Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1915-12-06
ARTICLES FOUND ON KELLOGG
BURGLARS STOLEN FROM
MoNTouR STORES.
PRISONERS IDENTIFIED
AS SEEN IN GILMAN
Cash Register Key, Druggists Keys,
and Pocket Book, Missing From
Montour Stores, Taken From Young
Il Batey and N9ma, Under Arrest at
Newton.

Investigation over-Sunday mas de-
veloped that beyond doubt the two
young men in Jail at Newton for bur-
glaries committed at Kellogg are the
youths who broke into four stores at
Montour, that they were the pair that
spent a week ago Sunday in Gilman,
where four stores were robbed that
night, and that it is more than prob
able that they are the two who robbed
the Clock store at Geneva. The pris-
oners give the names of Barry Batey,
of Philadelphia, and Cyrus Nigma, OF
Albert Lea, MINI.
According to information that has
reached Sheriff Edgar the young men
have confessed. to committing the bur-
glaries at Kellogg. Evidence devel-
oped Sunday at Newton indicates that
they broke into the Montour stores.
Find Stolen Articles.
Saturday Sheriff Edgar, suspecting
that the Newton prisoners might be
the burglars wanted at Montour. Gill
man, and Geneva, notified Sheriff
Peterman at Toledo. The latter went
to Newton Sunday. He found that a
key taken from one of the prisoners
was the key to the cash register stolen
from the H. Avery meat market, Mon
tour, the night of Nov. "a. When ar
rested one of the prisoners was wear
ing a watch fob that was identified
Sunday as having heen stolen from
the. Stayskal drug store at Montour.
From the prisoners was also taken the
Montour druggists keys and a pocket
book missing from his store.
This evidence connects the young
man positively with the Montour bur-
glaries. Sheriff Peterman is satisfied.
Identified by Gilman Men.
Stephen Gregg, hardware merchant,
of Gilman, Mr.. Gould, the druggist.
whose stores were robbed Sunday
night, Nov 90, the NJ. & ST. l.. station
agent at Gilman, and others went to
Newton Sunday to see the prisoners.
The Gilman men identified the pair
as two young men who loafed in Gil-
man all of the day of the burglarfes.
Most of the day they spent at the
N. & ST. L. station, and one of them
swept out the building for the agent.
BY the following morning. when the
burglaries were discovered. the young
men had disappeared.
Attic there is no positive proof 1t
is strongly suspected that Batey and
Nigma are the men who robbed the
Clock store at Geneva the. night OF
Tuesday, Nov. %. which. it win be
noted. was the night before the Non
tour burglarie.s were cimmitted In
cluded among the merchandise stolen
there were some pocket knives. A Few
knives were taken from Batey and
Nigma when arrested
Left Pennsylvania Hat.
In letter received today by Sheriff
Edgar from H. e. Clock & Son, al
Geneva. it is pointed out that when
the burglars left their old clothes in
the Clock store, and put. on new stolen
garments. one of them left a hat that
bore the trade label of a firm owning
chain of stores In Pennsylvania.
Batey. it will be noted, says he came
from Philadelphia. The description of
the two men correspond in general
way with the young men seen to get
on a train at Faulkner 1t is now be-
lieved that these men came here on
an M. & st. L. freight, went to Mon
tour and robbed the Montour stores
the next night
AT Geneva, Montour. and Gilman the
same way of getting into the build
ings was used-by hurting a brick or
stone thru a window or door.