Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1912-01-18

Five to twenty years is the penalty for
the crime, charged. Carroll made a
confession, soon after the murder.
Waterloo. $50 81 - ra
While walking toward Waterloo on
the tracks of the W., C. F. & N. Tues
day morning. George Swartzbaugh. "a
years of age. whose home Is in Cedar
Falls but who has been working as an
upholsterer in this city, was struck by
an interurban car. receiving injuries
which necessitated his removal to the
Presbyterian hospital. Mr.. Swartz
baugh. who is afflicted with deafness,
had stopped at Galloway while on his
way to Waterloo and having missed the
local car, started out to walk to the
city. He failed to hear the approach
ing car. 49,.
AckIsy. g.
The two sons Of Frank Keough, liv
ing on the g. Bloch farm southwest Of
this CITY, have a feline ferret. They
have house cat Of which they have
made great pet and which they have
taught 'toGatt as a ferret on hunting
expeditions. The cat will enter rab-
bit burrow as readily as ferret and
drive out the rabbits which may hap
pen to be- therein. The cat is even
more expert than ferret, as it
searches the holes more quickly and
always comes out at once If the bur-
row is empty. Pussy seems to en-
joy the ferreting immensely and is al
ways ready to go to work.
Sioux City.
The boards of supervisors OF Wood
bury and Monona counties settled the
$50, 900 damage and assessment suit of
J. G. shumaker for $4,000 and an
nounced their willingness to settle for
$4,000 with the Milwaukee ,ra ilroad on
the bridge controversy which resulted
from the decision of the boards to con-
struct the West Fork drainage ditch.
Shumaker's claims were based on two
suits. One was TOR damages alleged
to have occurred from the construction
Of the ditch. The second was to secure
a reassessment of benefits. The Mil
waukee railroad will be Obliged to
build a bridge across the waterway
when the proposed ditch is constructed
southeast Of Hornick, Iowa.
Sioux City.
George Parker. who Is said to have a
state penitentiary for safe blowing. was
arrested at 10: 80 o'clock Tuesday night
by Chief of Police J. B. Richard and
Detectives Carraher and Luce. as he
was boarding q train for Rochester
MINI. Parker is held for investiga-
ton in connection with the blowing OF
the safe at the Orpheum theater Mon
day morning." said Chief Richard. The
safe blowers secured $1,000 as result
of their Efforts. The suspect showed
little interest In the arrest, ana did not
even take the trouble to ask the police
for reason why they sshonld spoil his
trip. He was not questioned concerning
the Orpheum affair.
siouxsciSy.a
A. r. Wheeler. northwestern rail.
road swtichman. died on his way tc
the Samaritan hospital In the police
ter having been crushed between thu
buffers Of two passenger coaches which
he was trying to couple. Wheelef's firs'
attempt to make the coupling hat
, failed, and he stepped between the
moving cars in order to jerk the re.
ffractory coupler heads into a better
position. In this effort he lost his life
| Wheeler had worked in Sioux City only
seven days. coming to this city from
| Yankton, s. D. He was So years old. H,
was planning to bring his wife here II
a short time. She was notified of hel
| husbands death. and arrived in, Siou1
City Wednesday,.
Greene.
Hotel Kessler suffered from a fire
Sunday morning. The fire was dis.
covered by B. N. Mead and wife wheI
| they returned from party about 12:3'
a. M, and went to their rooms. which
they found full Of smoke. They hastil!
| alarmed the other guests and sent II
a call for the fire company, which
quickly responded. 1t was by thei
diligent work that the fire was con
fined to the basement Of the building
The inmates of the hotel were sheltered
| in the Neal garage, which was com
ifortabiy heated. Some OF them IN the!
hurried fright were only partly dresser
and several invalids were carried on
on cots. The building and content
on the first and. second floors wer
badly damaged by smoke, .sia =:
J basement was flooded with water.