Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1912-07-19
youNosTER OF IS. IN ROLE OF
HiGhWAYMAN, SLABS MRS.
G. w. WEST.
HOLDS WOMAN UP At POINT
OF GUN, THEN USES KNIFE
Ira Moore, Under Arrest, Charged
With Crime, 10 Identified BY Mr..
West and Neishbors-elood-s stained
Coat Found, With Gun in Pocket
Appears to Be a Degenerate.

| ell. a 15-year-old boy, at Gas Thursday
evening, held up at the point Of gun
Mrs. George W. West. wife of grocer
at sos Park street, demanding her
money, and when rendered purse
| containing the contents of the cash
drawer, drew poke, knife and
! stabbed the woman in the right sloe
!, Of the neck, severing the facial artery.
| The boy made good his escape from
/ the building, but minus the coveted
money. In just an hour after the COM
mission Of the crime, the police had
under arrest Ira Moore, aged 10, son
| of Isaac Moore, sos South Sixth street,
charged with being Mrs. Vests asasll-
ant, Unless some unforeseen comphca-
tions should result from Infection, Mrs.
West will recover. Mrs. West Is the
mother of Mrs F. P. Lierle.
The assault on Mrs. West. who is 81
years old, was not witnessed. Inc ooS
had been hanging around the store 1or
some time, and Nlrs. West had been
waiting on him to close the store. Mrs
! West telephoned her daughter that she
wanted TO close up, but that boy was
sitting in the store, and that she dlon
think he was there for any good pur-
pose. Mrs. Lierle told her mother to
shut up the store any way, and go
home.
Ordinarily the grocery store is closed
at 6: 80. Mr.. West went fishing Thurs
dav afternoon. leaving the store about
4:3O, with Mrs. West in charge. The
Moore boy, as he was known by Mr.
West thru other occasional visits to
the store, was sitting on box when
Mr.. West left for the river.
Demands Money or Life
Watching for the opportune time the
boy closed the front door Of the store
as Mrs West went to the back door tc
prop it shut. AS Mrs. West turned
toward the front part Of the store she
found herself looking into the barrel OF
a revolver.
Money or your life" said the youth
just like it is stereotypeo in the yello"
backs
Mrs. West was by far the cooler o
the two, and started to have mother
~ talk with the boy, who still held IN
gun aimed at her.
IF YOU scream I will Kill YOU" add
l ed the youth.
you had better not kill me-" sal
| Mrs. West to the lad. You know tina
Mrs Leech, who was just In here
knows you, and If YOU do kill me the
will know it was You. You are wei
come to the money" added Mrs. Yves
as she started TO hand over her purse
but don't do any shooting
Knocks Gun to One Side.
With this advice to her assailan
Mrs. West was sufficiently collected I
49, n,
with her right hand pushed to one sid
the gun that stared her in the face
With this the boy pulled from hi
rocket a knife and dealt Mrs. Yves
two blows If both struck the woma
they entered the same wound. and Mr.:
West ran screaming toward the from
of the store. with the blood gushin
from her neck, as the youngster spe
iout the back way. Mrs West is nc
sure whether the lad got his hands o
her purse or not, but if he did n
dropped it in his excitement, as NJ,
West found it, with the contents undis
turbed. lying near the back door. wher
the assault took place. The purse con
IS tanned between SO and So.
Neiahbors Hear Woman's Cries.
Mrs. W. E Leech, who lives acros
the street, on the corner of Fourth an
le Park, had been to the West store
l. little after to make a purchase. SF
noticed the boy in the store at TT
,r time. After finishing supper at abo,
" GAS, Mr. and Mrs. Leech stepped
the back yard and as they did SO hear
50 woman scream "Murder!"
II Seeing that the. front door Of II
West store was closed, and thinkir
y for q moment that some OF the Chi
dren of the neighborhood were prof
ably playing behind the store, Il
Leeches gave but little thought to Il
n scream until Mrs. West came runnir
I out the front door, covered with bloc
Mr.. and Mrs Leech ran across Il
street to her assistance, and Nj
Leech grasped the skin over the gal
ing wound in Mrs Vests neck, fro
which the blood was pumping wi
every pulsation.
See Boy Running From Store.
AS Mr.. and Mrs. Leech ran aero
.!Park street they saw boy runnil
across the yard to the east, and aroul
\ the barn belonging to Mrs Christi
Shahan. Mr.. Leech's first impressi
RI was to follow the boy, but he w
needed with the injured woman. Nj
Leech ran for DR.. George NJ. Johnsc
who lives a few doors south on Four
street. and Fred Wallace, whose hor
is only few feet west Of the groce
store, summoned the police. DR.. Joh
son. while not having his surgical ca
at home very fortunately had pair
artery forceps that had belonged to
father also surgeon: These we