Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1907-11-15
Some of Stolen Goods Are Recov-
cred, Found By E. N. Holt
Back of His Barn
WHO PLACED THEM IN HIDING
That is Question Police Are Trying to
solve-Goods Found in Three Diff
ferent lnstaIIments, Covered over
With Leaves-kibbey Pistol Included
in Plumber.

ceiVing stolen properly, anu WIN 10
suspected Of being guilty Of burglar
izing Abbott & Sons hardware store
week ago tonight. Some OF the stolen
goods have been recovered, found back
of e. N. Hollis barn by Mr.. Holt They
have been turned over to the officers
for safe keeping. The pill box found
among the goods is shown to have
contained at one time a prescription
filed for Owen Ball.
Keep Fact of Find Quiet.
The fact Of Mr.. Hollis find has been
kept quiet by the officers, in the hope
that some other developments might
arise. Permission to make it public,
however, was given today. With the
recovery Of the goods the circumstan-
tial evidence showing Ball to have been
guilty Of the Abbott robbery Friday.
and Of another burglary last spring, is
| strengthened.
Concealed Goods Next to Fence.
BY a post Of the fence on his lot,
on last Saturday afternoon, Mr.. Holt
came across three boxes of cartridges,
showing that they were fresh from the
shelves, and an empty pill box. At
| that time he did not know that Alb
bolts store had been broken into on
the night preceding, altho he was
aware that the police had taken Owen
Ball from his home that morning.
| Upon picking up his evening paper
Mr.. Holt read of the Abbott burglary
and Immediately presumed that the
cartridges he had found had been
stolen from the Abbott store. The
Balls live back of Mr.. Holt, halt
block or more Of vacant ground sep
| arating the two properties. Mr.. Holt
determined to make another search
and after his return from church Sun
day forenoon came across another
"find." a short distance from where he
had picked up the cartridges, and lying
next to another post In this pile was
more ammunition, DIR. w. B. Kibbey's
! s25 Luger automatic pistol, Hopkins
& Allen 32-caliber double action re-
volver, and two bowie knives. One OF
| the latter was an old one and is iden-
| titled by Mr.. Abbott as having been
stolen from his stock last spring, when
| the store was robbed for the second
time this yer.
Looks Again and Finds More.
Mr.. Holt took these goods and placed
them with the others and on Monday
morning made another search Of his
premises In the Identical spot where
he had made the first find, on Satur-
day, he discovered two pocket knives
and four boxes of 22-caliber cartridges.
Mr.. Holt will take his oath that these
goods were not there when he re-
moved the other ammunition and pill
box, therefore they must have been
placed there some time during Sunday
night or in the early hours Of Mon
day morning.
Turn Them Over to Abbott.
Monday morning Mr.. Holt took all
of the goods he had found to the Of
fee of his brother, Mr.. ]. M. Holt, and
Mr.. Abbott was notified. Mr.. Abbott
identified all the goods as being his
property. Mr.. Holt begged not to be
dragged into the case, as he did not
want to become mixed up in any way
with an affair Of that kind, wherein
| his neighbors were suspected of
crime.
Pill Box Tells Story.
| Mr.. Abbott took the pill box, went
| to the drug store where the prescrip-
ton it had contained was filled, land
ascertained the date of its filing;
! ;o;o no. 1xy,.iff o,,
the prescription The result was that
information that is positive shows the
box found with the stolen goods from
Abbotts store had contained a pre-
scription filed for Owen Ball on Oc-
tober 20 last The theory is that, in
emptying out his pockets Of stolen
goods, either to hide them himself or
| leave 1t to other members Of his fami-
| ly or confederates, he had overlooked
the innocent appearing little pill box
and it's inscription and number.
Guns in Good Shape.
An interesting feature Of the find lies
| in the fact that the two revolvers re-
covered are in the best possible shape
and are as bright and new as when
they were taken from the Abbott show
case. This would seem to indicate
that they had not laid out in the
weather very long, for they showed not
the least sign of any rust. AS there
was light snow Saturday night, and
snow flurries all day Sunday, the
probabilities are that some evidences
of moisture would have been apparent
on the weapons, and that they would
have showed some rust. Mr.. Hollis
theory is that the stolen goods were
| placed on his premises as conven-
lent method Of disposing of them tenn
porarily, and that if he hadn't found
them they would have been removed
The officers, however, think that the
stolen property may have been taken
off the Ball premises to prevent their
being found there, and to divert sus-
| picion from Ball If they were found.
The Holt premises were photograph
ed this afternoon by the officers. to
obtain exhibits showing the exact loca-
ton. of the spots where the goods
were found.
No information As Vet Filed.
No information has as yet been filed
by Mr.. Abbott, either for burglary or
on charge Of receiving stolen prop
erty Balls hearing on the charge of