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The Oskaloosa herald. (Oskaloosa, Mahaska County, Iowa) 1885-1919, 1913-04-03
BYRON SEWERS
ELECTED MAYOR
HAS A PLURALITY OF So OVER
BARR, NEAREST COMPETITOR
A TOTAL VOTE OF 2l6s is CAST
viii Laffotlette Returned From the
First Ward-Hush M'coy Succeeds
Self as City Solicitor, as Does
Also J. n. Perry as Assessor.

| Hon. Byron V. Sewers was elected
mayor of Oskaloosa by plurality of
lsixty-three. Four others on the Seev-
ers ticket rode along to victory with
their leader,-R. r. Penders is re-
turned to the city legislative body as
a councilman-at-large by big major
ity. First ward people returned VIM
Laffollette to the council for the tenth
time. Albert Mendenhall had an
Overwhelming lead in the race for rep
Preventative of the Second ward to sue
coed w. r. Campbell, and Walter
Wells defeated J. P. Seibert, who was
a candidate to succeed himself to the
desk of the Third ward representa-
tive.
While Marc Barr, the leader of the
Citizens Non-Partisan ticket, went
down to defeat, five of the candidates
who made the fight with him gained
place in the new administration.
Hugh B. Mccoy will succeed himself
in the Office of city solicitor. Tad l..
Shipley of the Oskaloosa Bus and
Transfer Company succeeds Van P.
Wittenmyer of the d. e. w. Tea Co.,
as city treasurer John H. Perry sue
ceeds in his own tracks as city as.
SCISSOR, and e. D. Brewer was chosen
by the people of the Fourth ward as
their representative for the coming
two years.
Prohibitionists elected a member
of the new city council at the bien.
Inial election held in Oskaloosa Mon.
day, March 81. Robert II. Williams,
No. 745 North E street, was elected
from the Fifth ward.
Results of the election contained a
number of surprises, and mayhap
some disappointments. The outcome
Of the campaign is the natural fruit of
the conditions that have obtained in
Oskaloosa municipal politics since
the campaign of the Spring of 1909.
The New Council.
/ Oskaloosa's new city council will
be made up of the following:
r. T. Penders and J. G. Roberts, al.
dermen-at-large: J. W. Laffollette, AL.
bert Mendenhall, Walter Wells, E. d.
Brewer and Robert H. Williams. Off.
GERS and the new council members
will take their places next Monday
evening. April Z, 1913, when numerous
other changes are likely to occur.
Heavy Vote PolIed.
A total of 2,169 votes were cast at
Mondays election and the number
was somewhat larger than expected
when no special organized effort was
made to get out the vote. The total
vote was 10S geater than that of 1911
when S. V. Reynolds was elected to
the office of mayor over l.. M. Bacon
the opposition candidate. 1t was,
moreover, only seventy-two votes
short of the ballot cast in 1903, when
a total of 2,241 citizens exercised the
right of franchise and made a new
record for the total vote of Oskaloosa
The vote by wards was as follows:
The Oskaloosa herald. (Oskaloosa, Mahaska County, Iowa) 1885-1919, 1913-04-03
Painters Strike Feared.

Sioux City, April "A new wage
scale for painters goes into effect to.
day, the employers having agreed to
the demands of the union, except for
the closed shop. 1t is feared that the
open shop contention may yet cause
a strike. An increase is given from
37.5 to 40 cents an hour.
The Oskaloosa herald. (Oskaloosa, Mahaska County, Iowa) 1885-1919, 1913-04-03
The CIumax Eve.

The human eye is said to be q
rather ill.contriyed piece OF mechan.
ism. A celebrated German physicist
is reported to have remarked that II
an artisan were TO make for him a
piece of apparatus so poorly adapted
to its purpose be would not accept it.
The Oskaloosa herald. (Oskaloosa, Mahaska County, Iowa) 1885-1919, 1913-04-03
WORKERS STRIKE
At IOWA CITY
ALBA AND KNOXVILLE GIRLS
WIN DEcLAMAToRY HoNoRs.
O.TUMWA MAN TAKES OWN LIFE
a Strike of Painters May Occur in
Sioux City On Account Of Open
shop-Postoffice at Saint Olaf
eurslarized, $3.50 Obtained.

