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Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1912-05-17
GrinneII and Vicinity.

Special 10 Times-Re publican.
Grinnell. May 1.-THE first break by
death into the charter roll OF the
Daughters of the American Revolution
here. occurred in the loss of Miss Es-
telie Ellison Kicker. and the loss was
l.eenly felt by TIE members Of Grin
nei! chapter. who passed appropriate
resolutions.
The following named members of the
woalan's board left their homes in this
city on Wednesdays morning and went
10 Eidora to attend house party Civ
en- by Mrs. Hardin. returning to their
homes here last, evening: Mrs. Noble.
Mrs. Main, Mrs. Morrison. Mrs. Miles,
Mrs. Simmons. Mrs. Parker, and Miss
Ella Marsh.
Mrs. George T. Baggs. whose home
Is mile west Of this city. had a very
severe and serious aocident of pecu-
liar nature on Tuesdav last She was
using cream separator and got her
fingers tangled in some binding Irvine
which was wrapped around the handle
and TWO of the fingers were torn off at
the first joint. AT latest reports she
WAS making good recovery.
Memorial SUNDAY will. he observed
by Gordon Granger Post. G. A.. r., by
attendance in body a: the Christian
church on South Broad street. in re-
Spouse to the special invitation of the
pastor. Rev. ". B. Wilson. On Me-
mortal Gay committees OF the post
members will lie. detailed in the fore
noon to visit and decorate the graves Of
fallen comrades in, the cemetery at
Westf1eld and in Hazelwood in this
city. In the afternoon the exercises will
be held in the Colonial opera house.
There Will be short parade in which
the school children will join. Rev. H.
L. Wissier Will be the speaker of the
day and there will be singing by the
college glee clubs and the school chill
dren with drill probably by the lat
ter. \ full program will be available
after the regular post m Getting tomor-
row evening.
tomorrow afternoon at o'clock
there viii be held in their rooms at
Stewart library meeting of the lead
ers and workers OF the industrial school
Of this city.
Mrs. Guy Beasley, who passed thru
severe operation at the Grinnell city
hospital on Wednesday. is reported as
resting fairly well with good prospects
ahead.
The members Of the H. ". Somers
home are having the great pleasure of
visit Of some length from Miss Fan
ME Norris. the field secretary of the
Young Woman's Christian Association
for number of the middle west states.
Mrs. j. o. Steaks has gone for vis-
1t to friends in Davenport, Moline and
Rock Island.
At the midweek meeting last even
ing OF the Congregational church Pres
tdent ]. H. T Main. was appointed DEL
egate to the state conference Of
churches to be held at Charles City.
beginning on the 21st instant, with
power to select an alternate If he
should be obliged to leave before the
close OF the session.
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1912-05-17
Boys Body Found in River.

Charlton. May 17.-While walking
along the bank of Charlton creek yes
terday afternoon. Ray Cornett discov-
cred the body Of Thomas Duncan, II
years old, who had been missing for
the past two weeks. The body was in
a badly decomposed condition, appar-
emily having been in the water for the
length of time the boy had been alb
sent The coroner is holding an in
quest to decide whether the boy came
TO his death accidentally or COM
mitted suicide
The suicide theory is being enter
tanned. Shortly before his disappear
ance the boy had been threatened with
punishment by sending him TO the re-
form school. which is supposed to have
!scs.: TIC cS:@.ssc Of his running aHav
The boys parents are Mr.. and Mrs.
Thomas Duncan.
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1912-05-17
low. At WASHINGTON.

