The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1914-01-11
MYSTERY Of
BANKERS DEATH.
Iowa's Sherloc' dimes Story
is Nearinl = nal Chap
ter 4ficials
: ,lieve.
SUSPECT IS ARRESTED

Money Freely Without Sc
curity, From M. B.
Wheelock.
UNITED Press Leased Wire Service
DES MONIES, Iowa. Jan. 1O.-With
the arrest of George H. York, white
haired Colfax grocer, on a charge of
violating the Mann white slave law,
federal officials think they will soon
solve the mystery OF the death of
Cashier M. B. Wheeletck, of the Citi-
zens State Bank of Colfax, whose
body with a bag Of stones attached to
his neck was found In the Des Moines
river here month ago.
York, who had an over-draft of $780,
600 in the Wheelock bank when it
closed its doors, was released on ST.
900 bail by U. s. Commissioner Fftz-
simmons this afternoon and his hear
ing set for Tuesday. U. 8. Immigra-
ton Inspector P. H. Stratton, charges
him with transporting Mrs. o. e.
jackson, from Missouri to Iowa for i'm
moral purposes and asserts that Mrs.
Jackson gave him his evidence before
she left to join her husband In Topeka,
Kansas.
While posing as an agent for the
Mexican government, buying horses
for the army. Stratton got in the conf
dence of Mrs. jackson and one of her
friends, Herman Tolbert, land deal
er, from New Mexico, who was lodged
In jail as witness early today.
When York was arrested at his
store 1t Colfax near here, today he had
| in his pockets personals clipped from
the Chicago Recofd Herald, signed IS.
M. B. W." the initials OF Wheelock
and r. b." supposed to be the In
itials of some mysterious woman.
The death of Whee1ock, the closing
of the bank and the months work of
officials is shrouded in as much mys-
terry as a Sherlock aolmes detective
story Just before the plot is explained
| to DR.. Watson.
| Wheelock was man of character
and standing, happily married to a
woman with an independent fortune
| Yet for years he allowed York to cash
checks when he had no funds until the
oyerdraft reached $4,000. Both men
made mysterious trips to Des Moines
| from time to time and York was here
i the night Wheelock was last seen, De
cember l. At the coroner's inquest
1 York refused to tell where he was that
night and the police were in the dark
until a mysterious woman gave Coun
| ty Attorney Guthrie tip which was
followed until the arrest of York was
made today. Hints are thrown out
that Wheelock was the victim of g
blackmailing plot, extending over 8
period of years, but SO far there is nc
charge made by officials that York is
| directly connected with 1t.
The Woman in the Case.
KANSAS CITY, Mo-. Jan. 10.-Mrs
O.. E. Jackson, thirty-eight, woman
Of unusual beauty, was arrested by
!, the police tonight at the home of hel
sister. Mrs. Henry iWallerecht. a,
the request of United States author
tiles in Des Moines. She is wanted
| to testify in the case brought agains
George H. York, the Colfax grocer
arrested on charge Of violation o
the white slave law It is said here
that Mrs. Jackson gave the De.
Moines authorities information tha
led to the arrest of York and it II
also thought that she has information
concerning the mysterious death O
Cashier M. B. Wheelock, Of the Citi
zens' State bank. Of Colfax, wher,
York had an over-draft Of 100000.
Mrs. Jackson is in the woman
ward of the city Jail and officers will
not allow her to see any one Sh,
will be turned over to the United
States marshal some time tomorrow
and taken to Des Moines to appear q
the hearing before the federal commits
sioner Tuesday. Henry Wallerecht
of 1903 Locust street, where she wa
arrested. refused to make any state
ment.
/ The Tango is Sin.
! UNITED Press Leased Wire Service.