Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1908-11-06
Authorities Believe Irish Deit-
rich, Alias Harry Dawson,
Is Victim Of Heredity.
INTO A ~eooD HOME
DIETRICH, Since a Child, Has Been
Surrounded by Best of Environments
Has Been Repeatedly Arrested for
Burglary and Will Probably Be SEN
fenced to Long Prison Term.
Special to Times Republican.

Special to Times Republican.
Fort Dodge, Nov 6.-Irish DIETRICH,
alias Harry Dawson, who was arrest
ed at Tbornton on Tuesday by City
Marshal Fred Ingersol, of that village,
was brought to Fort Dodge yesterday
morning and arraigned before Commits
sioner johnson. on The charge of bur-
glarizing the postoffice at Thornton
on the night of Nov. .. The prisoner
waived the preliminary hearing. and
was held to the November term of the
federal grand jury, under bonds Of
$500. Being unable to secure the nee
e .sary bonds he was incarcerated in
elle Webster countp Jail for safe keep
ing.
According to the belief of the au-
do with the case. Deitricn, alias Daw-
son, was victim of heredity. In the
nefghborhood of twenty years ago, he
came to this section in company with
large number of other children from
one of the orphanages in New York
city. Deitrich.' in company with the
other children was consigned to Web
ster City, and ON his arrival there
was adopted into the home Of a well
known and prosperous family named
Mcfarland, residing near Stanhope.
Early in life he began to show the faint
of heredity, and when less than II
years of age was accused of burglar
izing store at Stanhope. He was
arrested on the charge and sufficient
evidence was offered at his trial in the
Hamilton county district court to Sc
cure his conviction, and term in the
state reformatory at Eldora was his
punishment.
At the expiration of his term in the
state reformatory DIETRICH, alias Daw-
son, returned to Stanhope. and appar-
emily for time lived an honest life
but finally he fell into evil
WAYS again, and about two years
ago when a store at Stanhope was
burglarzed, Dawson was blamed for
the crime Some of the stolen goods
were found in his possession. He was
tried in the Hamilton county district
court, and sentenced to eighteen
months in the state penitentiary, his
sentence having expired last March.
Again he returned to the home of his
boyhood, and for a time lived an APP
parently honest life. but when the
Thornton postoffice and the depots at
Thornton and Swaledale were robbed
Monday evening, the finger of suspic-
ion was pointed at him and his arrest
followed. The booty is said to have
been small.
1t is probable that an Indictment
will be returned against DIETRICH by
the federal grand jury. which meets
in this city Tuesday, Nov. 10, and if
found guilty of the charge of robbing
the postoffice at Thornton, he will
receive a. long sentence in
the federal prison at Fort Leaven-
worth. as a result of his bad record.
Indictments will likely result in the
district court, for the robbery of the
depots at Thornton and Swaledale, and
following his release from Fort Leav-
if sentenced to that prison, he
will be rearrested and punished for
these crimes also. DIETRICH is still
Young man, and his case is one which
will make an interesting study for the
prison reform workers, in that, altho
by the best Of environ-
ments. during his residence in the
west, he is probably a criminal by
nature.