Washington. May 1s.-Mrs. Pickett,
wife of Representative Pickett, enter
tanned the ladies Of the Iowa delegation
and number Of other Iowa ladies, at
a. reception at her apartments yester-
day afternoon.
George McKibben. secretary to Rep
resentative Towner, who was suddenly
attacked by appendicitis several days
ago and taken to Garfield hospital, is
Improving.
Mrs. Deacon. Of Cedar Rapids, who
has been a guest for some days Of her
daughter, Mrs. James Good. wife Of
Representative Good. has departed for
Iowa. On her way she will attend the
meeting of the national presbytery at
Louisville.
Iowa members are kept busy these
days answering letters from old SOL
diers as to the terms Of the new pension
bill. The interest shown in the bill by
veterans is great and Thousands Of let
tiers containing Information a. to how
the bill was finally shaped are being
sent out.
Pensions we:e granted to the follow
ing Iowans: Nettie Bette. Alburnet.
s12; George D. Dalrymple, Clinton. SIS;
Robert Sherard, Des Moines. SIS: John
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1912-05-17
PACKERS FAIL TO SUPPORT HOG
MARKET AND TRADE IS
LESS ACTIVE.
SALES GENERALLY MADE
At DECLINES OF 5 CENTS
Cattle Run Light and Prices Hold
steady-Lambs Show Little Change
and Sheep Trade is ouist-current
Quotations at Livestock centers-
Other Market News.

Chicago. May 1..-Demand for hogs
was less active and sellers were forced
10 make concession of cents Packers
failed to support the trade.
Ali markets showed more or less
gain in receipts Thursday, altho at
none of the eleven points was the run
OF such large volume that receipts had
the effect Of holding values down. The
supply was just a little better than
normal. but not too much to meet
trade requirements. The total Thurs
day at eleven markets at $4,000 stands
22.2e0 more than last Thursday, $500
less than the same day a year ago and
an increase of 5000 over the cores
pond:nS cay two years ago Four days
this week the total is $4,000. a gain
OF 1000 as against the first four days
last week, 5000 less than the same per-
iod q year ago and an increase OF TO-
600 over the corresponding time in
1910. Total 1912 to date at eleven mar
kets reaches 1o.54S. 600, which is 1851,
ana an increase Of 342S,oo0 over the
corresponding period two years ago.
Cattle.
The market this week has had light
est receipts since April 1910. Only 81
600 cattle have arrived in four days.
against 5521S d week ago and 5G.96S a
year ago, while comparing with sa,5s4
two years ago. This short supply situa-
ton contrasts with the fairly generous
runs Of the previous two weeks. which
We're largest since January. At the six
markets four days arrivals have been
$4,000, comparing with $4,000 in the
same period a week ago and $4,000
wear ago, and thus in view Of the short
general receipts sharp reaction from
severe price pounding last week has
been clearly in order, tho there is al
ways turning point. and the trade is
Of the opinion that it will require some
very strenuous beef demands next
week to hold values on current high
basis unless there is repetition of short
rnarketings again, and it would seem
only natural to lcok for increased re-
ceiptS next week.
However, there Is general evidence
that the trade is running into period
of small supplies Of beef steers, as is
being evidenced by the increasing pro-
portion of little cattle averaging $50 TO
500 pounds. brought out. no doubt. by
me attractive prices such bring almost
regardless of their killing qualities.
Sheep.
Lambs show little change Sheep
were quiet \ sale of choice shorn
lambs was made at 1855.
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1912-05-17
St. Louis Cash Grain Close.

FURNISHED by L. c. Clay. grain mer-
chant, p East Main Phone 6s.)
ST Louis, May Il.
Whea1-No. red. 1.1a11.20; No 8
red ll611.1S; No. red, 11061.15:
No. , hard. 1.l3@l.17; No. 5 hard. 100
GIG: No hard. 1.06I109
Corn-No. >, S01s; No. 8, 7SHs az
No. 4. II: No. yellow. Sly: No. 5 vel
low. - q 76; No. yellow. II a "A: No. >
white, S1@ 50; No. 5 white, 76@7s; No.
/ white. 20.
Oats-No. white. 81: standard. SCI
u 81: No. , white, 55la a Sc y: No. 4
white, 55i. No. .. 55a= No 5. 81: No.
:. 81
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1912-05-17

W. Schaning. Fredonia. SIS: Gilbert ].
Shoemaker Hawarcen. $12; Oliver D.
Marquette. independence, $12; William
Trimble. Iowa City. $15 John II. Eyer.
Menlo. $12: Frank H. Mead, Onawa,
$50: Washington, I. Colvin. Sharps-
burg. $50.
Fred B. Coons, Of Rockford. Herbert
Shafer of Keota, D. E. Wakshire. of
Mechanicsville, Joseph T. Pisorito, Of
Cedar Rapids, and Queen Carpenter. of
Tarno have been appointed railway
mail clerks.
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1912-05-17
Kansas City Cash Grain Close.

