Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1915-07-03
Southern Io1ua Items

the Mann white slave act. the woman
husband being the informant 1t is SAID.
Abba.
Information was fled in Justice
Lambertson's court Wednesday morn
ing by J. F. Duskin, of Avery, charg-
ing one gypsy fortune teller with the
crime of taking 500 away from him.
The artist was telling-aMr. Duskins
fortune for him He paid her % cents
and in order to do justice in telling the
past and future it was necessary TO
have in her hands a roll of bills, S24O in
all which n..skin Garfield in another
pocket After the roll was returned to
the owner and the band about twenty
five in ALL had made their getaway the
roll was discovered to be 500 short.
Sheriff Cal Guthrie was notified and
at once started after the bunch. To-
eating them near Lakonta. The woman
was brought back and lodged in Jail.
The trial was held Wednesday after
noon.
Shenandoah.
The wedding Of Miss Genevieve
Clark, the daughter Of Champ Clark.
at Bowling Green, Mo-. is of peculiar
interest to one person in Shenandoah.
1t is her first cousin, Bill Green, the
blind travelling salesman whose home
is in Hamburg, but who is canVaSsinS
this territory at the present time. In
addition to being a cousin of the PIKE
| county bride Mr.. Green is an interest,"
| ing character because of his success as
! a travelling man although he entirely
| lost his eyesight eleven years ago. He
! has a wonderful memory and MS nina
| is a storehouse of agricultural informa-
ton, which he uses in making his sales
Of an account book to the farmers.
| The Missouri statesman is brother OF
Mr.. Green's mother, and was the first
teacher Mr.. Green ever had In Pike
county, Missouri, where he was reared.
Davenport.
! Detective Charles Boettcher Of the
Davenport police department, will
claim the 800 reward said to have
been offered by Arthur Schiele, OF Du-
rant for the discovery of his seven pas
| senger Studebaker touring car Whlch
was stolen from the Schiele garage in
Durant Sunday night. Boettcher found
| the car in barn in the rear OF a pri-
vate residence on Twenty first street
| in Rock Island, Wednesday night, after
| spending several hours ON clue that
| finally led to its discovery 1t Is said
! that the Davenport officer was tipped
| off to the location of the car by an
acquaintance of the thief. The officer
then found that the barn in which the
stolen auto was located had been
| rented from the owner Sunday morn
| ing and that the car was brought there
! late Sunday night. Since that time 1t
is said that it had not been visited BY
the persons who brought it there.
| Wilton Junction.
| A Hudson six driven by 0. A.
..Traunselter, with Mr.. and Mrs. Pres
! colt, of Cleveland, o., as passengers,
| collided with an oil truck driven by
William Baker, with his sister, Mrs.
NJ Lair. of Alexis, Iowa, as passenger,
at o'clock here Wednesday night,
severely injurying Mrs. Lair. and max
ing the other parties to the collision
the victims of minor contusions. Mr..
and Mrs. Prescott were on a tour thru
| the west. Traunselter was their
chauffeur. They were motoring thru
the city and were passing the Union
Bank, when the accident occurred.
Teams were hitched on both SIDES OF
the street. group OF boys were
setting off firecrackers, and one OF the
horses became frig htened and reared
into the street. In endeavoring to avoid
him Traunsetler steered straight
toward Baker, vino was also trying to
iavoid the frightened horse. Mrs Lair
was thrown from the truck, and
severely cut and bruised Vt IL feared
her knee was broken. The other mem
bers of the party escaped with siig;.:
injuries. Both automobiles were more
or less demolished by the shock.
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