The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1909-01-30
=. TENT of the Mysterious Hanks
and His Wife at Bluff
Park Blown Down Yes
terday Morning.
MRS. HANKS GOT HELP
And Montrose Citizens Game Back
With Fer Armed to the
Teeth Although Will
ing to Help.

Keokuk people are we'll acquainted
with the mysterious Hanks who with
his wife made Keokuk their home un
III last summer when they took up
their abode in a tent on this side OF
Bluff park, the summer resort near
Montrose and lived in the tent until
Yesterday morning when an ill wind
blew their way. and the tent. was
blown down. ~.
Yesterday being the windiest day
since anyone can. remember 1t is no
wonder that the tent which is in the
open. was blown down. The Whole If
fail was seen by the passengers on
train No. I of the X line which ar
rives Id this city from the south each
morning at 1885 but was about an
hour late yesterday.
Hanks the mysterious. was lying on
his cot in the tent. sick. when the ten.
blew down. His wife was with him at
the time and without any ado about
the matter put a shawl over her head
and with bare feet set out for Mon
trose with all possible speed to get
help to put up the tent again as her
husband was too i'll to attempt to put
Mn their canvass home again.
Afraid of Hanks.
Arriving in Montrose in short
fine. Mrs. Hanks asked several men
Standing on one of the corners to ac-
company her back to the scene of the
wrecked tent, but the men knew the
nature of Hanks and were afraid that
II they accompanied his wife back to
Bluff park and attempted to help them
he would more than likely try to shoot
them as he has threatened time and
again to shoot the frs person that
came near their home. In his tent is
a whole armory Of which he would
make good use If any one attempted
to come near. With these thor-'s-r in
mind the Montrose citizens. refused
point blank to accompany Mrs. Hanks
back so she departed in her bare feet
again for the blown down tent and the
bedside of the mysterious.
After she had left the men whom
she had asked to accompany her be-
ing touched by the pitiable condition
OF the pair. each secured a gun and
started out for the tent to help set
up the tent if there was 10 objec-
ton on the part of Hanks. Arriving
at the place though, the pair were not
to be found anywhere. they evidently
having flown when they saw the stall
off rim
down the road with drawn arms and
ready for fight if here should be any.
rumpus raised by Hanks.
Living Fine.
In the tent or the place where the
tent had been before it was blown
down, everything was found to be
finely fitted UP. Hanks inherited a
thousand dollars from some Pennsyl-
vania relative about year ago and
The couple though living in tent
have fitted themselves up nice home.
u the tent was fine upright piano
that would grace the parlor of the
hnest of homes and everything about
the place was comfortably fixed.
1t will be remembered by many that
Hanks and his wife are tn couple
VINO gained so much notoriety through
me keokuk courts about year ago.
Hanks also appeared in public ct one
OF the vaudeville houses of the city at
one time and made quite hit.
The pair are both curiosities and
much interest has been taken in their
sellare since they took up their
ABODE IN the woods. Where they
wen. Yesterday is not known and
surely a woman who will go almost a
nile N her bare feet OH a day like
.eslerday was. deserves a name for
much endurance.