Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1907-04-23
Wife Of Mysterious Croatian
at Waterloo Can Not Be
Located, However
HIS PATHETIC PLEAS IN VAIN
Now Believed That Two of Five Mon
Killed Near Denison Wero Relatives
--uzeIao Has Job and Is Earning
Money - General News of the
State.
Special to Times r Republican.

Special to Times Republican.
Waterloo, April 23.-Those who have
interested themselves In an endeavor
to solve the mystery OF Petrovitz
Uzelac. the Croatian Immigrant, and
who have thus far failed in locating the
strangers relatives. either in Croatia,
from where he sailed last November,
or In Iowa. where he came to visit, are
,undismayed and are working on with
the hope that they may still unravel
the tangle, which Is causing so much
embarrassment and heartache to the
man most deeply interested. In the
accident near Des MONIES last Friday,
In which five Austrians riding on
hand car we're run down by an ILL
nois Central train, 1t has been learned
that two of the victims We're of the
name Of Uzelac. II Is the theory OF
the mysterious immigrants friends that
while the name liz spelled slightly DIFF
ferently, they may have been kin to
Petrovitz Uzelac. for Richard Kaiser,
an Austrian, who has a wide acquaint-
ance with the manners and customs
OF the people living In the many petty
provinces of Austria, gave 1t as his
opinion after an examination or
JJzelacs papers and passports that his
relatives In this county were members
OF railroad gang The word Vista APP
peared on one of his cards, but there
is no railroad building near the little
town in Buchanan county. The guess
was then made that instead of Vista
the person writing the name may have
meant "Buena Vista"
Horace H Cassidy, chief clerk of
the Illinois Central In Waterloo. has
interested himself in an endeavor to
discover whether the two victims
named Uzelac, who lost their lives near
Des Moines, were any kin to Petrovitz
Uzelnc.
Ever since. Uzelac secured employ
ment with Cohn Bros, junk dealers,
he has worked every day and has
saved his money until now he has
like s22 laid by. He spends
only a dollar a week apqrt from his
board and lodgings and that Is used
mostly to pay laundry bills and such
little incidentals as are necessary, even
to an immigrant who is not able to
speak the English language or convey
to anybody around him any of his
thoughts except disconnected words
and sentences. Petrovitz has been able,
however, to communicate to Jacob
Cohn, who has befriended him. that his
wife back in Croatia, il starving to.
death, and for that reason he is very
anxious that the little sum Of money,
which by his sacrifice he has been able
to lay aside. shall be transmitted to
her About twice week the old man
goes to Mr.. Cohn and with wavering
voice and tear bedimmed' eyes, pleads
that the gaunt spectre of hunger may
be driven from his wife's door by the
use Of the few dollars that he has been
able to save. On each occasion when
this, plea is made, Mr.. Cohn makes
some excuse, usually saying that they
had better wait little while until Mr..
Uzelac receives a letter from his wife.
Saturday he told the old gentleman
that he was quite sure a letter would be
received within the next two weeks.