Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1913-09-11
Man Wanted for Stealing
Horse August "a Brought
Back to Ottumwa
TELLS SHERIFF HE
is READY TO PLEAD
'mits to Official that He
lis Guilty and Wants
Judgment Passed

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Davenport, accompanied by Frank
Marshall, whom he sought on the
charge OF forgery and stealing a horse.
Marshall, according to Sheriff Knox
admitted both crimes and said he is
ready to make plea of guilty and take
his chances on trip to Anamosa as
soon as the county attorney can con.
slider his case.
cess in getting his man SO soon. An
other implicated by Marshall as an &C
complice In the forgery is still at large
and believed to be in Denver or the
west. This Is Joe Bowman, who 1t il
believed worked with Marshall In
forging or uttering forged paper In OF
tumwa few weeks ago, and who ID
said by Marshall to have been with
him when the horse was taken out oi
Ottumwa. t#
|. The victims of the bogus paper was
Mrs. Bowman, said to be the mother
of the man still at large; j. Barmash
who operates clothing and second
hand store, and Patsey Dugan who
has store at the corner of Main and
Vine streets. The, checks are said to
Lave ranged from 81 to $25.
} way nave BLOWN Sat0. S5yGl
It Is possible that the two men may
be connected with the safe robbery
In Lakonta, where lumber concern
had Its; strong box broken into some
two weeks ago.
Es What leads the officers to think that
Marshall and Bowman may have had
something to do with the safe blow
I ing is the fact that the horse and hug
~ stolen BY. Marshall from w. Hoggs-
woning, August "a, was found on the
outskirts Of Lakonta about the time
Of the robbery Then. too, anotherlor
third person who is not mentioned but
who associated and drank with
Marshall and Bowman, is known to
have worked for lumber firm and II
said to have been aware Of a large
sum Of money, some $6,00O being kept
In the safe few days prior to the
robbery
Attends sherIff's Meeting. 81, IN
When Sheriff Knox left for Daver.
port it was with a dual purpose. He
sought Frank Marshall as the suspect.
ed horse thief and forger, and he Wish.
ed to attend the big meeting Of sheriffs
that ended today in Davenport. The
gathering OF the county officers had an
its chief object the discussion or ways
and means for rounding up and prose.
cutting horse thieves In Iowa.
Arrested BY Constable. 7.
I Some time prior to the meeting In
Davenport Sheriff Knox had assembled
information regarding Marshall, Bow.
man and the nameless third man con.
Meeting them, with the, forging Of
checks and passing Of the same, here.
A good description Of the first, two was
given by Mr.. Knox to the sheriffs Of
Mahaska and Scott as well as other
counties. The Scott county official
soon notified him that man Of the
description sent was In custody there
having been arrested by constable.
but stated that when resisting arrest,
the bogus check he was accused Of
using was torn. by him into bits and
cast to the winds. ,ila@
/ Identify Photo Of Marshall.
Sheriff Knox asked to have IA. photo
made and this was done and later sent
him by officials In Davenport: With
the picture that was sent him, Sheriff
Knox called at the Hoogewoning livery
stable and asked the owner and book.
keeper II they ever saw the person
whose likeness he showed. They Inn
mediately said 1t was the man who had
hired the horse and buggy and failed
to bring them back. Mr.. Barmasll was
also shown the picture and recognized
1T as the man who uttered the forged
paper in the Barmash store.
When the evidence was placed be.
fore Marshall by Sheriff Knox. the lat.
ter states the prisoner admitted both
the hiring OF the horse which was left
near Lakonta, and the forging Of
checks He told the sheriff that Bow.
man was with him when he rode out OF
Ottumwa with the Hoogewoning horse,
but denied any knowledge OF the
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