Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1911-07-11
REWARD FOR MISSING TOLL
KEEPER CAUSES MANY TO
SEARCH MISSOURI RIVER.
NEW THEORIES ADVANCED
As TO MANNER OF DEATH
Many Clues Followed But Police So
Far Fail to UnravsI Mystsry-Misht
Have Been Run Down BY Joy Rid.
srs-No Trace Of Suspected Trio Of
Nsaross-Efforts to Bs Removed.

Council Bluffs. July IL Nothing
more has been learned by the detectives
from the Council Bluffs and Omaha
police to solve the mystery of the dis
appearance of Tollkeeper Horace E.
Fallers, who was missed from the sta
ton at Il o'clock on the night of July
3. 1t is still the theory of the police
Of both cities that he was killed and
his body thrown into the river. Work
ing on that supposition, careful Watch
has been kept Of the stream below the
bridge for a floater, while the feasl-
bility Of dynamiting the river and the
proba bility of the results of the dyna-
hitting have been discussed. The river
had not been dynamited Monday morn
ing, altho Constable HUMPHREYS, OF
Council Bluffs, has been agitating the
plan with the intention of raising the
money for the dynamite and to find
person capable of handling the ex-
plosive.
Many Search River.
The reward offered by Mrs. Fallers
and the street railway company, to-
gether with the Widespread interest IN
the solution Of the case. has led many
people to search the sandbars and
banks of the river below Council Bluns
Sunday. At one time as many as forty
craft Of various natures could be dis
cerned at different points along the
stream: all keeping careful lookout
for the dead man. The fishermen along
the river near the city have been
searching since the reward was first
offered but have not as much as found
a clue. Many private parties obtained
boats Sunday and joined in the search.
but their efforts were equally fruit
less. The police have notified towns
down the river to keep lookout Tor
the body but have made no systematic
effort at searching the river. Drag
ging the stream below the bridge has
been suggested but that operation
would doubtless be without result as
the current, at the time the BODY Is
supposed to have thrown in, was 50
swift that even weighted body would
have washed long distance.
C. j. Fallers, Of Shenandoah, brother
of the missing man, returned TO Coun-
Gil Bluffs Monday morning, but had no
further opinions to offer as to his
brothers whereabouts. He worked
with the police last week trying to
solve the mystery but their combined
efforts revealed nothing of importance.
Advance New Theory.
A theory which is not new but is ac-
cepted as one Of the best of the many
advanced is that Fallers, who Is known
to have been an aggressive man. made
an effort to stop party Of JOY riders
by getting in front of their car and was
run over and killed; his body being
thrown in the river to hide the crime.
A encouragement to that theory is that
no blood was found near the center OF
the bridge where he would have 'oeen
crushed under the machine.
The theory that he was killed by
three negro bill posters has been gradu-
ally giving out since its first accept
ance. No direct evidence can be found
that three negroes were with the bill
posting party in Council Bluffs Mon
day.
Three negroes Of Council Bluffs and
Omaha. who were constantly under the
supervision Of the police on account OF
their doubtful ways, have disappeared
and the supposition has been advanced
that they were connected with Faller's
disappearance. An effort is being made
to locate the men, but the theory is ac-
cepted as being as blind as any hereto
fore followed out.