Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1912-08-07
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Of friends and neighbours OF the man.
and Of persons who were near the
scene Of the crime when 1t was COM
mitted. That ho was not shot by high
wayman. 1t IL said, II made plain. first,
by the fact that altho able to talk
OF his wound and complain Of the
pain that he was suffering q few min
utes after he was shot, he declined to
say who had shot him or give an &C
count OF the shooting. TO his daughter.
Mrs. Glenn Davis. and son. Louis
Yea9er, who were among the first to
reach his side, he said that he would
explain later. but when questioned py
relatives at the Samaritan hospital
Yesterday, he reiterated the assertion
he had made in the ambulance. to the
effect that two highwaymen. one short
and the other tall. had shot MN
down.
Only One Companion.
That he was not with two men ID
youched for by several persons VINO
plainly heard tho shot and Yeagers
shouts. James C. Doty. whose home
at 412 Sioux street h less than q. dozen
Yards from where the, shooting took
Mace. was aroused from his bed by
the excited talking OF two men. One
was speaking in German most Of the
time. while the other was talking in
q xutteral tone. making 1t impossible
for Mr.. Doty to determine In what
tongue he was speaking.
Just as the pair arrived in front OF
the house. one man. in English, COM
manded the other to hold up his hands.
Ut was a second or two later that
Yeager cried 'sDon't, don't" and the
shot was fired. With the revolver In
his hand the man ran across Sioux
street and west on West Fifth street.
Mr.. Doty said that the man was tall
he believed that he was bareheaded.
No hat was found at the spot where
the crime was committed
DAUGHTER Shouts my Papa"
Yeaeers daughter. Mrs Glenn Davis.
resides at the rear Of 40Sh Sioux street,
a little more than a half block from
where her father fell. Mr.. Doty said
that Immediately the shot was fred
and Yeager shouted, the young woman
came running to the street, shouting.
"My papa, my papa" Mrs. Davis had
not retired. persons living block and
. = half away say that the wounded
mans shouts were plainly audible to
them.
The shooting took place about mid
way between the place at which Yea
sey. left \ street car at West Third and
sioux streets. and his home at 5l6
Sioux street. He was carried into the
daughters house by Mr.. Davis. the son
and Mr.. Doty.
Spent Day at Club.
That Yaeger was not in his ordinary
mood is evidenced by the fact that al
tho he had not been to Teutonfa hall,
one Of the lodges at which he Is
member. for several weeks, he spent
nearly all of last Sunday there. 1t Is
said that he did not go home at noon.
BY his friends it Is told that ne
has a violent temper. when aroused
and that he has had trouble with rela-
tives. Whether he recently had quar-
seled has not been ascertained.
Two; attempts. were made YESTERDAY
n obtain a statement from him. The
county attorney, the chief OF ponce ana
T.nuis Yaeeer were unable to obtain an
exclamation from him yesterday fore
noon. Late, yesterday afternoon. mrs.
wager who had been Frustrated by
tha shooting. was taken in q cab to the
mans bedside.
Mrs. Yaeger was unable to CLEAN any
facts from her husband who refused
to give any Information regarding the
shooting. ~ al.
Yaeger is slightly stronger today al
tho; he still is in Q serious condition
with the odds against his recovery
II Il No Arrests Expected.
After 4 closed conference OF two
hours, duration conducted by M. ~.
O,shanessy; chief Of police; J. B. Rich
ard. chief Of detectives and Robert
Carraher, with Lewis Yaeger and Jack
Yaeger, sons: Glenn Davis. q son-in-
law. and Conrad Meyer, a fellow work
man Of the injured man. the police
announced this afternoon that no tan
rible clues had resulted from the con-
ference and no arrests may be ex-
pected for day or two.
beside the police, friends and menu
hers of Yaeger's family have visited
him at the hospital. All have come
away with nrnl impression that the
wounded man knows exactly who his
q ssailant was, but refuses for some
reason TO disclose the entire Facts.
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