FURNISHED by L. G.. Clay. grain mer-
chant. - East Main. phone $50
Kansas City. May L.
Wheat-No , hard. 1.07Ml.12: No 5
hard. l.0sai.il: No. hard. 1890 100:
No. red. ll6@Il7: No. 3 red. Liza
l.if; No. !. red 1.loIl.13
Corn-No. >. 72G 78l2: No. 3. 75d76;
No. /. 7o072: No , yellow, 7ala 4 so:
No. 8 yellow. -. nominal: No. 4 vel
low II q So nomiral: No. white. 1915
n SAlc No. white. a.
Oats-Nn ,. 55la ass: No. 3. $50
55ia No. , white. 56;-: Nc white.
81. as.
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1912-05-17
1.25: Michigan and Minnesota, 1880
1.27; receipts, "a cars.
Minneapolis Cash Grain Close.

"VVcdPVTTV VHSH 0T0IU VICSO.
FURNISHED by L. G. Clay, grain mer.
chant, "a East Main, phone 6S.)
Minneapolis, May II.
Wheat-No. l hard. 115ss; No.
northern. 1.l4S G1.151s; arrive. LAS
d1.15; No. northern. LIPS: No. :
northern. arrive. LIPS @1.131s; No.
northern, 1.10S d1.11b; No. l durum
LILO: arrive, l,09: No. durum. LOG;
arrive. LOS.
Corn-No. yellow, 77@7s: arrive
II: No. 4. 6Sd72
Oats-No white. SAY: arrive, 52ls
No. 8. sass
Barley-7761.27.
Rye-S1; arrive, S6Ls.
Flax .27@2.2S: arrive, els.
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1912-05-17
The Money Market.

New York May 17.-Prire rlercan
tile paper. 4G4ls per cent: sterling ex-
change steady: bankers bills a 4s4.50
for sixty day bills, and at 4.S6.s5 for
demand.
Money on call steady. 21.a3 per
cent: ruling rate. rs per cent: clos
ing bid, rs per cent: offered at 3 per
cent.
Time loans. steady: sixty days, 3 per
cent: ninety days, 81. per cent.
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1912-05-17
Failure at erosion.

Special to Times RepubIlcan.
Creston. May IA petition was
filed in the federal court here by man.
ufacturers from Dallas. ILL.,. Kansas
City, and South Bend, Ind, asking that
w. w. Mccullough, an implement and
carriage dealer here, be declared bank
rupt to satisfy their claims against
him. 1t has not been made public
whether Mr. McCullough's assets will
be sufficient to meet the liabilities or
not.
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1912-05-17
Rance of CHICAGO Grain Prices.

IHlCagO, May II.
Wheat-July opened AT 1854 11,0s:
highest. 1.09; lowest, 1861: closed.
1881 @10s4; September opened at
1854 a1O3A; closed. 03@ 61o3A
Corn-July opened at 747s 6I5A:
highest, 1914: lowest, 1873: closed.
T4A; September opened al 70 07314 (;
closed, 73.
Oats-July opened at 4sss q 30; high
est, SOS; lowest. 4s1a: closed. 1873:
September opened at 42d421s; closed,
42A.
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New York Produce.

New York May -
Butter-Barely steady and un-
changed; receipts. s209 tubs.
Cheese-Irregu
Egg-Weak: receipts 3c5Ss cases
fresh gathered selected first. q a 211a
Poultrv-Alive. Irregular broilers
So 40; fowls. Is; turkeys p: dressed
easier; fowls 1212 n y: turkeys. 13692
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1912-05-17
ST, Louis Grain.

St. Louis May Il.
st. Louis. May l..
Wheat-May. i.15l:.
Corn-Mav. SIG.
Oats-May, sag.
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1912-05-17
Peoria Cash Grain Close.