Iowa City, April members Of the
construction Workers Union walked
out today and as a result only few
men are working upon the new hotel.
The strikers demand an eight-hour
DAY and 30 cents an hour. They
nave been working nine hours and re-
celved rs cents an hour. The con-
tractors refuse to recognize the union
and say they can get all the non-union
men they want from other cities.
The Oskaloosa herald. (Oskaloosa, Mahaska County, Iowa) 1885-1919, 1913-04-03
Post Office Robbed.

st. Olaf, April 1.--Robbers entered
the post office here Sunday night and
removed the safe, weighing more than
half ton, to the rear of a shed one
half block away, where they blew it
open and got 800 in cash and $50 in
stamps and valuable papers and es-
capped on handcar, which was left at
Gregord, twenty miles from here.
The Oskaloosa herald. (Oskaloosa, Mahaska County, Iowa) 1885-1919, 1913-04-03
NOTICE.
Whom 1t May Concern:

To Whom II May Concern:
Notice is hereby given that the Os-
kaloosa Cooperative Industrial So
ciety, corporation. doing business
in the city OF oskaloosa, Iowa, did by
the unanimous consent OF the stock
holders, at special meeting held for
that purpose, on the 2lst day of
March, 1913. dissolve said corporation
as body corporate.
Dated Oskaloosa, Iowa, this Goth
day OF March. 1913
oskaloosa Cooperative Industrial So
ciety,
BY G. +. Lunkley, President.
d. s. Barr, Secretary.
observation-disclosures
The Oskaloosa herald. (Oskaloosa, Mahaska County, Iowa) 1885-1919, 1913-04-03
AGED Woman Passes Ava,

Dubuque. April 1-Word comes
from St Paul that Mrs. Ann Kird,
aged 1913, died there last night. She
formerly lived here and was for
some time the oldest woman in Iowa.
Her mind was clear until the last and
she could tell of happenings nearly
100 years ago.
The Oskaloosa herald. (Oskaloosa, Mahaska County, Iowa) 1885-1919, 1913-04-03
w. r, M. S. Meeting.

Mason City. April 1.-The program
ct the 2Srd annual meeting of the
Marshalltown district of the Woman's
Foreign Missionary Society of the
Methodist church to be held at AL.
bion, April Is and 16, has been issued.
Among the features is an address by
Miss Mildred Simms, a missionary
from India.
The Oskaloosa herald. (Oskaloosa, Mahaska County, Iowa) 1885-1919, 1913-04-03
Live stock sneelal

The Sioux City live stock ex.
change special will leave on April II
for the annual western excursion.
Stops will be made at the principal
towns between Sioux City and the
Black Hills and Miles City, Montana
Three days win he spent in Miles
City. where celebration will be
held. @
The Oskaloosa herald. (Oskaloosa, Mahaska County, Iowa) 1885-1919, 1913-04-03
Observation-Disclosures

Des Moines, April IA license to
wed has been granted by the clerk of
the courts to A. c. Kikendall, aged IL,
OF Des Moines, and Miss Margaret
McCarty, aged Is, of Oskaloosa.
The Oskaloosa herald. (Oskaloosa, Mahaska County, Iowa) 1885-1919, 1913-04-03
Knew Nj. Man.

Gibbs-'-That's a pretty rocky-look-
ing umbrella you have there, old
man. | wouldn't carry one like that"
Dibbs-'I know you wouldn't: that's
the reason carry II when you're
about"
The Oskaloosa herald. (Oskaloosa, Mahaska County, Iowa) 1885-1919, 1913-04-03

OF the councilmen, three have had
experience on the body, Messrs. LAT
toilette and Penders having been with
the administration for previous terms.
DR.. Jay G. Roberts was elected by the
council to fill the vacancy caused by
the resignation of Councilman J. l..
Milligan early in the year. OF the
officials elected, II. B. Mccoy and
John H. Perry have been well broken
to the harness." and Mr.. Sewers has
served the people in previous years
both as councilman and mayor. He
was chosen to the council in the
spring of 1898. Mayor G. B. McFall
resigned the Office of mayor of Oska-
loosa and Mr.. Sewers was elected to
the chair by the city council, April 2,
1894, continuing in the office through
a period of five years. or until April.
1899, when he was succeeded by Will
liam Fl. Wray.
The Oskaloosa herald. (Oskaloosa, Mahaska County, Iowa) 1885-1919, 1913-04-03
EXECUTORS NOTICE.

