Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1910-07-20
OFFICERS TRACING LAST INCL
DENTS IN LIFE OF MURDERED
MASON CITY YOUTH.
SEEN IN COMPANY OF
TWO MEN SATURDAY NIGHT
Stranger Seen Lurking in Vicinity Of
Whore Henry Lucas Body Was Dis
covered-Reward Of $500 May Be
Offered-New Hartford Murderer
Seen at Mason City.
Special to Times-Republican


Mason City, July 20. Facts are
gradually unfolding which lead some to
believe that the murderer or murderers
Of Henry Lucas will yet be run down.
Sheriff Holdren yesterday offered a re-
ward of 500 for information that
would lead to the arrest and convic-
ton Of the one or ones guilty. To this
amount the city will add another
hundred and 1t is expected that the
state will do it's duty in this matter. 1t
is hoped that a reward Of $500 Will at
once be raised.
The check Of s14 which Lucas had
paid him on Saturday at 2 o'clock,
came to light yesterday. He had
cashed the check at the Stoddard bill
lard parlors. Up to yesterday the move
ments of the murdered young man
could not be traced only until o'clock
in the afternoon. Yesterday 1t was
ascertained that he went into one of
the bicycle shops just before or just
after supper and paid rs cents he
owed for repairs Late last evening
young lady appeared upon the scene
and she claims that she saw him about
8 o'clock Saturday evening and when
she saw him he was with two young
men. Doubtless Lucas was killed be-
tween this time and midnight. Jacob
Knightlinger, the man who first found
the body, throws little corroborating
evidence that may prove a lead. He
was looking at lots in this part of the
city when he noticed a young man not
far from where he was and as Knight
Enger walked in the direction Of where
the body was later found, the young
man kept walking about ten rods In
all the time cycling him.
Knightlinger thought that the fellow
had some girl over in the woods and
wandered near the edge when he saw
he thought was a blanket
in the thicket. He looked at it a little
while and then saw that it was a man.
Later he discovered that 1t was a
dead man. He then looked for the man
he had seen pass behind a tree just
a few moments before, but there was
not the least trace of him. And the
two young men who were sitting on the
grass not over twenty rods away, had
passed out of sight. These men, Mr..
is quite confident that
he could identity, and it may be a most
valuable clue.
New Hartford Murderer Seen.
Mason City was undoubtedly for an
hour at least, the abiding place of the
man who killed another and rolled him
into the West Branch river. This was
on Sunday when the remains Of the
denuded man were found. A short time
before this two men had called at
farm house and had inquired the way
north. One Of these men was identi-
fed as the murdered man. They drove
a beautiful chestnut mare with a white
tall About noon the man drove into
this city and 1itched his horse on a
side street. S. w. Keeney, one Of the
pioneer liverymen Of this city, saw the
horse, and being in the horse buying
business waited for nearly a half hour
to see if he could not buy it. But the
fellow did not put in an appearance.
AS soon as Mr.. Kennedy returned from
dinner he went up to where the horse
had been tied but it was gone and no
one knew in what direction. Just
short time after this the description
of the man wanted for the murder to-
gether with perfect description Of the
horse and the rig reached the officers.
when the officers learned from Mr..
the particulars of the horse
he had wanted to buy. The officers
here all being busy with the city's
own mysterious murder case but little
attention was paid this other than to
inform the Bremen county officers.