FURNISHED by L. C Clay, grain ner-
chant. q East Main. Phone sS.>
Peoria. May l..
Corn-Lower: No. yellow. 7511 q 7s:
No. ! yellow. 7ol. G71i.; No > mixed,
-5&; No 4 mixed. 7ols
Usts-i-;.~v7:-: ~. -.h!.c. SO go ::
No white 5ois
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1912-05-17
Chicago Produce.

Chicago. May Il.
Butter-Easy; creameries. 5d2s:
diaries, 23@26.
Eggs-Easy; receipts. 2s.a22 cases:
At mark. caes included. 171a: ordinary
firsts, 1sk: frsts, 1s.
Cheese-Steady; daisies, 16616A:
twins, 15A d15a; young Americas. is
116A; long horns. 16G16A.
Poultry-Steady: turkeys, ~: chick
ems. 141z.
Pork-September. 1890.
Lard-September. 100
Ribs-September. 1886.
Rye-No. 2, 921s.
Barley-8O@1.30.
x srtnnnthv-a snM12 co.
Clover-140o62 1000.
Chicago Potato Market.
Chicago. May II
futAtoes-Weak: Wisconsin. 1900
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1912-05-17

iNs'I!SdS ElI!- Nd! II.
Wheat-Closel: July. 1.o0as a 1901:
No. . hard, l.loGl.7sia.
Corn-C!osed: July. 7+s. 7741s: No.
. mixed 7sd 79E
oavs-closed: July, As No white.
55ls q $751;
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1912-05-17
RANGE Of Prices.

The following range of prices is
furnished by Ware & Leland. member
OF Chicago Board of Trade, rooms l
end 9, fremont block.
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1912-05-17
Minneapolis Cash Wheat.

MINNEAPOLIS. May l..
Cash wheat clcsn6-No. hard,
i.15@5 No. northern, 1.Ita& Gl.l5 X:
No. northern. 1.12As 1.l2is: No. 8.
1.105s a l.1l1s.
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chieaaa Grain Close.

Chicago, Nay Il.
wheat-No. . red. 1.12@ ia; No. 3
red, 1.10a 1.12: No. hard. l.l2G III:
No. hard, 1.101z q 1.12.
Corn-No ,. IS; No. white, 7sG
7sa; No. yellow. 1S3; No. 3. SO
1917; No. white, IS y q 16: No. 8 yell
low. 751s az.
Oats-No. . white. 54G55: No. 8
white, 5212 653H standard. 53A q 5i12
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1912-05-17
LOCAL LIVESTOCK MARKET.

Prices Paid for Cattle. Hogs and Sheep
on Local Market.
Marshalltown prices on livestock
we're quoted by Britain & Co. today as
follows:
CATTLE.
Good fat COWS and heifers-3.509
as.
HOGS.
Premium hogs, over lso-7.25.
Good packers-e.so.
Hogs. l25 to 1S0-6.sc.
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1912-05-17
Peoria Corn.
Kansas CITY Grain Close.

Peoria. May Il
Corn-No yellow. 75+2 @7s.
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1912-05-17
St. Leui. Livestock.

St. Louis Livestock.
St Louis May 17.-Cattle-Estimat-
ed receipts for today 500: market
opened strong.
Native beef steers ........ 5.5069.2s
Cows and heifers ..... 3.506s.50
Stockers and feeders $3.50. 3.7561.O0
Hogs-Estinna,ed receipts for today.
$500: market opened steady.
pigs and lights ............ 5.75@7.s5
Mixed and butchers ...... 7.65mS.o0
Good heavies ... 77ods.Oo
Sheep-Estinaa,ed receipts for today.
500: market opened strong.
Native muttons $500. 4.5oas.25
Lambs 65067 90
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1912-05-17
FLUCTUATIONS TEND TO KEEP
WITHIN MODERATE BOUNDS
BUT PRICES DESCEND.
lIouiDATiNG SALES ARE
RESPONSIBLE FOR SETBACK
Nay Corn Lifted vs. to 2 Cents BY
Bull Leaders But Sharp Setback Re-
suIts Later From stop Loss Sales
Oats Market Nervous With Senti'
mont Divided-Provisions Strong.