EXECUTORS NOTICE.
II Notice is hereby given to all per-
sons interested, that on the 1st day
of April, A. D., 1918. the undersign-
ed was appointed by the District Court
of Iowa, in and for Mahaska County.
executor of the estate of Jane
Chick, deceased, late of said Mahaska
County, Iowa. All persons indebted to
said estate will make payment to the
undersigned, and those having claims
against the same will present them
legally authenticated to said court for
allowance.
Dated this LIST day of April 1918.
+. E. SMITH, Executor.
}. l.. MILLIGAN, Clerk. 37w3
The Oskaloosa herald. (Oskaloosa, Mahaska County, Iowa) 1885-1919, 1913-04-03
To Have New Armoru-

Mason City, April This city is
to have handsome new armory, to
cost 100000, to be erected as the
home of Company A, seth Regiment
Iowa National Guard,
The Oskaloosa herald. (Oskaloosa, Mahaska County, Iowa) 1885-1919, 1913-04-03
Falls Down Stairs: Dies.

Cedar Rapids, April Surrounding
to dizzy spell as she was descend.
ing flight of stairs, Mrs. Joseph
koutnik, 3S years old. wife of local
grocer. fell to the bottom and was kill.
Cd ..- #E.
The Oskaloosa herald. (Oskaloosa, Mahaska County, Iowa) 1885-1919, 1913-04-03
Professional Cards

JOHN =. q VIM. r. LACEY,
Attorneys-at-Law.
Oskaloosa, Iowa.
General Practice, Pensions, Collec-
lions, all State and Federal Courts.
Probate Cases. 24y1
The Oskaloosa herald. (Oskaloosa, Mahaska County, Iowa) 1885-1919, 1913-04-03

The blue sky bill passed by the
house was made a special order in the
senate this morning and will be de-
bated at length. Then will follow the
fight over the appointment of a sitting
committee.
The Mobridge news. [volume] (Mobridge, Walworth Co., S.D.) 190?-1917, 1913-03-07
Calumet Guarantees Baking Economy

Have you ever stopped to think )uss
what ECONOMY" in baking reaily means
some folks seem to have the idea thae
saving a little on the cost Of the eoIn,ny mate
rials-the lour eggs, etc.-is econSnis.
others arc az the opinion that they have
been economical when they buy the low 5y,
priced baking powder, and save loE 10 -oc.
But hoth are wrong. For the real econ
omv-the economy that counts-conslsts IN
doing away with the failures that 50
often waste far more than Is saved III
buving low-priced materials.
And that beyond a doubt is the reason
that Calumet Baking Powder is the favor
tie OF millions OF cooks. 1t absoiutev
prevents failures-and guarantees SUI
cess-whch in the end is the same thlhs
as economy. LAVA,
Calumet is unfailIngit makes eLery
baking good-more tasty, more dehcious.
more evenly raised-simply because y
not only pure and Wholesome can a,se,aV alwaVs
denend upon It. Two Worlds Pure fooo
Expositons-one at Chicago III IN ,sIbavs sgS aH
of,ciallv pronounced Calumet the best
! baking powder made.-Adv.
The Mobridge news. [volume] (Mobridge, Walworth Co., S.D.) 190?-1917, 1913-03-07
Takes uo Issue of Suffrage.

Washington, March 1.-Congress
has taken up the woman Suffrage ques'
ton in earnest by the designation of
a subcommittee headed by Represen-
tative Hobson TO inquire and report TO
the house whether il would be best TO
leave the question of equal suffrage in
the election Of president and vice pres
ident TO constitutional amendment
or TO fhe action OF fnffe s6gptiffacG States
Various committees of congress have
FOR many years considered proposed
amendments, but none ever has re-
ported
The Mobridge news. [volume] (Mobridge, Walworth Co., S.D.) 190?-1917, 1913-03-07
"RuIe of Reason" Scored.

