The Denison review. [volume] (Denison, Iowa) 1867-current, 1912-01-03

"F'ailing to WISH Lake ClCy DIS III
men had promised Mrs. Dewey hat
quit their company at SCOTS place
in the belief that the kidnapper:
would be Overtaken and her children
restored to her.
"After interviewing Scott and Mrs
Dewey, Wheeler made hustle to JET
ferson with his auto, phoning aheac
to the sheriff there to be on the look
out.
Reaching Jefferson, Wheeler found
the Mexican in custody and the chill
dren in a private house. Dewey was
not visible.
wheeler returned to Rockwell City
last night by rail, bringing the little
girls and the Mexican. The latter
he placed in the county bastile and
turned the children over to Mr.. and
Mrs. Sumner, who took them to their
home. The little girls had had quite
romantic trip during their twenty
five hours tour to Jefferson and re-
turn.
Dewey was taken in tow by the
sheriff at Jefferson last night and was
brought to Rockwell City by rail to-
day. The two prisoners are having
a hearing this afternoon, Hon. John
w. Jacobs appearing for the state in
conjunction with County Attorney F.
F. Hunter.
Dewey and the Mexican recently
arrived from New Mexico, where Dew
ey and family formerly resided. Last
Wednesday afternoon at about 4:3O
they appeared at Coady's south livery
barn in Lake City, secured team and
two seated carriage and returned at
about 1880 and secured at the same
barn another similar rig with which
they proceeded to the Sumner home as
before stated. On the first trip they
drove to the Workman farm and the
Mexican went to the house and in
quired the road to Lanesboro. The
men were trying to learn the where
abouts of the two children they were
after They also stopped at the Thos.
Thurston home and made inquiries
of 1rvie Beasley.
Arriving at Summers the men
gained admittance to the house and
the Mexican went through the act of
changing his coat, meanwhile laying a.
big revolver in view of those present.
They made all haste to get away and
s
up the children's wardrobe, Dewey re-
marking that they'd better hurry as
they We're liable to be held up there.
ut appears that in driving to the
Doc Scott place the men lost their
way and wasted an hour or SO driv-
ing about out of their way. Arriving
at SCOTS place they arranged with
Scott to return the rig they were driv-
ing to Lake City and to drop Mrs.
Dewey off at the Workman farm.
Scott arrived at the livery barn here
at about o'clock in the morning.
"The men took the little girls with
them in Mr. SCOTS one horse rig and
drove toward Jefferson, securing an
other rig on the way and leaving the
one-horse outfit.
Arriving at Jefferson Dewey placed
the little girls with private family,
saying he would call for them later.
Wheeler watched for him until time to
take the train and turned the job over
to another officer Later Dewey came
for the girls to take them to the train,
where he was to meet the Mexican
and return to New Mexico. But his
plans had failed to work, and the stuff
was off.
when the men were at Lake City
they wore hats. At Summers they
wore fur caps. The Mexican had twoI
big grips, upon the outside of one he
had strapped a rifle and he had cart
ridges enough inside the grip to start
an arsenal. In one of the grips after
his capture was found a fifteen-inch|
dirk and revolver The Mexican
cy,,o wol1 rrororod fo,. ,,oet1y b,,o
mess. At Jefferson he made his head
quarters at the Northwestern railway
station. He gives his name as Fred
Land.
"After their marriage the Deweys
lived in this county until two years
ago, when they moved to New Mexico
Last October Mrs. Dewey caused the
arrest of Mr. Dewey for beating her
and while he was in Jail her brother,
Clayton, journeyed from Lake City to
New Mexico and brought her home
and, with her children, she has since
made her home with her mother and
brother at the Workman farm south
east of Lake City.
1T will be remembered that Mr.
Dewey caused Mrs. Dewey to be
brought before the commissioners oil
insanity at Rockwell City last o.
tober on a charge of insanity. At this
examination Dewey acknowledged
that he. 'chastised his wife in mild
manner, and had to whip her several
times in order to make her mind
Mrs. Dewey was discharged by the
commissioners as perfectly sane"