Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1910-12-17

Hampton Medley. the young man in
the case. appeared at the county Jail
in the evening. He did not explain to
the authorities why he had failed to
meet the girl at the station. as he had
agreed to do when he wrote to her to
come, but he apparently explained
things satisfactorily to her, for they
| were on very good terms when she left
the city.
Des Moines.
The city council room was the scene
Of lively time Wednesday when Coun-
Gilman John MacVicar called Coun-
| Gilman Zell G. Roe a liar and the latter
responded in kind. The trouble arose
when MacVicar demanded that A. b.
Day, temporarily suspended patrol
man. should be given an immediate
| hearing before the council. Roe OBJ
/ jected because important witnesses on
the force were at home sleeping. Roe
finally carried his point and the hearing
was postponed.
Logan.
Gale Young. Byron Young and
| "Spot' Thompson, lads arrested on q
charge Of larceny and brought to Lo-
gan Tuesday, made their escape here
that evening in being taken to the no.
tel for supper. Byron and Gale Young
were captured in short time. but
spot" Thompson was out until 8
| O'Clock next morning before being run
in by the officers. AS tho Iowa laws
prevent boys being placed in cells with
criminals, and as the present Jail is
limited to two cells the boys were be-
! ing detained at the hotel.
Council Bluffs.
! Rudford Payne, the railroad man who
has been held for investigation at the
station for the past three days on sus-
picion Of having stolen two overcoats
and a pair Of shoes from a freight car
| in the Rock Island yards. was released
on his own recognizance by Judge
| Snyder in superior court Tuesday
| morning, his case being continued until
Dec. q. Payne claims to have secured
the goods from another person. and the
railroad authorities have been unable
to locate the car or lot of goods from
which they are supposed to have been
| taken.
Keokuk.
| William Leadington. fireman. and
Nathan Symonis, a boiler room attend
ant at the Hubinger cereal plant. sus-
tanned similar and severe accidents
while working on scaffold twelve feet
above the boiler room floor, Wednesday
morning The board on which they
were standing broke in the center and
both men were thrown with much force
to the hard floor. Fireman Leadington
had the bones below the ankles in both
feet broken, and Sym onis had an ankle
bone broken. The big plant was also
crippled for several days by the 1000
horse power Corliss engine breaking
down, two cylinder heads being knocked
out and broken to pieces.
Museatine.
! Louis Brendel, young Russian
went violently insane here Sunday.
when he received a letter from the old
country telling him of his wife's I'M
faithfulness. He came to Muscatine
about eighteen months ago and Sun
| day received a letter from her saying
! that the family had been increased to
five. He screamed with grief and
despair when he read the letter and
then became violent. He was talk
en- to the Jail for safe keeping and
Monday afternoon was adjudged in
sane He was taken to Mount Pleas
ant raving. gibbering maniac. Hc
had been saving his money hoping to
bring his wife and his own four chill
dren to America soon.
Keokuk.
Abe Anderson. the negro charged
with the murder Of Nose Jordon. a
Lee county tanner, will not be tried
| during the November term Of the dis
trict court, according to ruling of
Judge James d. Smyth. 1t comes as q
relief to one Of the most peculiar sit
uations that has ever arisen in the
courts here. in which the drawing OF
jury was involved. 1t was believed
that an adjudication of the matter had
been reached Tuesday morning when
! the Judge was about to make an order
requiring the board of supervisors to
meet as soon al possible and prepare
new list from which a legal Jury could
be drawn. But the defense stated that
it expected to exercise tho ten pre-
emptory challenges, the same as
tho the work Of securing a jury
was commenced anew. at the same
time. however. denying the same
privilege to the state. This oocasion-
ed the ruling. which was made In the
afternoon. The entire morning was
consumed In IN effort to straighten
out the ENHANCEMENT. When the con-
tinuance was taken five lonely Jurors
remained ;za s:.s : :;;:s-;- scx, they heins
the only ONES qualified to serve who
were not challenged Tor cause.