Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1910-11-04

About Sept - he made a contract with
+. s. Clarke for the purchase of T. bug
gy and about ten days later bargain
ed with Mr.. Robertson for a team of
small horses. paying for the latter SIS
down and agreeing in both instances TO
pay $40 per month the outfit until
paid for. Everything moved along
smoothly until last week, when both
Mr.. RobertsOn's and Mr. Clark's sus-
picions were aroused by telephone
message from the country. inquiring If
they knew what had become of Dairy
He and the team are both missing and
a reward for his apprehension has been
offered.
Aieona.
A couple OF shooting affrays occur
red here that tend to show the utter
foolishness of allowing young boys to
run around with firearms. The first oc-
Cured near the B. F. Crosse home
southwest part of town. When Frank
Bowman. lad 16 years of age. shot
Dale Mcdonald. youngest son of w. f.
Mcdonald. thru the righ, ankle. the
weapon being a No. - rifle. The bullet
entered the front of the foot just above
the instep. went straight thru and
came out right above the heel. bringing
out some fine splinters of bone Bow
man has been held for trial. Charles
Ellers. 9 years Old while sitting on the
river bank was shot in the groin with
q bullet from rife in the hands Of
some boy companions. who We're shoot
ing at q large rock IN mid stream. His
injuries are not thought to be serious.
Anamosa.
,I~s
ing the frustrated escape OF the con-
Wet last week have been cleaned. The
prisoner was painting in the north
cell house. which is not finished. and
about $3.50 "ti1. said he was sick and
was given a pass to go to the deputy's
office. AS he was supposed to be sick
his absence at supper was not thought
strange and It was not until lock up"
that he was found to be gone The air
Shaft that he tried to escape by was
protected by a grating at the bottom.
but on being examined it was found
not to be placed just right and there
was a space of twelve to fourteen
inches and thru this the man had
crawled and also dragged with him a
coil of electric wire cable with which he
evidently proposed to slip down on the
outside He was In for five years and
had only been an inmate eleven days.
Dubuque.
Cornelius Baule, a farmer living at
Riverside q small settlement near
Sageville was the central figure In one
of the mos exciting runaWays which
has ever occurred IN Dubuque county.
He was returning to his home from
Dubuque the other night In u single
rig and while driving north on the
Peru road his horse became brighten
ed at some dark object and. getting
from under the drivers control. dash
ed furiously up the road. Just before
the bridge which spans the MaQuoketa
creek this side OF Sageville was reach :
ed the animal left the road and plunged
over a high enIba nkment into the creek.
horse man and vehicle landing with a
era sh il, the middle of the stream Mr..
Baule. with great difficulty managed
| to- extr!cate himself from the entangle-
nent and made his way to the shore.
sustaining only a slight injury to his
hand. The horse climbed to the OPP
posite bank Of the creek and fell dead.
! The vehicle remained In the middle OF
the stream That Baule was not killed
is nothing short of miraculous, as the
| leaped is more than twenty feet high.
| AS il was he narrowly escaped death
by drowning, as he could not get out of
the buggy for several moments after
wards The horse was valuable one.