Washington, March THE SUI
preme courts so-called modification
of the Sherman antitrust law TO in
woke the rule of reason" in decisions
rpon restraints of trade, is attacked
il vigorous terms in report pre-
sented 10 the senate by the interstate
commerce committee which points out
the dangers OF ''uncontrOlled and un-
cuided judicial discretion -and-da--
mands amendment 10 the sherman
Law. 70. remove iroIn- the cQIlris. -Lhe
0ower 70 determine reasonable re
straints OF trade.
The Mobridge news. [volume] (Mobridge, Walworth Co., S.D.) 190?-1917, 1913-03-07
What Would You Do?

what would you do II you were a
millionaire?" was the question pro-
pounded TO the little boys of an East
side school the other day.
The little East siders' answers were
interesting Some of them wrote:
Il would have house with rooms
Ui~ eacl 1i11 Of use, sucl as sssts+&5
room, bedroom and dining room"
80. Il -'woufida -buy~ banks and be s--bank
president at a large salary"
~ would live on Fifth avenue in
The Mobridge news. [volume] (Mobridge, Walworth Co., S.D.) 190?-1917, 1913-03-07

No Place to Indulge in Small Talk.
The small son OF a devOut Kansas
city father was visiting his grand
parents The sun had just come out
after a long rainy season and the
head OF the family, in saying grace
at the breakfast table, gave thanks
for the bright morning and the beau
tiful sunshine.
Why, grandpa interrupted the
youngster. accustomed to a stereo-
typed form Of worship and shocked at
what he considered his grandfather's
irreverence. You must pray-dont
talk to God about the weather"
The Mobridge news. [volume] (Mobridge, Walworth Co., S.D.) 190?-1917, 1913-03-07

resolved to try them. ! did, and took
only two boxes, and am now sound
and we'll regard my cure as remark
able. can recommend Dodd's Kidney
Pills to any one who is suffering from
Kidney Trouble as was" Write to Mr..
Fleenor about this wonderful remedy.
Dodd's Kidney Pills, soc. per box at
your dealer or Dodd's Medicine Co.
Buffalo, N. Y. Write for Household
Hints, also music Of National Anthem
English and German words) and reci-
pes for dainty dishes. All 3 sent free.
Adv
The Mobridge news. [volume] (Mobridge, Walworth Co., S.D.) 190?-1917, 1913-03-07
Briqht Work.

"I have here a handy article that
sells for 10 cents" began the caller.
Don't want it, snapped thhe wom-
an.
II didn't think you would buy it,
said the caller as he turned to go.
The lady across the street told me
your husband never gave you any
money
She did, eh?" exploded the woman,
give me five of those things you are
selling My husband gives me more
money in day than that old cat gets
In month. Exchange.
The Mobridge news. [volume] (Mobridge, Walworth Co., S.D.) 190?-1917, 1913-03-07
Record Ere akcr.

81 hope you like your work, my lad,
said benignant elderly person to an
errand boy as they waited TO cross a
street "Men who take pride in their
work are the men who succeed"
"Oh. I'm record breaker, the man
ager says
That's the way for boy 10 talk.
Tell me how you do better than other
boys
Il take longer TO carry message
than any OF them
The Mobridge news. [volume] (Mobridge, Walworth Co., S.D.) 190?-1917, 1913-03-07

clean house and buy autos and char
lots"
Il would be proud Of my situation
and also glad. and | would own autos
and earn money by hiring them out"
II would go to the finest movies
every night; also matinees, IL posi-.
BILE"
II would buy yacht and be elected
liza u7-rrrS -s-orner me SrftiaTaet
II would feast my peasants. also in
stisute- an -yducsriod- ssyy;il ooi. - -
II would buy the subway and get
rich by charging ten cents.
The Mobridge news. [volume] (Mobridge, Walworth Co., S.D.) 190?-1917, 1913-03-07

corrects constipation. Munyon's Paw-Paw
Pills are a tonic to the stomach, liver and
nerves. They invigorate instead OF weaken;
they enrich the blood instead of impover-
ishing it, they enable the stomach to get ali
the nourishment from food that is put into
it. Price IS cents All Druggists.
The Mobridge news. [volume] (Mobridge, Walworth Co., S.D.) 190?-1917, 1913-03-07
CONSTIPATION N

Munyon's Paw-Paw
Pills are unlike all 9TH
er !axatives or cathar-
tics. They coax tho
liver into activity by
gentle methods, they
do not scour; they do
not gripe; they do not
weaken; but they do
start all the secretions
OF the liver and stom-
ach in a way that soon
puts these organs In a
healthy condition and
The Mobridge news. [volume] (Mobridge, Walworth Co., S.D.) 190?-1917, 1913-03-07

to quit work. ana
doctors failed to do
me any good. ] kept
getting worse all the
time, and it at last
turned to inhamma-
ton Of the Bladder.
and l had given up
all hope, when one
day | received your
little booklet adver-
The Mobridge news. [volume] (Mobridge, Walworth Co., S.D.) 190?-1917, 1913-03-07
INVESTIGATORS
SAY THAT MONEY
TRUST IS REALITY
POWERS SHOULD BE CURBED,
CLAIM THE HOUSE
INVESTIGATORS
REPORT IN ACCORD WITH
UNTCRMYER CONCLUSIONS