Chicago, May 17.-l'nere was plenty
pit today but fluctuations tended 10
Keep within moderate bounds. Euro
pean markets reflected only TO s!lsht
degree the big break in prices here
YESTERDAY and this fact had a steady
ing Influence Nevertheless llquldat lhs
sales were still III progress ana quota
lions suffered further decline II
was an open question as 10 whether
the ma jority OF the So called pyramid
lines had been unloaded. The opening
ranged from % lower 10 IS higher july
started at sI0Sl; TO Sl.9s, the same
change from last night as the narAet
taken altogether. After number o-
rapid swings within those limits IaI
Of TO s1.O7h, ensued bit was followed
by rally to sl.0s;2.
Stop loss selling attributed TO heavy
calls for margins forced prices lower,
this time TO a material extent under
the minimum reached during the early
trading Reports of good flour bust
ness and renewal CT cash wheat de-
isaRd aided later in rallying the mar
ket. The close was firm, With July
at s1.0Sm10SL., d loss OF Is q q from
last night
Bull leaders in control in May corn
lifted the price IL q cents and thus
afforded support for distant futures
This nlaneuver, however. did not pre-
vent sharp setback on account Of
stop loss selling July corn opened
shade lower 70 !. q 3 higher at "a.
to 75.. dropped TO ,41s, and recovered
to 14i4 G.4Ss
Selling by country longs. together
with absence of spot demand. brought
.about a fresh downward movement.
The close, tho, was firm in sympathy
with wheat, al lax for July, Is q 4
under last night.
Oats.
Commission houses executed orders
on both sides of the oats market. Feel
ing was decidedly nervous but senti-
ment was evenly divided. July started
unchanged to i a 3 down at 49fs q
4ez to so. rose to 504, and then re-
acted to so.
Provisions.
Provisions at the outset displayed
some bearish inclination but soon
turned strong on account of a belief
that most OF the weekly held property
had been sold out. First sales varied
from 10 cents decline to 27E cents ad-
vance with September deliveries $3.50
to $1,000 for pork, s10.921a 70 s10.e71a
for lard, and s104ols to $1,000 for ribs.
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1912-05-17
R.presentativ. c.ttI. Sales.

Below are quoted a few Of the repre-
sentative cattle sails for today:
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1912-05-17
chie.oo rot.to Market.

Chicago. May II.
futAtoes-Weak: Wisconsin. 1200
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1912-05-17
Representative Hog Sales.

Below are quoted few of the repre-
sentative hog sales:
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1912-12-20
;OT $4,000 FROM GAR
FOR OPERATION ON SON
Odessa and Kien. Professor Israel

Odessa and Kieff. Professor Israel
is Jew.
Though the st. Petersburg physic-
ians to the royal family correctly
diagnosed the czarevitch's ailment
and knew the remedy, they hesitated
to perform the operation. Czar Mich
olas finally was persuaded to call
Professor Israel. and the immigration
laws were set aside by royal edict for
the celebrated surgeon. He was es-
corted from and to the frontier by a
personal aide to the car. Professor
Israel operated alone and remained in
st. Petersburg but one day. He was
accompanied by one of his own train
ed nurses, who returned to Berlin
with him.
Recently it became known that the
ozarevitch was aiiing and grave alarm
was felt when it became known that
the grand Duke Dimitri, son of the
grand Duke Paul, had been chosen as
heir designate to the Russian throne
In London story was published that
the little czarevitch was so wounded
py nihilist attendant that he could
not succesd to the throne,
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1912-12-20

