The Denison review. [volume] (Denison, Iowa) 1867-current, 1912-01-03
TWO KlDNAPPERS
TAKEN AT JEFFERSON
One, a Mexican, Was in Denison and
Nightwatch Mcclellan Held
Him for Some Time.
THEY STOLE TWO LITTLE GIRLS
Marshal Weeks Received Card With
Description Of Mexican, But Had
Lost It, So Let Him Go.

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Lost 1t, So Let Him Go.
A week ago last Sunday Nightwatcl
Mcclellan gathered in a stray MeXi
can near the depot and brought hin
up town for Marshal Weeks to identi
fly as being mixed up in kidnapping
Weeks had received card from au
thorities at Lake City, giving de
scription of the fellow, but had mis-
laid it and was unable to identify the
fellow, although he was almost sure
he was the man wanted. After ex
aiming the fellow closely he was al
lowed to go, but it seems he was
picked up later on at Jefferson, and
the Bee in speaking of the arrest
says:
Jefferson police circles were consid.
erably startled last Wednesday noon
when messages arrived from Calhoun
county to apprehend two men who
had kidnapped couple of children. 1t
was stated that the kidnappers had
gone to Churdan and from there hired
a livery for Jefferson. 1t was stated
that one of the men was Joseph Dew
ey, father of the children, and the 9TH
er Mexican. 1t seemed that Dewey,
who has been in Mexico several years,
had brought the man with him to do
the dirty work."
Sheriff Wilson and his deputies got
busy, and it was not long until the
Mexican was gathered in. He was
found at the Northwestern depot.
Answering in looks the description
sent, Sheriff Wilson placed him under
arrest.
"You are mistaken" the Mexican
said, 81 am from Grand Junction"
The officer jabbed hand in his peck
ct and pulled out fur cap.
"This is the cap you had on at Chur-
dan," said Wilson. The remark had
the desired effect, and the Mexican
owned up" that he was the man. I'm
known to Wilson the man Dewey was
in the depot, and not far from the
Mexican. When this arrest was &C.
complished he made his getaway. At
the Jail the Mexican told the sheriff
the children were at house near the
depot, and search was instituted. The
officers first thought he meant near
the Milwaukee depot and the search
commenced there, but later they went
to the Northwestern. They found
them-two little girls-at the C. G.
Kelly home, where the men had left
them with the request that they be
taken care of until train time They
represented to Mrs. Kelly that they
came in from train, and as it was
stormy did not want to drag the chils
dren about town with them. The
sheriff from Rockwell City came down
after the prisoner and also took the
children back with him.
Nothing whatever could be found
out about the whereabouts of Dewey
until the next morning, when a
phone message over rural line came
to the sheriff. 1t was Dewey, and he
said he would come in and surrender;
that the affair was all mistake, and
he would prove it. He did not state
where he was, but later it was found
that he had spent the night at the
St. John home, on the Dimon place in
Bristol township. Dewey came in, true
to promise, and gave himself up. In
explanation he said he had never been
divorced from his wife, and that he
had as much right to the children as
did the mother. He was taken to
Rockwell City for Incarceration. In a
hearing there both men waived pre-
liminary examination and were bound
over to await the action of the Cal,
houn county grand jury.
The following from the Lake City
Graphic gives more detailed informa-
ton about the affair, which is the sen.
sation of two counties:
Ruth and Grace Dewey, age five
and three years, respectively were
kidnapped Tuesday night at about
10 o'clock by Joseph Dewey, their
father, and Mexican who represent.
ed himself to be an officer bearing
proper legal papers, empowering him
to take the children.
MRS. Joseph Dewey and her chill
dren were visiting at the home of her
uncle, A. N. Sumner, northeast OF
Lake City, at the time. The Mexican
read paper to Mrs. Dewey and de.
manded the children, whereupon Mrs
Dewey proposed to go with them also
The men consented and agreed to
come to Lake City, where she should
be allowed to consult with her attor.
ney, Hon. John w. Jacobs.
Gas soon as the party had left the
house the Summers found that their
telephone was. dead. The phone OF
their next neighbor, Glenn Studevin
was next tried and it was also dead
TIpOn oya mipo tiOD tbev found that the
telephone lines had been severed. and
after mending the break they ap
| prised Sheriff Wheeler of the occur
renee.
wheeler secured an automobile
| and driver and visited the Summers
then went northwest to the home OF
| George Dewey, brother of Joseph
Dewey, where he learned that the men