Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1913-07-26

(, owned by the c.. r. I. & P. railroad
company. where it will be used as a
warehouse until the new modern build
ing is completed late in the fall. The
other half of the. building Is being
moved from Main street down to Fifth
and Bluff street.
Rsinheok.
| A young fellow from south Of Traer
riding a motorcycle ran into James
Rasmussen's team at Colburns corner,
east Of town, last Sunday forenoon and
! broke one of the horses front legs in
two places. The horse had to be killed.
The young man tried to make his get
away but Walt Juhl ran him down in
Reinbeck, and got his motor number
At first he denied the act but later
! owned up to what he had done and will
have to pay. the damages as he was
according to the reports, entirely at
fault.
Usage.
The pretty country home of Mr.. Otto
Benson, south Of the city, was broken
into by burglars on the same evening
as the city grocery stores, last Friday
evening. Mrs. Benson's purse was torn
open and all the change taken out. The
burglary occurred sometime in the
night One Of the Benson children had
awakened exclaiming that he knew
there was someone in the house. No
attention was paid to the matter. and 1t
passed off as joke until late the next
morning when Mrs. Benson on entering
her sitting room found the results Of
the visit.
Sioux City.
James Cunningham. a hobo, has
sworn undying enmity towards rail-
roads in general and the Milwaukee in
particular. in police court he was
given a half hour to get out of town.
He made haste to board the first freight
train that came along. He went to
sleep In box car. When he awoke,
instead Of finding himself III Dakota as
he had expected. he was right back in
Sioux City. the car having been
switched off at the first station and
sent back Before he could get out of
town the second time the police picked
him up. He is serving ten days at the
county Jail.
Dumont.
route No. .. out of this city. suffered
of town in which he was painfully in
jured and it seems almost a miracle
that he was not killed While driving |
on the grade south of town he met Ed
Bra ndanburg, Of Kesley. in his auto
mobile and in passing Mr.. Wilson's
team became frightened and the cab
was upset into the ditch. Charles sus-
tanned a bad laceration on his fore
head and the top of his head. He was
hurriedly brought to town and his
wounds attended by a surgeon. MIR.
Wilson then secured an automobile. and |
finished his route. The mail cab was
slightly damaged.
vinton.
Harry Strong and DR.. George Gil
bert, OF this city. had an experience
at East Moline, ILL.,, Sunday evening
which they will not care to repeat.
The boys left Vinton Sunday morn
ing in Mr.. Strong's motor car ex-
pecting to be out several days on a
pleasure trip. The went from here
to Davenport and that evening drove
over to Moline and East Moline. ILL.,,
for ride. On their way back the
gas tank that furnishes gas for the
lights failed and their lights went
out. There was nothing to do blu.
&c: into Moline, where another tank
could be secured. Mr.. Strong was
speeding along at Is or 20 miles an
hour and had just topped a little
rise, beyond which the street had
been recently torn up. when his car
skidded and crashed into a surrey
containing two men and two women.
The buggy was badly damaged and one
horse was injured so badly that 1t
was necessary to Kill It. The occu-
pants Of the surrey were thrown oM
but not injured to speak of. The car
vas turned over on Its side but nsither
was thrown out. J