Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1910-04-06
r. |. BEALE, POSTAL EMPLoYE
ARRESTED ON SUSPICION
OF STEALING RING.
TAKEN TO TOLEDO WHERE
CHARGE WILL BE FILED
Told Police He Found the Rine-of-
fered It For Sale, With Jewels Taken
Out, Soon After Terrible Accident
apprenticeship Part Of Settings,
Hooked" Larger Diamond.

operator in the local office of the Postal
Telegraph Company was arrested here
this morning by Chief of Police w. Il.
Nicholson and Sheriff A. A. Nicholson
on suspicion Of having had ring that
it is believed was stolen from the Rock
Island wreck near Green Mountain on
March 81.
Beale was taken to Toledo this after
noon by Chief Nicholson and Y. e.
Muir special agent for the Rock Island
where a charge of larceny for stealing
the ring was to be filed. according to
the chief of police when he left here
shortly after / o'clock.
Believe Beale Stole Ring.
The officers who have been working
on the case are convinced that Beafe
stole the ring at the wreck. but they
think it more likely that he took it
from the clothing or personal belong
ings of some of the victims rather than
from the finger of dead body. Beale
told the police that he found the ring
on the Great Western tracks in this
city.
ne rlIlS WIS u WOIIlStIl > SUlu EiHS VI
an approximate value Of $40 to SOS. 1t
was set with seven diamonds, one of
them of less than one-quarter karat in
weight, six small chip diamonds and
six small opals.
Sold and "Hocked" Jewels.
Bealed filed the prongs Of the set
tings and took the Jewels out of the
ring. The largest diamond he hooked
to 7. j. Bucklin, the Postal operator
employed at the Britain &, Co.'S plant.
for SIS. Four of the chip diamonds
and four of the small opals he sold at
the Allen jewelry store for 20 cents.
The ring itself he sold to w. T. Miller,
the jeWeler, for 80 cents. Miller bought
it for the gold that was in 1t. as the
ring had been ruined for other pur-
poses by the fling Of Its prongs and
by having been bent out of shape.
The remaining two chip diamonds
and the two opals have not been ac-
counted for yet. They were probable
lost
The four small diamonds and the
four opals and the ring have been re-
covered and Mr.. Bucklin is ready to
turn over the larger diamond any time
1t is wanted.
Also Had Pillow Slips.
In addition to the ring Beale also
had six Pullman car pillow slips. These,
according to the officers. he said he
took from the Pullman sleeper that was
wrecked Ralph Williamson, manager
of the local Postal office and Beales
employer. said that Beale told him the
Pullman conductor gave the slips to
him. Williamson also said that Beale
had told him that he had bought the
ring of Great Western railroad man
for IS. Beale had the pillow slips in
the telegraph office.
Jeweler Becomes Suspicious.
w. r. Miller. the jeweler, who bought
the ring. says that Beale brought the
ring to his store a day or two after
the wreck. "A day or two after he
bought the ring Miller says Beale came
in with six diamonds and six opals,
and wanted to sell them but Miller did
not buy.
The ring. and later the Jewels. hav-
ing been offered to him, made him
suspicious and he informed the police.
1t was not until this morning that
Chief OF Police Mich olson found Beale
After the jewels had been offered to
Miller Beale sold them at the Alien
store.
Been Here But Short Time.
Beale has been in this city but four
months, having been employed in the
Postal office all of that time. He came
here from Manning His parents live
in Ocala. Fla.
It is known that Beale was at the
scene of the wreck a few hours after
it happened. His employers said he
went to the wreck on the relief train
with the doctors, undertakers. and 9TH