Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1915-01-06
Southern Io,ua Items

and with some friends was coasting
I down hill just Mt the mine shaft. Five
or six persons were on the sled and
Miss Welsh was near the rear part of
| the bob when it struck a bump in the
road. She was thrown to one side and
against an iron pump. The ankle was
featured and deep cash cut in 1t. A
physician was summoned from Chilli
cothe and the injured girl was brought
to Ottumwa on the evening Milwaukee
train and taken to the Ottumwa hos
pital.
| Shenandoah.
| Attorneys for David Fountain, the
i janitor of a church at Sacramento
Cal who has confessed the recent
murder of Margaret Milling, 10-year-
| old school girl, and who had served
terms in Iowa ,penitentiaries and had
been confined in the state asylum. will
endeavor to have him placed in an
asylum in California according to in
! formation received here from John r.
| Connolly. one of the attorneys APP
| pointed by the court. Inquiries are be-
| ing made as to the history of the man
| by the attorneys. Fountain was sem
| fenced to five years in the pen from
Shenandoah for attacking Mrs. Floyd
Reed early in the morning of June 20,
1907. His record showed that he had
already served three terms at Fort
Madison, two years from Polk county
and three years from Clarke county.
He formerly lived at Des Moines.
Burlington.
The Willow Ware shop is short the
sum of SIT. which was placed in the
I TIL, to
away probably Sunday afternoon at
least the officers of the company think
| it was AS a rule there Is not more
than two or three dollars left in the
safe over night, as it is used prin-
cipally to hold the books and protect
them against fire. Mr. Schwerin. sec
rotary and treasurer of the company.
is confident that the theft was COM
mitted by some one familiar with the
place and limited that an arrest might
be expected soon. Whoever stole the
money had key to the Washington
street door, which he locked after he
left the building. The safe is small
one and is placed against the east wall
of the office. 1t was easy to open and
the thief must have known this as the
safe showed no marks of violent hand
ling After taking the cash and re-
locking the safe the burglar left by
the same way he came without dis
turbing anything else.
Ottunnwa.
Was Robert Spencer knocked off the
| Milwaukee railroad bridge at Court
, street; did he fall off the structure
while crossing. or just how did he meet
his death? These were questions on
numerous tongues Monday The life
less body Of Robert Spencer. aged 40
years, a blacksmith, residing at 14OS
West Second street, was found frozen
in the ice hear the west shore Of the
tail race beneath the Court street
| bridge of the Milwaukee railroad about
$3.50 Monday morning A switching
crew in going over the structure saw
the dead man and called attention to
his plight. Soon they were assisted by
volunteers who pulled the body out OF
the race and the remains were taken
to the Moroney undertaking rooms.
The body and lower limbs OF the man
were out OF the water and the head
and hands fast In the Ice. His coat
had fallen over his head. lending to
the theory that he fell from the bridge
above him. An examination of the
remains showed small cut on the
top of the head. Sr;iise on the left
side OF the face and his collar bone on
the right side was broken.