Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1912-06-29
ANDREW HAHN, OF WATERLOO
pRuooED AND ROBBED ON
EVE OF WEDDING
FoRclsLY TAKEN TO CHICAGO
BY TWO STRANGE MEN
prsdieamsnt Of Unfortunate Man Acct.
dentaIly Revealed 70 Friend, VINO
With him-Brido Frantic Because OF
Strange Disappearance.

"%knockout drops OF some sort, taken
from ones rooming place in Waterloo
to Chicago, there to be left in a gentle
mems rooning house for several days
and robbed Of a considerable sum OF
money: then TO be located quite by
| chance by a relative and brought back,
still in a dazed condition, to his home
town. is an experience rarely heard OF.
If one adds to this brief outline that
all these events occurred on the eve OF
ones wedding the wonder of 1t is
vastly increased.
The foregoing is a summary Of an
! which Andrew Hahn, a pressman. re-
back from Chicago by Benjamin
Bauske, an employe of the Vienna
bakery, after having spent the time
since Sunday in a rooming house in
that city, where he was kept prisoner
by two rough-appearing men. who, it
is supposed, robbed him OF about $50
in money. At least, when Mr.. Hahn
was taken from Waterloo last Satur-
day night to Chicago, being "doped" in
his room before his departure, he had
about that sum with him. together with
his gold watch. The watch also was
missing when Mr.. Bauske reached the
| room in Chicago in which Mr.. Hahn
| had been kept practically as a pris-
oner
Mr.. Hahn was to have been mar
ried last Wednesday to Miss Olinda
| Grossman of Waverly. His relatives
| and his fance were nearly distracted
| over mis- strange disappearance, and
every effort was put forth to locate
his whereabouts just as soon as his
absence was noted. 1t was feared he
had met with some bad accident or a
met with foul play.
Rough Men Seen Here.
On the day Of Mr.. Hafn's disap-
pearance two rough-looking men
were seen in front Of the residence
where he roomed. They had w
packages don up In papers,. When
Mr.. Hahn arrived at his home after
quitting work Saturday afternoon he
was seen to be in conversation with
the men for a short time. Then they
disappeared. presumably into Mr..
Hahn's room. 1t is surnlised that the
visitors hen in some way drugged
the young pressman, producing a
state of Inconsistencies. Later in the
evening the visitors conveyed Mr.. Hahn
to a depot and, as afterwards learned,
bought transportation to Chicago.
Search Began in Earnest.
Mr.. Hahn's relatives and friends in
stituted a vigorous search for him just
as soon as it was learned that he had
disappeared from his room. On Tues
day some one called, a friend of Mr.
Hahn by telephone, inquired If Andrew
was there, then laughed and hung up
the receiver without : telling who he
was. A letter, torn to fragments, was
also found on Tuesday. 1t was evil
IDENTIFY from a man in Fort Dodge. and
spoke about a visit some one would pay
to Waterloo. Whether this torn letter
had any connection with the dastardly
plan to abduct Mr.. Hahn is not known,
Located in Chicago.
It was learned that Mr.. Hahn knew
a pressman who is now in Chicago
and it was thru him that the missing
young man was finally located. lust as
soon as Mr.. Bauske received knowledge
he fastened to Chicago. reaching there
yesterday. He went to the house num-
Der furnished him. and found Mr.
Hahn. a pitiable figure, in a dazed con-
dition. He had not been shaved since
leaving Waterloo, and his entire ap-
pearance indicated that he had suffered
untold misery. When he arrived il
Waterloo he was almost too weak tt
!. walk. Some of his relatives and friends
were at the train to welcome him home
Whole Matter Shrouded in Mystery.
!, Various theories have been advanced
as to the motive Of the two men IL
perpetrating such a daring deed. Thu
majority of those familiar with the cir.
cumstances do not hesitate to say tha
it was a carefully premeditated plot t,
) rob.
, Mr.. Hahn is a model young man. H
has no bad habits, is gentlemanly in hi!
conduct and is energetic and industrf
Gus. He has been employed in a jol
printing office here as pressman TO
: the past eighteen months and had no
, missed a day from work up to the clos
, Of a1st aSturday. He does not use in
!, toxicating liquors, and is in every wa,
an ideal young man. He comes from
one Of the best families in the state
His father is a Lutheran minister. an,
lives at Waterloo. His brother, E. I
Hahn. is employed in the business Of
fee Of the Evening Courier.
y FALLS TWENTY FEET.