Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1910-05-13
THREE OF ALLEGED BAND OF
CROOKS IN JAIL AT NEVADA,
INCLUDING WOMAN.
FEMALE MEMBER TALKS
AND GIVES PALS AWAY
Woman Who Defrauded Merchant at
Story City Declares She is One Of
Band of Yesemen and shopIifters-
Daniels, Who Shot Warrick and Az.
derman, Another at Huxley.

Special to Times Republican.
Nevada May 13.- Admitting that
she is one of a band of st. Louis GRIM
inals, many of whom are now operat t.
ing in central Iowa, Mrs. Anna Kelley
was placed in the county jail here last
evening in default of $1,000 bonds to
await grand jury investigation upon a
charge of securing goods under false
pretenses.
The woman appeared in Story City
Wednesday afternoon, and going to the
{. NJ. Christensen store secured silks,
etc, to the value of s21.SO and had
them charged to Mrs. Patterson, say
ing that she was a new dressmaker
who had located in the town.
She Immediately secured a livery and
started TO Gilbert, where it was her
intention to- take the evening traic
north to- Randall, where she has a
sister living end where she was Joined
by her husband, whom she said was
up as an advance man for the gang
and was looking the field over with
a view OF extensive operations.
i Shortly after the woman left town
Mrs. Patterson dropped in at the
Christensen store and the fraud was
discovered at once. and the matter
placed in the hands Of the officers.
When captured and brought back to
Story City it was found that the wo-
man was formerly a Miss Anna Sexe.
of near Jewel. After seeing that she
was in, bad she told the story to the
officers.
Member Of Big Gang.
According TO. the story of the woman
she belongs to 4 band of about twenty
five men and fourteen woman who
work together and operate a large
store in ST. Louis, the men being yegg-
men and burglars and the women OPP
Grating asN shoplifters and pulling off
stunts such as she did When told Of
the burglary of the Huxley depot she
said that she knew that Huxley was
20 be visited and also admitted knowl-
edge of the robbery or holdup here
Wednesday. when the sheriff and a
citizen We're wounded by Daniels, the
holdup man.
f She is a very handsome woman, with
beautiful auburn hair, splendidly
dressed but wears no jewery. She adj
mitted to the officers that her natural
inclinations had always been to the
bad since she was a child and that
when she finally met and married KEEL
ley. who was member of the gang,
she was an apt pupil in the ways of
criminality.
She described her husband as being
a rather tall man of light complexion,
weighing about 16O When he left her
he wore tan suit with brown derby
hat and patent leather shoes with
brown tops. She says that he wears
much jewelry, especially diamonds.
Three Of Gang in Jail.
That there have been three members
Of the same gang placed in the Story
county Jail within the last twenty-four
hours there is little doubt.
Richard Daniels, the man who held
up B. S. Dickey in the Dewell & Dickey
street at the hour of noon yesterday
and secured the cash in the drawer al
the point of a gun, and afterwards
barricaded himself in the basement of
q barn in the edge of town and shot
seven shots into the crowd that We're
making his capture, two of which hit
Lee L. Alderman and another Sheriff
Warrick says that HIS home is in ST |
Louis. He is about five feet ten inches
in height weighs about 100 pounds, is
we'll dressed and a fine appearing fell
low. He absolutely refuses to talk.
His preliminary Will be held Thursday
IF next week.
Jim Christy, who says that bis home
s amy old place. was captured after
| running fight Of a mile or so, after
lie had burglarized the interurban
lepot at Huxley. He has every mark |
IT the hardened criminal. He is a low,
leavy-set fellow, with broad jaw, low
dipping nose and surly look that |
shows that he is used to the ways of |
he criminal When the officer at |
empted to photograph him he fought
t for some time and when the picture |
inally was taken his eyes We're closed |
He is a bad man in all ways, surly and |
lard to handle about the Jail.
Jail Delivery Feared.
The guns taken from the two men
we're identically the same. While they
lid not recognize each other when
christy was placed in Jail last night I
here is every appearance that they
Know each other. The woman was
placed in the womans ward of the Jail
md has not seen the other prisoners
IS yet
Strangers We're caught in the act of
around the Jail last night
md it is altogether probable that n
all delivery is being planned. man
md a woman who it was afterwards
ound We're seen with Daniels here
yesterday morning, left town on the
short Line train for Des' Moines yes
erday evening.