Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1915-07-09
DEAN MALLORY BROUGHT TO
MASON CITY TO ANSWER EN-.
BEzZLEMENT CHARGE.
OFFICERS LEARN OF BRAVE
ACT IN SAVING CHILD
Refused to Reveal Name to Spectators
on Shore Who Were Thrilled by
Heroic Dssd-MalIory Former Agent
For Great Western at Thornton
Left Over Accounts Middle.

Mason City, July 9.-The story Of a
thrilling rescue of little girl from the
waters of the Missouri river at Kansas
City several years ago. was revealed
here yesterday in the office Of Sheriff
Marsh, and the man whose deed Is
than Dean Mallory, who was arrested
in Kansas City several days ago on the
charge of embezzlement in connection
with the handling of funds by Mallory
at Thornton in 1912, where he was en-
ployed as agent of the Great Western
railroad.
Mallory, who is to be arraigned in
justice court Tuesday on the charge of
eubezzlement, is now in the county
jail and has been reluctant TO discuss
the rescue Of the little child at Kansas
City. and even declined to give his
name to the audience Of spectators
that stood breathless on the shore as
he swan to the banks, clasping in his
arms the little girl. A letter that
dropped from his pocket revealed his
identity. however. and when Sheriff
Marsh stepped from the train at Kan
sas city last Thursday, he learned
from the lips of a secret service officer
the story of the rescue of the little girl.
Story Of Rescue.
The story of the rescue as given In
a Kansas City paper. is as follows:
IF D. E. Mallory does no other
creditable act in his life, he will not
have lived in vain.
Half a dozen little children were
nF tho Missouri
river at the foot of Cherry street yes
terday morning and hundred pass
ers-by had stopped TO watch them, at
tracted by the buoyancy of their play.
While they watched, Mary 1sley, s
years old. with thoughts for nothing
but the game she was playing. ran too
swift current had carried her far out
from the shore.
while other spectators stood ashast,
D F. Mallory has stripped off his coat
and shoes. The next instant he was
swimming against the swift side cur
rent with long strokes. straining every
energy. Once she went down as he
slowly gained on her, and again she
sank and came to the surface.
Seconds seemed hours 20 the spec
tators. Stroke by stroke he gained,
slowly but surely. But another time
under the water and the little girl
would no, come up again. Would he
reach her in time? Not one OF the
onlookers moved hairs breadth. Few
OF them hardly breathed.
While the sturdy swimmer was
fighting against the current, the child
was being swir1ed with the eddying
current With a final desperate effort
Mallory grabbed the clothing OF the
drowning girl.
spectators shrieked like mad, hats
were thrown high as cheer on cheer
rent the hitherto tense silence.
Then began the fight Of the swim
mer, handicapped with the weight OF
the rescued child, to regain shore.
"As Mallory, with his limp charge.
reached shore, the crowd fought to
help pull them from the water.
THE hero refused to give his name.
But, in putting on his coat letter
of recommendation written by L. S,
wolverton, of the Ethical Drug Com
pany, fell from his pocket. He did not
see it. One Of the crowd picked it up.
Mallory is telegraph operator in
the employ Of the Missouri Pacific
railroad"