amalgamation OF BANKS atu' -1lfs+Slls -
irol of insurance companies, but he
could not enlighten the committee on
the manner in which these results
We're obtained.
His numerous partners carried out
his orders. They will be asked to ex-
plain how they did their work and
whether the interests of minority
stockholders were considered In the
gigantic deals. They will be asked
to tell how all Of the interests in
which Morgan and Company became
the dominent factor were interlocked
SO that, it is alleged, they forced un-
der their control every branch of the
steel business, great railroad systems.
banks, factories, etc.
Whether competition was so com
pletely wiped out in many instances
that It became merely friendly will
also be delyed into The why's and
wherefores of The voting trusts
which the veteran financier told Of;
the manner in which railroads were
put together, the way in which stock
issues were allotted so that they we're
widely distributed will all be matters
OF Interrogation tc- the MORGAN
young men" and through them the
committee, members said today,
hopes to get possession of the entire
mystery of high finance.
Members Of the Pu1o committee
said today that the hearings will be
hurried through SO that legislation to
remedy the abuses they say have
been revealed can be considered.
They hope to offer bills to the present
session of congress that will effec-
tually curb all monopolization OF
wealth and business.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1912-12-20
STUDENT DIED
AFTER RAIL WAY ACCIDENT

York on a train today The others
got on the train safely but it had
started when Huyler tried to board r.
He was handicapped with heavy
suit case and was dragged under the
wheels.
The injured youth did not lose con-
Rciousness. He told r. Fl. Burchell.
the first man TO reach him, to get
rope and make a tourniquet and he
half raised himself and aided in stop
ping the flow of blood, He then ask
ed that an ambulance be sent for and
when IT was suggested that time
would be saved by getting wagon.
pointed to an express wagon standing
nearby and said hat this would do.
He remained conscious until the
doctors administered the anaesthetio
preliminary to the operation. Tho
doctors at the hospital said that he
could hardly survive the day Rela-
tiyes were summoned from New,
York. ).
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1912-12-20
MRS. GUNNESS'S
BY THE SCORE
At Least Twenty Of Them Re-
ported in Spite of Fact
She is Dead.

[United Press Leased Wir, service.]
LAPORTE, Ind, Dec. 2o.-A1 least
twenty Mrs. Gunness's have been
seen in different parts of the country
and reported to authorities here since
the publication of the alleged confes-
sion made by Ray Lamphere before
his death in prison and now disclosed
by Convict Meyers. This confession
is supposed to have said that Mrs.
Guinness escaped when the house on
her Murder Farm burned down.
Police here are paying no attention
either to the confession revealed by
Meyers or to the kilograms. They
think Meyers story is frame.up to
get out OF prison, whore he is serving
sentence for horse stealing. As for
Mrs. Guinness, they are satisfied with
the verdict of the jury which found
that Mrs Guinness had died in the
fire. 4
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1912-12-20

Carpenter that the jury was ready to
report. Fitzgerald was sitting, pale
and tense, with his two young daugh-
ters and his attorneys when the
twelve men fled in and took their
seats.
A slip was handed to the clerk after
the usual question by the court and
the clerk read in loud voice:
1--WE, the jurors, find the defendant,
George W. Fitzgerald, not guilty
From the rear of the court room
there came a shout and Judge Car
penter ordered the bailiffs to clear
the court room of spectators.
Fitzgerald embraced his two daugh-
ters with tears running down his
cheeks and then shook hands with his
attorneys and the jurors. Edward R.
Litzinger, Fitzgerald's counsel, then
made q short speech Of thanks to the
| jury, and Fitzgerald and his daughters
left the court.
The acquittal of Fitzgerald is the
collapse Of five years of endeavor on
the part of the government to solve
the mystery of the disappearance OF
sta 0nl from the sub-treasury here.
The money was lost or stolen FeD-
ruary 20, 1907.
Fitzgerald was then teller in the
sub-treasury.s Along with other en-
ployes there he was questioned, but
he told a straight story and was not
held.
Soon after that he was discharged,
however, and there were rumors that
his dismissal was sop to certain
politicians who knew more than they
wanted to tell and wanted their own
skirts cleared.
For six months federal secret ser
vice men worked on the case. 1t was
publicly announced that the investiga-
ton had been dropped.
Then began the real efforts to solve
the mystery. Fitzgerald was put un-
der surveillance Every move he
made was known to government at
torneys. Then, three days before the
statute OF limitations ran out on Feb
ruary II. 1910, he was indicted by a
federal grand jury and warrents is
sued for him. Six months later he
was arrested.
The prosecution of the government