Majority Report Signed by Chairman
Puio and Six Other Democratic
Members Names Most Active
Agents in Bringing About
Money Concentration.
The Mobridge news. [volume] (Mobridge, Walworth Co., S.D.) 190?-1917, 1913-03-07
SUFFERED FOR IS YEARS.

Mr.. r. M. Fleenor, r. r. d. 39, Otter
bein. Ind, writes: II had been su1er'
er from Kidney Trouble for about 20
wears. | finally got so bad that had
The Mobridge news. [volume] (Mobridge, Walworth Co., S.D.) 190?-1917, 1913-03-07
Menu Revision.

How is it there's roast hare on the
menu again today"
Waitress-We it ate the canary
Yesterday
The Mobridge news. [volume] (Mobridge, Walworth Co., S.D.) 190?-1917, 1913-03-07

Or Pierce's Peasant Pellets regulateandlnyig
crate stomach. liver and bowels. Sugar-costed,
= Iiny III - TrranIle.~, Msy 10 iaas as canty. ADV.
The Mobridge news. [volume] (Mobridge, Walworth Co., S.D.) 190?-1917, 1913-03-07

When pretty widow begins to
hand baby talk to a bachelor he
might as we'll surrender.
The Mobridge news. [volume] (Mobridge, Walworth Co., S.D.) 190?-1917, 1913-03-07

Some hotels are like. the place
where the pavements are made Oh
good intentions--no fire escapes.
The Mobridge news. [volume] (Mobridge, Walworth Co., S.D.) 190?-1917, 1913-03-07
ONLY One "BROMO QUINN

That Is LAXATIVE BkONO QUlNINE. Look
for the signature OF II. GROVE. Cures a Cold
in One Day, Cures Grip in Two Days. 2c.
The Mobridge news. [volume] (Mobridge, Walworth Co., S.D.) 190?-1917, 1913-03-07

NO. but she married a man who
gets as drunk as lord. "-Boston
Transcript.
The Mobridge news. [volume] (Mobridge, Walworth Co., S.D.) 190?-1917, 1913-03-07
BODIES OF VICTIMS ARE BURIED
UNDER RUINS OF BURNED
UiLDlNG-GUEST TRAP
PEOlN BLAZING HALLS.
FIFTY ARE REGISTERED:
Only 16 ACCOUNTEDF0I.
Fourteen Are Injured; Property Loss
$3.50 .OOO-WaIls Of Aged Struc-
ture Cave In, Carrying
Many to
Death.

Omaha. Neb. March | - An awe
sturck crowd OF 5000 people, mostly
sObbng women and relatives or the
persons believed to have perished IN
the Dewey hotel, which burned TO the
ground here, stood about the ruins OF
the building watching an army OF nre-
men and policemen digging IN 'he
smoking debris. The fire is beheved
to have started from gas explosion.
The Mobridge news. [volume] (Mobridge, Walworth Co., S.D.) 190?-1917, 1913-03-07
Those Accounted Fer.

One man jumped to his death. Six
persons are in hospitals seriously IN
iured, and eight others received minor
injuries. The property loss is 100000.
Two survivors declare that not more
than sixteen escaped and there were
fifty registered There is probability
that others not registered were in the
building.
The Mobridge news. [volume] (Mobridge, Walworth Co., S.D.) 190?-1917, 1913-03-07
lmportant to Mothere

Examine carefully every bottle or
CASTORIA, a safe and sure remedy for
infants and children, and see that it
The Mobridge news. [volume] (Mobridge, Walworth Co., S.D.) 190?-1917, 1913-03-07

Caught in the blazing structure,
which seemed suddenly to burst into
fire from basement 10 the ground foo',
euests fed to the windows and hall
WAYS. From the number OF men ana
women dragged from the front en-
trance by rescuers, the police believe
that many were overcome in the up
ner Railways and died there.
The Mobridge news. [volume] (Mobridge, Walworth Co., S.D.) 190?-1917, 1913-03-07
-he Death List.

