Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1908-10-29
GENUS IN THE Tolls
Bear, of Marble Rock, Who
Holds Valuable Secret, Ar
rested at Waterloo
HAS A POWERFUL CHEMICAL
HAS A POWERFUL CHEMICAL
Cleans Vaults With Secret Fluid Which
Many Would Give Large Sum to Own
ARRESTED for Doing Work Without
First Procuring City License-Com-
pound Resembles Liquid Air.
Special to Timcs-Republican.

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Waterloo. Oct. CIV. Bear, of Mar
bic Rock, the man who has caused
many to marvel because of the potency
of n secret fluid he prepares. a small
part of which, when applied to a vault
will make the contents mysteriously
vanish in short time, was arrested
by the police on complaint OF City
Scavenger f. l.. Newton. Before Po-
lice Magistrate Kepford, he pleaded
guilty to having cleaned a vault on
Newell street without first having Sc
cured a license to do so, as provided
by the city ordinances. He was fined
sos and in default of payment was
sentenced to serve seven and one-half
days in the stone yard.
After adm ting that he had been
cleaning vaults over the country with
this uIiquc preparation for a period
of twelve years and had visited Wa
torloo OF times within the past six
yAars. Mr. Fear pleaded in extenua :
tim OF his conduct that 81 former
mayor an1 chief of police had looked
him up and got him to clean the
vault Of school building. He said
he was rot required then to secure a
license arc did not think he was do
ing :nNthin. wrong when he cleaned
the vault Yesterday in view of his
previous experience with the heads
CT the city administrations.
Willing, But Unable to Work.
Bear. who Is 81 years old and a
strong. Well built man. said he could
not pay his fine and would have to
work out his sentence.
y will do the best I can in that
line" he told the court, but 1t has
been a good while since 1 did any
work of this kind He displayed the
tender palms of his hands, remarking
that he thought he would have
cramps in his hand after he had
srasped the, handle of a hammer a
short time.
I'VE will not be unmerciful.' said
the court as an officer escorted Bear
out of the room.
Powerful Fluid.
That Bear has fortune in his Sc
cret preparation Is not doubted by
any one acquainted with it's action.
A small bottle of II, carried in the
vest pocket. Is enough to utterly an
initiate the contents of several vaults.
The drug is so powerful that it must
be handled carefully and Bear wears
gloves when using it. The fluid seems
to cremate the vault contents. leav-
ing only the bare earth after its work
has been accomplished
1t is not liquid air, but something
akin to it.
Bears fame has gone all over this
part of the middle west
Would Give Small Fortune.
City Scavanger r. E. Newton, who
is regularly licensed and appointed to
fill the duties of this office. is anx-
ious to get the recipe for Bears prep
aration or something similar.
"Tf had it, could make my for
tune in a short time" says Mr.. New
ton. so far as I have been able to
learn, the fluid air works well except
where there is too much moisture in
the vault, and then 1t does not seem
effective in consuming the contents,
but it will work nine times out of ten.
I understand 1T literally cremates the
vault contents, thus disposing of them
in the easiest possible manner"