Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1910-07-21
Southern Io1ua Items

the building committee and the trus-
tees Of the church filled the wagon.
They bent their backs to the work with
will and the wagon was dllled in rec
ord breaking time.
Des Moines.
| Governor Carroll on Wednesday
morning signed the death warrant for
John Junkin. the negro murderer SEN
fenced to hang at Fort Madison Friday.
July 20. The execution will take place
at high noon. The governor has not
been appealed to by anyone in any
manner to commute the sentence OF
Junkin or stay the execution In fact
not a move has been made in Junkin's
| behalf since the supreme court unani-
mously held that the sentence Of death
was just and should stand. The high
court has not even been asked to re-
view the case. Hence, unless great in
fuences are brought to bear upon the
governor, which is improbable, Junkin
| will hang on the date set.
Muscatine.
| Did "Coally." the little black dog
belonging to Mr.. and Mrs Alexander
lStewart, formerly of this city, walk
all the way from Lincoln. Neb., to
Muscatine. and that within the past
nine days? That is the question that
lis today puzzling Mrs. Lizzie Wyatt.
who found the dog comfortably rest
/ ing in her hallway when the canine
was supposed to have been at Lincoln.
Mr.. and Mrs. Stewart. who have been
travelling for some time in the west
have had the dog with them. and in a
jrecent letter to Mrs. Wyatt. Mrs Stew
Tart mentioned the dog. The family is
inow situated at Lincoln, and the pres
Ience of the dog here can not be ac-
counted for unless it walked at least
la good part of the way, as Mrs. Wyatt
ascertained upon inquiry that "Coally"
had not been conveyed to the city on
the train. The dog was thin and al
most starving when Mrs. Wyatt found
him.
Vinton.
Bert Burrows and Harry Bingaman
We're before Justice Bryant. charged
with appropriating the contents OF a
1pocketbooll which Ringaman found at
1 the passenger station the night Of July
4th. The pocketbook belonged to John
Spragle, the hotel man, and contained
something over SO. On the evening
OF July 4th, Harry Bingaman found a
lpocketbook on the depot platform. On
looking thru it he discovered $40 and
some receipts and other pers. He
took out the SO, thinging that was all
the money the pocketboo1 contained,
and destroyed the papers. Later he
gave the pocketbook to Bert Burrows,
who upon examining It. found $50 in a
com partment overlooked by Bingaman.
AS he made his discovery In the pres
ence Of three boys he gave them each a
part Of the money to keep mum. Tho
amount taken was made good and
prosecution Of the boys was dropped.
Maqueketa.
DR.. Mckenzie and son, Of Elwood
uel Russell and Benjamin A. Spencer,
Of this city, had a miraculous escape
from frightful death a mile and half
out of Bellevue while returning home
in an automobile after attending the
funeral Of w. H Reed. All were more
or less badly bruised and cut up, but
the injuries of none will prove danger
Gus. The party were riding In the ma
chine Of DR. Mckenzie, which was
being driven by the doctors son. The
accident happened at a narrow point
in the road when the driver turned out
as far as possible in order to let a
wagon pass. Suddenly and without
warning the big machine toppled over.
going down a six foot embankment and
turning completely over. Tall weeds
growing at the side Of the roadway,
totally obscured the view and the fact
that there was an emhonkment was
MIR ry,oun ax,ti Il ( 40 machine was over
turned.