Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1910-11-09
Northern Io1ua Items

not there! Kennedy, not believing the
aged mans statement. started a quar-
rel Which ended in the shooting. Ken
needy w6s arrested INN ediately after
the shooting and is confined In Jail
here.
Fort Dodge.
p. NJ. Joice, the Lake Mills banker.
| who was indicted for alleged risappro-
! priation Of funds last spring. broke his
silence concerning his case In st. Paul
| by stating that he thinks the case will
| never come to trial. His optimistic
view point is not shared. however. by
his Fort Dodge attorney who. when In
terviewed::, stated there had been no in
dication that the United States would
dismiss the case He also stated that
altho there is no doubt but that the
case VIII be tried. the defendant viii
TASK for continuance until the June
term Of federal court when the case
comes up here during the November
term. Mr. Joice Will be- in Fort Dodge
at that time.
Sioux City.
| When Bog Pearce. late cornhusker
OF Jackson. Neb.. sauntered up Court
street Saturday night and attempted
to break into house on that orderly
thoroughfare, he used poor judgment.
Pearce's Jonah" was working over
time, for as luck would have it. the
house happened to be that OF Police
man James Tetford The latter. who
IS working on the day shift. and who
had not taken off his uniform. was
returning from the city about 10: 80
O'clock As ne neared his home at the
corner on 10th and Court streets. he
saw a man on the front porch. Giving
no warning 'Tetford watched the mans
operations and Just as the latter had
"jimmied" the door. the policeman
gra bbed him.
Sioux City.
Antonena Baltrinius. pretty Rus
sian girl. who has been in this coun-
| try only q few weeks, appeared in po-
| lice court with an interpreter and
secured Il warrant against Peter and
Osef h'uelsocsky. whom she charges
with disturbing the peace. 1t is likely
that the charge may be changed to
something more serious. as it is said
1.-THE men attempted criminal assault
land that it was frustrated by the des-
perate resistance made by the girl
The men for whom the warrant was
ISSUED are OF the same nationality as
/
the foreign quarter. The girl was in
nocent of the ways OF this country
and il was easy to impose upon her.
The girl spurned the mems advances
land slapped their faces. but they would
not he stopped and in a shor, time at
tempted to use force. but they had not
lcounted upon the strength Of the peas
ant girl an dshe kicked one OF the men
in the face
LeMars.
\ quartet Of young people LIVING, IN
Lincoln township had a narrow escape
from death a few evenings ago when
the steering gear Of an automobile in
which they were riding broke. Mark
Long was driving his auto in which
were riding Mamie Casper. Lily Mu-
ecke and George Casper. on the road
| between Reidegeis' and Roepke's. and
rot seeing ditch In the road. he ran
into 1t. causing the steering rod TO
break. The control OF the auto being
lost It ran into the ditch and then
turned upside down. hurting the occu-
! pants out with the exception OF LILY
Muecke. Miss Mamie Casper was
thrown over the front seat and FELL a
short distance ahead OF the auto. injur-
ing her head and hip. George was
thrown ahead and managed 10 escape
with only few scratches and bruises.
Mark managed to light on his feet and
| In his hands still held the steering
wheel which he tore OF It's fastenings;
how he accomplished 1t he does not
know. Lily Muecke was less fortunate.
As the auto turned over she was UNI
! auir ~ sc. Ga, ::.-a -Ss .ansh. under
II. but fortunately she fell between the
seats and ss"sned with slight injury to
her foot.