Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1915-10-30
Southern Io,ua Items

y. c. Engelbert Of this city recently, by
DR.. G. +. Bot, mayor Detchons town.
Sheriff Ira j. Reed. armed with
search warrant, found the Victor ply
stefan and surgeon well stocked with
medicine" and brought back to Ma
rengo with him five gallons Of whisky,
five gallons of brandy and five gallons
of alcohol. Detchon's case will come
up for trial as soon as the cases in the
district court have been finished, Pop
ham and Havner. who are appearing
for the state of Iowa in the case be-
ing engaged in the trial of cases in the
district court.
ottumwa.
The visit of J. Smith, Of Davenport,
to Salt Creek school at Laddsdale.
Monday afternoon. for the purpose of
seeing his two small girls, resulted in
the shooting Of j. G. Moore. farmer
residing two miles west Of Eldon, when
the latter is alleged to have attempted
to prevent the meeting of parent and
children. Moore now lies at the OF
tumwa hospital with three bullet
wounds, though not believed to be
gravely injured. and Smith is still at
large, altho the Davis county sheriff
and deputy have been searching for him
since shortly after the shooting. The
local officials have been notified to
look out for the man who did the shoot
ing. The shooting is an outgrowth Of
a domestic trouble in which Smith and
his wife were separated and the chill
dren, two little girls, were given into
the custody of the mother. The divorce
took place in Davenport some three
years ago and Mrs. Smith later became
the wife of j. G. Moore.
West Liberty.
Some forty years ago, when Charles
Henderson, now living near Wilton. was
Fl years of age, his mother presented
him with a fine silver watch, which,
to please her whim. was fitted with a
gold balance wheel. Eighteen years
ago. when Henderson's cousin, T. G..
Peyton, now a local merchant, was con-
Quoting a jewelry store in Durant,
Henderson brought the watch to him
for repairs, and that night burglars
took the watch and sixty-two others
from the store A few days ago a
farmer of this community brought a
watch to Peyton for repairs and on
opening it the jeweler gazed on the
! well-remembered gold balance wheel.
He negotiated the purchase of the
watch and it will be returned to the
original owner The farmer had puf-
chased the timepiece not long before,
from an equally reputable citizen, ana
to trace the travels of the ticker since
| it's theft from the Durant store 10 an
ticipated as long, long story.
| Maxwsli.
Last Thursday evening J. H. Atkin-
son, who lives just outside Of tho city
limits to the northeast Of town, met
with an accident that will lay him up
for some time. He drove TEAM; CT
colts into his feed yard with a small
load of corn to do the evening feeding
! of his stock, and in the work, LEFT the
! team standing while he went a short
| distance to feed some hogs he had in
another lot. The team became fright
ened and started to run. He at once
! took after them and managed to get
up to the front of the wagon box, where
| he had the lines tied to the wagon,
and in attempting to reach the lines,
became entangled in. some manner with
the front wheel and was thrown to the
ground, the wheels of the wagon pass
| ing over his body, injuring one leg and
his back While the injury caused him
much suffering, it was not Of a serious
| nature, but will, no doubt, lay him lip
! for some time. and from the ordeal
! which he went thru it seems to be a
miracle that he was not more SERIOUSLY
hurt than he was.