Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1908-10-06
GIRL IN A PLIGHT
Prominent Cedar Rapids Miss
Runs Away With Carnival
Follower
MAN PROMISED TO MARRY HER
Now He Is In Jail on 4 Criminal
Charge and the DeIuded Miss Is left
Destitute Among Strangers at coun-
Gil Bluffs-Youthful Victim Thought
TO Be innocent of Intended Wrong.

70 &c tnnoCont OF lnt0noeo wrong.
Special to Times Republican.
Council Bluffs, Oct. 6.--Foolish but
innocent OF any intention to do q
wrong is the verdict of the officials
here regarding the case Of a young
woman from Cedar Rapids who found
herself deserted In strange city. with
the man whom she thought her friend
locked In Jail and the man whom she
expected to call husband in custody at
st. Joseph.
The woman refused to reveal the
name of her parents, but registered at
the Grand hotel as Mrs. ID. Faltys, one
of the names by which her husband As
known. She had become entranced
withs.he possibilities of the stage and
had left her home in company with n
dashing actor. That she went with
him to lola, HAS, as his wife. later to
st. Joseph, Mo-, and thence to Council
Bluffs with a friend of her husband,
who was ito secure a sum of money for
her use, are details AS result of the
methods The employed to get the mon
ey, her Husbands friend, Harry
Summers, who registered at the Grand
as Frank Arlington, is under arrest on
charges of burglary and attempted safe
blowing.
The supposed husband of "Mrs. Fal-
tvs" goes by the name of Harry Sher-
man in ST. Joseph, which name he is
said to have given the police. The
South Omaha police say he has a wife
at Fremont, Neb.
According to information ELECTED
from Summers by the police at South
Omaha, Sherman, alias Faltys, became
acquainted with THE young woman
while he was in Cedar Rapids a month
ago. The two became intimate friends
in a short time and Sherman rs said
to have promised to marry the girl II
she would go to lola, Kas, with him.
She consented, but refused to go with
him until the wedding. ceremony had
been performed. Sherman talked her
out OF this notion, it is said and took
her to lola with him and there they
are said to have been known as man
and wife.
Sherman and his partner. Summers,
alias Arlington, We're employed in q
summer garden operated by a carnival
company. Sherman is said to have
been in a position to get his hands on
the money belonging to the company
and according to Summers statement,
embezzled a sum of that 1noney.When 1t
became absolutely necessary that they
have more money, Sherman called
Summers into his room, and outlined
the plan to rob South Omaha shoe
store.
Sherman, who is evidently acquainted
with Omaha, and its vicinity, gave to
his accomplice a crude map of the
store. the street and the situation of
the safe in the store. With this In
formation, the man furnished also the
combination OF the safe. 1t was ar
ranged between the two that Summers,
or Arlington, was to take the girl with
him. They told her that she was TO
go to Omaha with Summers and bring
back some money that he would Sc
cure for her from a cousin in South
Omaha.
Breaks Into Shoe Store.
Last Monday the two, travelling as
Mrs. D. Faltys and Frank Arlington,
left lola and went to Kansas City, Mo-.
then to st. Joseph, Mo-. and from st.
Joseph to Council Bluffs, where they
registered at the Grand hotel Thurs
day evening. Leaving the woman in
her room at the hotel here, Summers
went to South Omaha Saturday night
and entered the shoe store Of r. A.
Cressey on N street. According to
his story at police headquarters, he
worked at the safe all Saturday night
and until 9 o'clock Sunday morning,
when the police arrested him. The
combination had been changed since
the man in Kansas Learned it and the
efforts of Summers to open it We're fu-
tile. He finally became disguised az
his lack of success and smashed the
lock on the safe and otherwise multi
ated the big heap of iron, but all to no
avail
When arrested Summers told the
whole story. He explained that he was
but tool in the hands of the other
man, who is older and, says Summers,
has had much more experience in such
matters than himself or the girl either.
Will Not Tell Name.
For the most part composed, the girl
shows signs of nervousness and de-
clared that she would not have her
parents know of her plight. When
asked the names of her parents she
refused pointedly to tell.
There was no information whatever
given out by the Council Bluffs police
department with regard to the affair.
Officers Of the department questioned
the young woman as to her connection
with the matter at her room in the ho-
tel last night.
ASKS $4,000 FOR INJURY.
Laura 3. Smith, Iowa City, Accident
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