The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1913-01-15
|jRILD WINS Her
MOTHERS FREEDOM |
,,...ns. of Three Year o'd Tot At
Dale. headquarters Responsible
FOR Withdrawal Of
Charges.
WATER POWER MAN
r,.d SHOW Goes to Sleep In Woman's
Room and is Robbed Of Sixty
Dollars Then Helps
Thief.

Last night and this morning Chief
), Police Kenney and several officers
we're busiIy engaged in unraveling one
Il thu most battling robberies that
Il, been called to the attention OF
the local department for many
months. When the matter was final
Il atraightened out, the stolen money
was all accounted for, the victim of
The robbery had received his money
and the thief was sent on her way
rejoicing, and the police chief had
another charitable act recorded to his
credit.
Della Doettger, the woman in the
case lifted the sum OF sixty dollars
from Fred Skow, an employee OF the
Hydraulic Engineering company sew
eral days ago, but the matter was not
reported to the police until last even
Ing.
Skow, with several other workmen
occupy rooms at Tenth and Johnson
streets and the woman has room
downstairs in which she and her
three year old child lived. 1t Is said
that Skow and the woman have been
{ rather intimate for the past several
weeks and he made himself at home
In her apartments.
Slept In Woman's Room.
Monday afternoon Skow was drink
ing and went to the woman's apaf t.
ments and laid down on the couch to
sleep. While he was in drunken
stupor the woman stole sixty dollars
from his trousers pockets. When the
man arose he Immediately accused
Mrs. Doettger of taking the money,
hut she denied all knowledge of the
theft and said that Georgia might
have taken it." Georgia" afterward
proved to- be Georgia, Smith OF 406
Palean street.
After some argument the Doettger
woman promised to get the money for
SHOW and told him to come back that
evening and she would have it. When
ne returned she told him that Geor-
sla had not yet been there, but that
sne would see her within few
hours This happened several times
and ne was unable to get the money.
he finally told her yesterday after
noon that he would call in the police
unless the money was turned over by
six O'Clock.
shortly after that time SHOW rushed
INTO the police station and told the
story OF his loss to Chief Kenny and
said ina. both the women had entered
q cab and driven away.
Officers Begin Chase.
onief henney and Oficer Wilson i'm
meolately started after them and fin.
any FOUND out where they had secur-
g the cab. BY various methods they
l'aceo the cab and located it at Fifth
anu Des Moines streets where the
!. liver told them he had just taken
~, W. women to the Union station and
.eil them. He said that they had
.isee grips and trunk and were
gong to leave town.
J, When the officers reached the s.a.
non The Doettger woman and the
s'.'u were on the platform talking to
:. man and the Smith woman was in
sae station. AS soon as thew saw the
ta,,a. they hid themselves in the
a, Aler wait OF several minutes
~ .nes appeared and were Immediately
LACED under arrest and taken to
~ headquarters. On the way to
tue station both women denied All
of the robbery and dec,ar.
~. mat they had never stolen any-
, - The Doettger woman said tha,
nv I had not purchased tickets for
Woman confesses.
riaally the woman confessed and
:, a'a mat she had robbed the man ana
,au bought the tickets, but thar she
~ torn them up as they were
! to the station. She also turn
:. '"enty-five dollars in cash over to
!, ie chief, She said that tho t,clya+s
,,., nad purchased were to PRYOR
ala all and had cost her $3.50. The
, "a Of the money she accounted
= ~, m various ways.
unie' Kenny had her grips and
! slA checked at the Union depot ann
h. on sent her to local hotel to spend
Nc pisht' not wishing to keen her
!, 10y rom the child by lockinp her
= at the jail. An officer was detaiIed
watch her. 80
e,a oout midnight she went to the
NV ana attempted to get her yrins
b,.. ., the baggage room. but as the
ne. neid the checks she was unsuc.
sss .u II also developed that man
III. u one OF the tickets for PRYOR
,a'a, at the Union station abont one
Siock this morning US
~, Brought to Station.
morning she was again