The known dead
Mrs. Alice Bonnevieu.
Charles Cummings.
Charles Beverley, waiter.
James Proxies.
The known injured:
lydia Nelson, 1924 Dodge street,
burned on face and body.
Iona Jennings, overcome Dy
smoke.
Mark Hemingway, Ewing, Neb,
overcome by smoke; may die.
Clara Newman, overcome by
smoke.
F.. C. Stiss. overcome by smoke.
The stories of the rescued hint at
locked doors and inaccessible fire
escapes. which probably resulted In
the penning of the guests in the nails.
Firemen are making rapid headway
in clearing the debris, but the portion
of the building containing most OF the
guests caved in first and is now under
TWENTY-FIVE feet of wreckage.
The Dewey hotel was three-story
structure of brick and had formerly
been five stories. The upper fioor'
had been condemned and removed
Owing to the age Of the structure ant
It's character. it burned like tinder.
How Estimate Is Made.
The police estimate Of the dead Il
made on the authority of Jesse II
! Mold the manager. who was the las
to leave the building, and who sal'
| that at least fifty persons were reg
istered there last night. At least
dozen of them were women. In add
tion to the dead and injured twent
persons have not been accounted 10
and are believed to be in the sul
smouldering ruins. The hotel registe
was destroyed in the fire. A con
plete search of the building Will b
necessary to establish a death list.
According to guests who ESCAPED
the first intimation of the fire cam
when woman's scream awakene
them. The building was then file
with smoke and within half an hou
it was in ruins.
Policeman Schwager, who was calle
to the fire, carried out two unldentlhe
women and was himself overcome
attempting to re-enter the bulldln
He said at least dozen uncOnsciot
persons were lying on the threshold
when he entered. These were carrie
out by J. Fox, a broker.
OF the other unfOrtunates who wei
guests in the hotel, little can
learned, the flames spread so quick
that few would have escaped. II
flames were not entirely quenched u
til after 10 a. m.
Many Dead in Railways.
The Mobridge news. [volume] (Mobridge, Walworth Co., S.D.) 190?-1917, 1913-03-07
Woman Burned to Death.

Mrs. G. f. Wilkins says she was
awakened by her sister, Mrs Bonne-
vieu. and upon opening their chamber
door saw the hall filed with smoke
and flames They broke a window in
their room. Mrs. Bonnevieu dropped
unconscious and was carried TO the
window by Mrs. wilkins. who then
was almost overcome. Firemen res
cued Mrs. Wilkins, but Mrs. Bonne.
yieu was burned TO death.
The Mobridge news. [volume] (Mobridge, Walworth Co., S.D.) 190?-1917, 1913-03-07
Bears the
Nearest She Could G

so Betty didn't marry lord after
The Mobridge news. [volume] (Mobridge, Walworth Co., S.D.) 190?-1917, 1913-03-07

Washington, March 3.-Three diver
gent reports were presented to the
house by the committee which cen
Quoted the money trust investigation.
The Mobridge news. [volume] (Mobridge, Walworth Co., S.D.) 190?-1917, 1913-03-07

VeSterday
Webster City freeman. [volume] (Webster City, Hamilton County, Iowa) 1884-1946, 1913-10-07
Returned the Purse.

An incident occurred yesterday af-
ternoon in the Birdsall millinery
store which had all the appearance
of shop lifter's work. Mrs. War
rem Walton, who Is in the city Wis
iting at the home of her mother,
Mrs. Ralph Baldwin, while shopping
in the Birdsall store laids her purse
on show case and examined some
goods. When she was ready tc
leave she found that her purse was
gone. During the time that she had
been in the store there had been
only one other customer, who had
told one of the clerks that she was
a stranger in the city. The police
was called and as it was about
time for train to leave the city, a
search was made of the depot but
nothing was found of the strange
woman. All the stores We're then
searched and when the police and
Mrs. Walton had arrived near Bus
ter Browns corner the woman was
seen and Immediately saw the par
ties looking for her. She at once
started directly for them and when
she met them stated that she had
taken the wrong purse from the
store and was going back to the
store to restore it. While this may
have been the case, no signs were
seen of the other purse as she had
not been carrying one. After CIV
ing the purse to the policeman, she
was allowed to go and nothing fur
ther has been seen of her.