Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1914-06-29
Southern Io,ua Items

car and then. Mr. and Mrs. Mexican
and young Ralston crawled in. Just
after they rounded a steep hill four
miles west of Shenandoah they noticed
a blaze in the bottom of the car. A
small explosion followed. The fire had
already burned the brake, making 1t
impossible to stop the car, and the
blazing automobile, with its three
scared occupants, shot down the long
grade at terrific rate of speed. When
they reached the valley and started
up the next hill the car slackened
speed sufficiently to permit leap for
safety. The passengers sprang from
the car just as the fire reached the
gasolene. Then they sat by the road
side and watched the big car and the
new motorcycle burn for two hours
with glow that was seen for miles
around Ralston also lost a coat and
pocketbook, which he left in the car in
the scramble fpr safety.
Davenport.
An unidentified man was instantly
killed by Rock Island train five miles
west of Davenport on the main line
Friday morning. Tn body was horribly
mangled and was strewn along the
track for at least mile The engineer
on the freight train which leaves Dav-
EXPORT at $3.50 o'clock discovered parts
Of the body whilc passing that spot.
When his train reached Walcott he
notified Section Foreman r. Kennedy
that he had seen something which re-
sembled the body of man strewn
along the track. Kennedy, in COM
pany with Paul Lastell, r. Neubaur
and Robert Johnson, Immediately
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they reached the place they discovered
a mans arm lying in between the two
rails. a short distance down the track
an ear was discovered. Various parts
Of the body were found for at least a
mile along the track.
Dss Moines.
Seventy or more convicts will get a
chance to work in the open under the
plans now being formulated by the
state board Of control. Twenty will be
used in road work at Ames, twenty five
Will be put at the work of cleaning up
the tract of ground near Woodward re-
Gently purchased by the state for it's
epileptic colony, and twenty five will
be put at construction work on the
state land at the Glenwood institution
for the feeble minded. Men will be
Anamosa and the penitentiary at Fort
Madison to handle the jobs. Men who
are soon to be eligible for parole and
who have made records emitting them
to trust will be selected and placed I'M
der competent superintendent. Last
summer the board tried It's first experl-
ment at working men outside the pen
ttentiary when fifteen men were put
on road work at Ames. The success Of
the experiment proved encouraging and
decision was made to continue the ex-
pertinent this year in more elaborate
way.
Shambaush.
Robbers entered the Shambaugh
Savings bank of Shambaugh. which is
situated near the Missouri line in Page
county, and secured about $50
in small change, according to adj
vices received by P. w. Hall, secretary
of the Iowa Bankers association, this
morning. The burglars tried to break
open the safe, which was situated in
the barking rooms. The safe was OF
the SQUARE door variety. When the
bank was opened this morning it was
found that hole had been drilled
over the combination lock, which was
slightly battered. Otherwise the safe
was unframed and the cashier sue
seeded in opening it with little diff
Guilty The robbers were not molested,
but they gave up their attempt on the
safe after fruitless efforts to get at
the lock and got away with what loose
change they could find outside. They
wore rubber overshoes. and it is sup
posed that they threw these away after
leaving the bank. The work seemed to
be that of amateurs. and 1t is believed
In Shambaueh that the robbers are the
same ones who have been committing
several small burglaries in the town
during the last few weaks.