Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1908-07-10

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Just before departing for Minneapolis
this forenoon, in custody of Detective
McFetridge, Owen Ball signed full
and complete confession Of the North
ern Pacific train robbery, and agreed,
over his signature, to turn states evil
dence against shercliffe. Detective Nc
Fetridge says that extradition papers
for ShercIiffe will be applied for at
once thru the office Of the governor Of
Minnesota to the governor Of Colorado.
According to detectives at Des
Moines, who have been working on the
case. Owen Ball, the youthful crimi-
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robbing of the Northern Pacific train,
within the suburbs of Minneapolis, on
the night of April 16. Balls confession
is said 70 be complete, and he says
tina. he and Frank ShercliRe did the
jos together,
Ball is also said to have confessed
to the robbery of the drug store in the
outskirts Of st. Paul on the night be-
fore, and in this he was likewise the
partner Of Sherclifte. Ball has promised
Special Agent McFetridge. Of the
Northern Pacific secret service, that he
where he and Shercliffe planted" the
loot, which consisted principally of
watches and jewelry taken from pas
sengers on board the train.
Woman Gives Up the Deal.
AS stated in the T.-R. Thursday
evening, it was thru Mrs Sherclffe
that the detectives got their line where
by they wrung the confession from
Ball With the statement of Mrs. Sher-
cliffe, that her husband and Ball held
up the train. Ball was taken to the
detective headquarters and McFet-
ridge was introduced to him as an Of
f1cer from Kansas City who was look
Ing for thief who had stolen a large
quantity Of diamonds. The Kansas City
case was but myth, but Ball was
anxious to prove an alibi, and said that
he was In Minneapolis at the time the
Kansas City robbery was committed.
The detectives then gradually drew the
from him. To the police OF
this city, when Ball returned here after
an absence Of few months ago, no
said that he had been in Minneapolis.
Wasting Sympathy on Mrs. Morris
1t is evident that much sympathy
has been wasted on Mrs. Sherman
Morris in Des Moines. Papers this
were filled with stories OF how
she had been inviegeled by Ball into
coming to Marshalltown on the pre-
tense of finding work and a home for
her two babies. Mrs. Morris is also
to have been warned" by
Mrs. J. H. Ball, mother Of Owen Ball,
to the effect that her son was q bad
man, and that she (Mrs. Morris) had
better have nothing to do, with him.
Mrs. Morris is also quoted as saying
that Mrs Ball had told her Owen had
been into SO much trouble that she
no longer had any tears for him. Mrs.
Morris also denied having written any
letters to Ball.
Mother Denies Story as Rot.
Mrs. Ball, when seen by the T.-R. to-
day, denied that she had made any
statements Of such nature to Mrs.
Morris, or whoever the woman may
have been who was at her home.
"When the woman came here she told
me her name was Mrs. May Daniels,
Of Council Bluffs, Al friend Of Owen,
who had loaned him money and was
here to make some arrangements to
get what was due her. She said she
was a widow. I did not know she was
Mrs. Morris, or Mrs. Shercliffe, or
whatever her name may be, until she
as arrested at my home at midnight
Statements at Variance.
Mrs. Morris statements to the Des
Moines detectives and newspaper re-
porters do not agree very we'll. After
telling the reporters that she did not
love Ball, had never written him any
letters, and was inviegeled into COM
ing to this city, she Is said to have
confessed to the detectives that she in
tended running away with Ball, de-
claring that she. knew Shercliffe to be
down and out" and that the few re-
naming years Of his life would prob
ably be spent behind prison walls.
Now, however, Mrs. Morris says that
she is done with both Shercliffe and
Ball.
Ball Claims He Was Soon to Wed
In Des Moines, shortly before leaving
for Minneapolis today, Ball made a
statement to the effect that he was
soon to have been married to Miss En-
ma eSlingaman, of this city. a young
woman living at 1922 Arson street Ball
said that the wedding was to have
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