Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1910-02-10


letters. The statement of Judge Steck.
coming on the heels of County Attor-
ney Goeldner's opening arraignment of
Xix, caused a stir in the court room.
which was taxed to it's capacity. The
auditors were for the most part resi-
dents of Hedrick and acquaintances Of
both the Xix and Reynolds families
and when the reflection was made on
Reynolds there was an audible stir. It
is the prevailing talk that Reynolds
was the last man who could be sus-
pected Of writing the letters, and in
fact the prosecution depends largely
upon his testimony for a verdict of
guilty s 1of 81
ksokuk.
Just recently, it has been made
known, that the state board of health
does not require measles to be quar-
antined. The little child Of Mr.. and
Mrs. w. j. Luke who passed away on
Monday, is one Of the first instances
to occur in. this city which may be
cited. Up until a recent change made
by the state board Of health, it has been
customary to quarantine all measles
cases and in case Of death, the law. said
that burial must be made within twen-
ty-four hours. Now all this is changed.
and the body of the persian, dying from
case Of measles, may be held as long
as the family may wish, providing the
undertaken and ernbalmer's instruc-
lions are complied with.
Cedar Rapids.
Another instance Of police brutal
ity came to light when Joe bravo told
the day officers at the police station of
how an officer on the depot beat at
night had kicked and beaten him and
called him names that no man should
call another. The young man did not
tell his story willingly. 1t was almost
forced from his lips at the station after
he had been discharged from a charge
Of vagrancy. He showed @ place in
his jaw where there had been tooth
He mumbled his talk and had such diff
ficulty in raising his arm that one Of
the police officers asked him what was
the trouble. Then he told them that an
officer had struck him on the arms and
in the face. knocking out tooth
keol<uk.
1t is announced that the preliminary
ton of Professor" Vaughn,
brought here from Missouri, be heard
today. as attorneys for both the state
and defense expect that they will be
prepared to proceed. Vaughn is con-
fident that he will be triumphantly ac-
quilted and on the surface it doesn't
look as though there is much Of case
against him. but the cards that the
state may be holding in RESERVE will
have to be reckoned with. In any event
the preliminary should constitute an
interesting legal proceeding. It may
disclose who it is that is actually re-
sponsible for the initiative in the pros
ecution whether it is Miss Katie VAN
Dyke, who filed the information, or
whether the figure Of Johnson. the one
time fiance of Miss Clark, looms up in
the background; or whether relatives
of Miss Clark are indirectly associated
with the proceeding.
Davenport.
For having threatened to wreak
damage to the members of his family
because they would not let him into
the house while he was intoxicated
Peter Cook was sentenced to thirty
days in the county jail on charge of
disturbing the peace. In his arraign-
ment in the local court the story Of his
threat was told Magistrate Roddewig
by his daughter and a neighbor girl,
who were in the house at the time.
They claimed that he came home in an
intoxicated condition and after seek
ing entrance and being refused. secure6
a large Ratchet and threatened t
break In the window and annihilat
the entire family if he was not granite
admission. One of the girls ran ou'
the rear of the house and secured Of
ficer Jansen, who arrested Cook anf
brought him to the station. Cook was
let out of the county jail only Monday.
after having served q term for dis
orderly conduct.