Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1914-11-11
Southern Io1ua Items

by the smoke and rushed down stairs
where they found the man placing fuel
on the blaze. Cavanaugh covered him
with revolver while Highly ran to no.
tify the police and fire departments.
The blaze became so hot that Cava-
naugh was forced to move from the
building with his prisoner. The latter
made his escape.
Fairfield.
H. r. Tillotson was indicted by the
district court grand jury Monday
morning on two charges These are.
obtaining money under false pretenses
and selling mortgaged property. TIL
lotson was formerly owner and pro-
prietor Of the Fairfield Tribune and the
Stockport News. The News was dis
continued for time and after the
Fairfield paper had been sold several
weeks ago the Stockport News was
revived. Tillotson is now at Stock
port and officers expected to go after
him this evening and he will probably
be arraigned before Judge D. NJ. An
derSon.
oskaIoosa.
Elisha Scoles and Clifford Lee, two
colored fellows from Buxton, are in
the county Jail here awaiting trial on
the charges of breaking and entering.
They are accused of forcing an en-
trance into the Buxton hotel on Tues
day night and making way with the
cash register and contents. One James
Nichols was arrested last week
charged with the burglary but he has
now been released. Scoles and Lee
were taken into custody by Deputy
Sheriff Pierce and Constable Roans.
They entered pleas of not guilty be-
fore Justice L. NJ. Bacon and in de-
fault of $1,000 bond were sent back to
Jail. Deputy Sheriff Pierce says that
the men confessed to him that they
were implicated in the robbery.
Ottumwa.
The automobile owned and driven
by DR.. E. G. Barton collided with Rock
Island passenger train No. 473. north
bound. at the Market crossing Monday
morning about 1890. DR.. Barton was
driving south on Market street and
says that he was unable to see the
flagman at the crossing on account OF
cars standing in the street. When out
on the tracks. and seeing the approach
ing train he jumped from his car just
in time to avoid being struck himself
by the oncoming engine and coaches.
The car was badly damaged. The left
front wheel was broken and twisted
from it's fastenings while the same side
Of the automobile. the fender, wind
shield and other fixtures were damaged
to such an extent that they will have
to be completely replaced before they
can be put in service again.
Brighton.
c. c. Heacock. editor OF the Brighton
Enterprise, died Sunday morning at
II a. M, at his home in Brighton after
an Illness Of two months with heart
trouble. For the past week or two his
death has been expected hourly. Mr..
Heacock who was 63 years Of age. has
been resident OF Brighton for yenrs.
having edited the Brighton Enter
prise for almost thirty-four years.
About year ago he took his son. Gate
in as partner in the business and
they had just finished their new office
building and were nicely settled in 1t
when Mr.. Heacock took i'll. He leaves
wife and seven children. Mary OF
yineland. NJ j.; Irene Of Erie. Pa;
Guy. of Denver, Colo; Berne, OF Han
nibal, Mo-: Breeze. who is teaching at
Charter Oak. Iowa. and Gale and Rog-
err this place. He is also survived by
three brothers. VIII and Loney Of Ore
gon and Nate, of Chicago. Four chill
dren, Verne. Gale. Breeze and Roger
and one brother, Nate, were at his bed
side during his last hours.