Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1910-06-06
Southern Io1ua Items

escaped. Ever since Miss Stone has
looked under her bed when she retired
at night and recently she found a burg
lar hid under the bed. At her COM
mand he came out, delivered loaded
revolver and quietly gave himself into
the hands of the officers. He confessed
to having entered the house on the pre-
viOus occasion and said it was for
money, but the second time he claimed
was to explain to Miss Stone why he
went into the house the first time.
Des Moines.
Twenty new street cars will be in
service in Dies Moines by the middle of
August and half of them will be here
before the end of July. The Des Moines
City Railway Company placed an order
for twenty new Brill cars, ten of which
are to be delivered in ten weeks and
ten in seven weeks. Chicago surface
cars are of the Brill type and the new
cars for Des Moines are to be almost
exactly like them. They will be long
and broad with a seating capacity of
eighty-six. The largest cars now in
use in Des Moines seat only sixty four.
Cedar Rapids.
Mrs. Charles F. Gnier, wife of the
president of the Phelps Furniture Com
pany, is lying in semi-consicous con-
dition suffering with concussion Of the
brain and Mrs J. F. Bresin and the
small son Of Mrs Gnier are both badly
bruised, as the result of a runaway
The accident happened near the North
western tracks. In trying to save her
small son from injury Mrs. Gnier was
thrown to the pavement with much
force. A terrible cash was cut in her
head and she also received other bad
bruises and injuries. Her condition is
serious. Mrs. Breslin was only Jared
and bruised slightly, while the little
boy had few scratches on his hands
Muscatine.
One of the most remarkable acct
dents on record in the city occurred
Mt the new ball park, when Ralph
Bloom, one of the refreshment vendors
suffered a finger to be torn off his
hand. He attempted to drop from one
Of the upper rows of bleachers to the
ground and in doing So. heavy ring
which he wore caught on a nail. sus-
pending his entire weight from the one
finger. Altho a small lad, the weight
was sufficient to cause the ring to cut
into the flesh and sever the finger, the
digit and ring dropping to the ground
with the boy. Several doctors were at
the park and medical assistance was
quickly given him. The finger was
amputated at the third joint
Madrid.
One of John Treats broken legs is
worth damages of $500 and the other
one is not worth a cent, according to
Judge Nichols Of the Fifth judicial
district, who recently decided a case
in which former Judge Miller, of Des
Moines, was interested. Treat was a
driver in the mine owned by the High
Bridge Coal Company. On the day of
the accident in which his legs were
broken the mule he was driving SHE'D
at a piece of coal along the track and
kicked John. breaking one of his legs.
In his haste to get away from the
animals heels, John fell to the ground
and was run over by the car he was
driving and the other leg was broken.
He brought suit to recover $4,000 for
his injuries. Judge Nichols declared
that the mule could kick the man in
the leg as much as 1t pleased and that
the coal mining company was not re-
sponsible He held, however, that the
coal company was responsible Tor the
John was run over by the car. The
jury gave Treat damages of $4,000.
Judge Nichols held the sum too large
and it was declared that Treat should
receive $1,000.