Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1912-02-12
POLICE POUNcE ON QUARTET
sUsPEcTED-TWo, o'kEEvE
AND BUCK, HELD.
BERRY STORE BROKEN
INTO; GOODS RECOVERED
Will O'keeve and Elmer Buck, Ex-
Convicts, and Dr.. Theodore Woiever
and Joe koIisky Arrestsd-Latter
Two Are Released-euek is Out on
Parole From Anan,osa Reformatory.

-Four were arrested. two Of them ex-
convicts. by Marshal NJ. Clark and Of
hcer VIII LACE early Sunday forenoon
in the little house in the triangular
shaped plot of ground between the rail-
road racks between South Third and
Fourth streets, following the breaking
and entering OF the L. G. Berry grocery
store. 401 South Center street. The
four arrested were William o'Keeve
ex- convict: Elmer Buck. who is on pa
role from the state reformatory: Dr.
Theodore Wolever. and Joe kolisky
the latter yourg Norwegian.
This forenoon O'Keeve waived exam
inatioa and vas held 70 the grand jury
on a charge of burglary. Buck was
held as u witness. and will probably be
turned over TO the state if it desires
to return him to the penitentiary. VOL
eve~ and Kolisky were discharged.
Clark Makes Good Guess.
TIE burglary was reported to Of
fcer LACE soon after he came on duty,
and ne communicated 1t to Marshal
Clark. The latter officers first guess
proved a good ore and led the two
straight TO the house where they ar
rested the four and found merchandise,
money and other things which Berry
later identified a. being in his store
wien ne locked ii Saturday night.
When arraiened this morning Buck
'.peached'' on OKeeve as the thief. He
said C'Keeve brought the groceries to
the house about o'clock Sunday
morning. and that he (BucH did not
know what the articles were until the
next morning He said he supposed
O'Keeve bought the groceries.
Officers Suspected o'kssve.
The officers knew that O'Keeve had
been living part of the time. at least
with Buck. who had been occupying
the house alone for several months.
They suspected O'Keeve the moment
they heard of the burglary Going to
thu house they found the rear door IN
locked and walked in on the quartet
before any of them had time to get out
Of bed. This unexpected entrance per-
hans saved a pistol duel. as loaded
IS calibe- revolver was found under the
pillow in Bucks bed. Buck said it was
his. The officers 90 not doubt that
O'Keeve would have used it to prevent
his arrest had he had time TO have
done so
Find Receipts on o'keevs.
The best evidence against O'heeve.
the officers consider, was what they
found when they searched his clothes
They took from him pocketbook con-
tanning 1855 in money and receipt
made 10 Berry and issued by the
Bankers Insurance Company, also
few stamps Berry said the pocket
book and money were left in the cash
drawer and it was all the money that
was left in the store
The merchandise recovered consisted
Of a small quantity OF sugar. oranges.
chewing tobacco. can OF syrup. and a
slab of bacon. The store had been en-
tered by breaking the glass of front
window and raising the sash.
Both Have Record.
Both OKeeve and Buck have a po-
lice record The former was arrested
several years ago for Chelsea burg
larry. and while being taken to the local
jail attempted to shoot Officer Edgar.
The bullet missed Edgar and hit Frank
Waldo in the leg. O'keeve served a
team in the pentinetiary He has been
in this city large part Of the time
since he finished his sentence Earlier
in the winter he refused to leave town
and the police arrested him. He was
given thirty-day sentence in the
South Third avenue station on diet Of
bread and water, and was released two
weeks ago.
Buck was arrested and convicted for
entering the Steinmyer saloon on
South Center street few years ago.
He served a year or two in the peni-
tertiary and was paroled last summer.
He has been in this city most Of the
time since then