Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1915-10-23
Southern Iowa Items

whom he hired some time ago. who later
ran away with his. wife and $1,000.
kafola has filed a complaint of white
slavery against the man in the Kansas
City court.
Davenport
A storm Of tears and supplications
for mercy followed the pronouncing of
sentence upon Joseph Kiley, self-con-
fessed burglar. Tuesday afternoon by
Judge Let's. a maximum sentence OF
ten years under the indeterminate sen
tence law was imposed kiley was
nervous when brought before the court.
He admitted the truth OF the charge,
but pleaded that he was. in search of
morphine, TO which he is addicted, as
/ an excuse for entering the office OF
DR.. Ross. He told his story in a
trembling voice and pleaded for mercy.
I To comply with the law, sentence was
pronounced. When ne realized that
there was a possibility of his staying
in the penitentiary for ten years.
Kiley's ragged nerves broke and he
buried his face in his hands.
Fairfield.
The annual reunion of the Jefferson
/ County Soldiers and Sailors associa-
/ ton was held in Fairfield Friday,
Oct. %. and plans were made
| for an unusually enjoyable reunion.
An invitation had been extended to the
Washington county old soldiers and
| many Of them were on hand. Col
! onel David j. Palmer, of Washington,
| past national commander of the Grand
! Army of the Republic, will be the prin-
| cpal speaker. Addresses VIII De made
| By Rev. S. K. Coats and Rev. J. A.
Brown both Of Washington. Soldiers
and sailors and their friends from all
| over the county are expected and an
! excellent program has been prepared
for their entertainment. The local Of
fcers acting with President John w.
| Nolan, tried 20 make ample pro-
vision for the entertainment of each
visitor and welcomed those who at
| tend most heartily.
! ottumwa.
| Four Ottumwa grocery stores were
| the victims of forged checks Tuesday
and Wednesday the police department
| swore out a warrant for r. L. Dennis
| charging him with passing worthless
checks. The places visited were c. r.
Funk, Henry Throne, r. Hipsley and
| Sam Redman. The checks were for BIZ
and were forged on H. w. Merrill and
S. l. Hartman, and bore the name Of
r. A. Denton. Dennis came to Ottumwa
about a year ago and has worked al
cleaning wall paper for some time
! Some time ago he worked for San Red
man and when he called at the store
to buy some groceries with one of the
bogus checks he reminded Mr.. Redmar
OF the time when he had worked fol
| him. The manner of cashing the
checks was to enter the store, order a
fquantity Of goods and have them sent
to some fictitious address. The, check
would then be produced for payment
Of the bill and the forger would &c,
taway with the change Nj. Redmar
became suspicious Of his check kwheI
a driver for Mr.. Hipsley called at tht
store and asked il an order had beer
sent to an address on Ransom street
Mr. Redman had just dispatched tbs
order and when told that the woman
at that address had received two or
ders he took the check to the bank
Mr.. RedmAn said that the bank wal
going to cash the check and he toll
them what he had learned. 1t wa.
found on investigation to be worth
less,