Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1908-12-24
DlERS HONE FOR
MERRY CHRISTMAS
Toler Returns to This City a
Free Man---ls Il Happy
Family
GO HOME TO MONMOUTH, ILL
ToIer and His Wife Have Nothing But
Words of Praise for the People of
Toledo-Toer Will Report to Central
for Duty-May Return Hare to Work
for Company. J

from work, got his supper, and started
for the Railroad Y. NJ. c. A., and while
on his way shot and killed George w.
Davies. w. ID. Toler, of Monmouth, ILL.,,
who was acquitted at Toledo Tuesday
afternoon, set foot in this city q tree
man, Not only is he free but he is hap
py-happy with the joy of man who
has been denied his freedom for more
than five months while he faced the
possibility of years of imprisonment;
then was set free to go where he Wllled
and to return to his home and family
He was not alone in his happiness,
for with him were his wife, whose allot-
ment of suffering and fear for the fu-
ture has been more than usually falls
upon one woman to bear, and his two
daughters, Ruth and Mabel
Happy Family Goes Home.
Perhaps nowhere in the land was
there happier family going home Tor
Christmas than the little group OF
father, mother and two daughters, who
waited at the union tsation this morn
ing to take the train to Monmouth
They were going home. Back to the
home which the father left. happy
and contented man last July, leaving
behind a loving wife and daughters,
who were to be summoned here few
DAYS later by the news that their hus-
band and father was held in jail for
murder. They were all going home; the
father to again provide for his family
the wife and mother filled with joy at
his return.
Wife Is "oh So Happy"
They were all so happy, "Oh so very
happy" said Mrs. Toler to exporter
who babe them good bye and Merry
Christmas Every line of her face
showed her joy. The father. who APP
pears to be a quiet undemonstrative
man, expressed with feeling his joy at
regaining his freedom. Glad. you bet 1
ann glad" said Toler as he grasped the
reporters hand We'll should think
/ am" This will be the best Christ
mas my family and have ever
known" he said in response to ques-
ton relative to the timeliness OF his
acquittal and the celebration Of Christ
mas. The family expects to spend to-
morrow with relatives living In the
country near Monmouth.
Toler to Report to Company.
In reply to a question regarding his
plans for the future Toler said: My
plans are as yet uncertain. We are go
ing home, and from there we will go
at once to the country to spend a
week with my folks. After that shall
report to Master Mechanic Gossett for
duty. / have no idea where he will
assign me-"
ASKED If he would return to this city
If assigned to duty here, Toler said
that he would. But he has no idea
where the company will place him. He
is anxious to return til work. to re-
gain the financial ground he has lost
during his confinement.
Cost Of Trial Heavy.
cts put me on the hummer" was
the way Toler expressed the burden
the expense Of his defense had been
to him. ut cost me $1,150, and It has
taken most OF what have got,'a he
said, "and for more than Ave months
I have drawn no wages"
"When came here expected as
soon as got settled to move my fam
lily to Marshalltown and buy a home,
but don't know now whether could
or not IL was returned here to work, J"
he said.
I Appreciates Kindness Shown Him.
Both Toler and Mrs. Toler had the
warmest words of praise for the very
| many who had been kind to them dur
ing their trial. They were especially
grateful to the people of Toledo. who
had shown them every consideration
during their short stay there. Toler
said the treatment Sheriff Vest, of
Tama county, and his good wife, ac-
corded him while he was in Jail in
Toledo, could not have been better or
| more considerate.
"Why the first supper I was given
there was Of fried oystersl and other
things equally as good" Toler said.
"Mrs. Vest is so kind hearted she trieI
| to do all she can for the prisoners in
the Jail, and say, she is a good cook. "
| He also spoke in appreciation of the
treatment he had received here while
in the custody of Sheriff C. S. Hutson.
A few friends, whom the wife and
daughters have made during their
stays in this city, were at the depot to
wish the family goodbye and a merry
Christmas as the train pulled out that
| bore them back home.