Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1915-02-25
Southern Io,ua Items

contest to secure the free trip to the
state fair next August. Very interest
Ing contests have been held within
the last three years in Washing ton
county. John knotak, Ed Knotek and
Glen Rouse have Deen winners from
this county in former years. Comfy
Superintendent Minnie Conner will act
as chairman Of the movement from
this county and will appoint two others
TO act as her associates in judging the
papers submitted. The essay must be
written on the subject, Why l Expect
to BE Farmer AMI must contain at
least 500 words and not more than
J 600 The boys must be between the
ages Of 5 and IS years.
Davenport.
All of the Dav EXPORT hanks were
notified Tuesday TO be on the lookout
for one of the most da..ne forgery
sw.nders that has ever been worked
in the tri-cities. the forger stole thit-
ty-rlve money order blanks from the
Southern Express Company Of Moline,
filed them out for amounts varying
from S25 to $40 and cdshed three The
three money orders were cashed IN
Rock Island and Moline. One of the
merchants who received an order be-
came suspicious and notified the er-
press company. The order was de-
clared forgery and the authorities
| Immediately got On the fnrgers trial
| He was traced to the Colonial Hotel
where his suitcase with thir.y-one OIL
| the blanks was found. The blanks were
filed out ready to cash.
Davenport.
The mutilated body found in barn
| in Rock Island Saturday, Is now
thought to be that of Joseph Edelman
of Morning Sun, Iowa. A murder mys-
terry confronts the police. His twin
SITTER, Mrs. K. Dunbar. OF Rock Is
! land, has viewed the body but couic
not positively identify it. Due to the
fact that the head and other parts o,
the body had been eaten away by rats
and that the man mad been dead a.
least nine days, Identification is diff
ficult. Edelman has been absent IRON
Morning Sun for two weeks. He went
10 Galesburg, his former home, anc
collected $50 due him from the settle
ment of an estate. He had notiheo
his sister in Rock Island that he would
visit her. The hat and coat fount
with the body were new but both bore
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money or valuables Of any kind were
found. A pool of blood several fee
distant and many blood stains OH tn
clothing also point to foul play.
| Keokuk
The Price Ewell case. suit involv
ing many points of law tried severa
months ago in the Lee county distric
court, has been reversed by the low;
supreme court. Judge Rank was tn
trial judge There was involved in thi
action residence and three lots sit
uated in the town of Fort Madison am
the legal question Of the rights OF
widow to the estate of her HUSBAND
against the rights of his children o.
another wife. The Prices were col
ored people. Patrick Price, the origina
owner, willed the property to ms VII
flor her life, then to ais children, Whic
Included John Price, child by his frs
wife. The widow, however. made
will and bequeathed the property
her own children, with no shares I
her husbands children ny his fri
wife. John Price brought the partitfo
suit The interests of the legatees wer
: purchased by c. w. Storms who be
I. came defendants in interest. 1t wa
Claimed Dy the defendant tbat LIE W
of Patrick Price SO read that II cor
veyed fee simple title to the wido
:. at her death. and hence she possesse
: a right to win the properly. The cor
: struction place ny the plaintiff WI
that the first will gaze the widow on
a homestead right and that the PR
visions Of the Will OF Patrick Pri'
should be carried out. Judge f.sr
: ruled for the defendant and dismisss
y the case the plaintiff appealing.