Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1910-10-28
REMARKABLE COINCIDENCE OF
NAMES, BUSINESS AND INCL.
DENTS.
MysrERY PARTIALLY SOLVED
BY ESCAPE FROM JAIL
PerpIsxins Factors Of the Case Arc
Two Mon Of Same Name, in Same
Dusiness, Both Seen in Same Towns,
:! Car Of Apples and q Stolen Team
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Council Bluffs, Oct. 2S.-One of the
strangest condolences that has come to
the attention of the police court here in
q long time has come to light thru the
efforts Of Chief of Police Froom to To-
cate the missing husband of Mrs
George Foster. 1t had to do with two
men of the same name. in the same
business, both having been seen In the
same towns, a car of apples left on
Arack in this city and a stolen team al
Gravity.
Three weeks ago George Foster, who
with his wife and baby is supposed to
have come here from st. Louis, left
Council Bluffs to buy apples. On Oct.
. he wrote his wife from New Market
iowa; and from Marceline. Mo-, on Oct
rs. In the latter letter he stated that
he was going to Vandalia, Mo. The
wife wrote him there, but got no reply.
Tuesday afternoon, the wife called up
on Chief Of Police Froom. asking as
distance in locating her husband.
The chief had read Of the arrest of
George Foster at Madison, near Mob
erly. Mo-, for the theft of a team OF
&aorses at Gravity on Oct. 9, OF his re-
xurn to Bedford by the sheriff and OF
Tosters' confession.
The wife was informed of the arrest
OF a man giving the same name as that
Of her husband, and who said that ne
had q wife and baby, but that he would
not tell where they were, as he did not
Cvfsf, them to know Of his predicament
She declared it could not be her nus
hand, as he was not that kind Of a
man.
However, the chief wired the sheriff
at Bedford for description, and it
tallied even to the clothes with that
given by Mrs. Foster here.
There seems to be no doubt that the
man under arrest at Bedford is the
missing man sought by the Mrs. George
Foster.
When Chief Froom first heard the
foster woman's story he Immediately
connected the missing man with the
disappearance of r. L. Foster, who had
shipped a carload of apples to Council
Bluffs almost on the very date on
which George Foster went to New
Market and from the same place. The
car Of apples remained on track here
for some days, and the police depart
rnent was asked to aid in locating him.
Later, however, relatives OF r. Il. Fos-
ter came here and disposed of the ap-
pies, and word has been received that
II. l.. Foster has returned to his home.
George Foster told the sheriff he had
been st11Xew,Market on Oct. 5, and this
IL c6fSB0rStedH2h his letter to his wife
from that place on that date. As r. L.
Foster shipped apples to Council Bluffs
from that place on about the same date
and George Foster left for that place to
buy apples. the coincidence is strange
one.
1t is said that the Mrs. George Foster
nd oh n a az in f1fo OF
cumstances. The woman, however, can
not believe that the man under arrest
at Bedford is her husband.
Foster Breaks Jail.
Foster became such q good prisoner
and he reiterated his desire to save
the state the expense of trial. that
he was given the liberty of the jail cor
ridor at Bedford and treated almost as
a trusty. Last night the reason was
all explained, Foster broke Jail. Dur
Ding the afternoon the sheriff was away
and Foster, as ususal, was allowed the
freedom of the Jail corridor Return
ing home about o'clock the officer
asked his wife to prepare Fosters
supper and he would take it to him.
The sheriff's wife replied that she had.
with the assistance of her daughter,
given the prisoner his supper only a
few minutes before. The officer was
much perturbed, told his wife and
daughter never to do such q thing
again and started for the rear of the
jail to lock Foster up for the night.
But the prisoner was gone. During the
afternoon he had made a hole in the
brick wall of the Jail with the aid of
an iron hook and had undoubtedly
made his escape few minutes before
the sheriff returned. And he has not
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