Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1914-04-18

piled. He had not appeared by break.
fast time Thursday morning. and at {
O'clock his room was entered. The doc,
was found to be locked and entry wa.
made by breaking the lock. The win
dow In the room was closed and the
gas was turned on full force. Week
was dead when found. Coroner Lee
was called and will investigate the
case. 1t Is thought that the young
miner committed suicide, altho nothing
was found in the way Of letters or a
note to indicate that such was his in
tention.
| keokuk.
Mrs. Hazen I. Sawyer. prominent club
and and society woman. died here fol-
lowing an illness Of eight weeks Mrs.
sawyer was vice regent of the state,
Daughters Of American Revolution. She
| was regent Of the local chapter. D. A.
r.. and daughter OF DR.. George F. Jen-
kins, one of the founders of the Keo-
kuk Medical College. She was married
to Hazen I. Sawyer, prominent
lawyer, here in 1899.
Fort Madison.
(! After being out all night the district
court jury in the trial Of Carl McCloud
on a charge Of escaping from the Fort
Madison penitentiary by climbing p
derrick pole and sliding down the guy
wire. returned a verdict of not guilty
because of insanity. The jury believed
| the statements of officials from Center
willie that iMcCloud was insane and not
| responsible. An effort will be made
to place him in an asylum.
pes Moinss.
n @f Of at,
attached to the heating system, Earl
Jones and Arthur Strom, two Of the
men held In connection with the at
| tempted safe blowing Of the state
treasury. tried to Try open the iron
bars to their cell but the alarm was
given by the other prisoners. half
smothered in the escaping steam. The
attempt was made at $3.50 Thursday
morning and eight other prisoners were
awakened by the rush Of steam. Both
the men are ex-convicts and were ar
rested when an attempt was made to
rob the safe at the Coliseum Tuesday
morning.
ksokuk.
The deaths OF Mrs. Elizabeth Tweedy
at her home near Montrose. Monday
evening and Of her son, John Franklin
u
ing at his home in this city resulted in
double funeral being held Wednes-
day The sons remains were taken to
the home OF the mother and thence
both bodies were borne to Sandusky.
where services were held at the Chris
tian church after which the bodies
were consigned to the tomb in the
Sandusky cemetery. At his residence
in keokuk at p. m. April IA. 1914. oc-
ouTret; the death c: Frank !#esay. iIa
was sick while visiting his aged moth
err some two weeks ago. He never rail-
lied from this. His death resulted from
q complication of troubles.
Davenport.
Opposition by the residents OF West
Davenport to the operation OF blind
pigs which are fiourfshing in various
parts Of the city at the present time,
is believed to have been the reason for
at least two OF the Incendiary fires
that have broken out In Davenport
during the past two weeks and which
has led the authorities to believe that
f1rebug was at work. When the fire
department was called to 1927 West
sixth street Tuesday morning to ex-
tinguish a Are in an old frame build
ing they found nothing less than a
'blind pig in full operation. A key OF
beer was on tap and half dozen men
were setting around /; drinking. The
house was equipped with q music box.
card tables and other amusement para
phernalia.