson left yesterday