Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1915-10-29
Southern Io1ua Items

where did you get this? ?" In the street
near our house: il went out and l
thought l would bring it down to you
and get one to put in its place. And
then they told the young man what a
real filtration he had been carrying on
with death. that he had probably been
as near death as he ever will be until
he shuffles off the mortal coil. Had
he accidentally touched the metal
while standing on the ground he would
have received shock enough to kill
an elephant.
Museatine.
After having had his sentence COM
muted from life imprisonment to five
years in prison and subsequently, short
ened for good behavior Harry Jensen
of Muscatine. has been given his
liberty and officially released from jail,
according to word received by Clerk Of
the District Court r. G. Upton. The
information was contained in notice
received from j. c. Sanders warden Of
the Fort Madison penitentiary. Jensen
was convicted of rape here in 1912.
He was given a life sentence and COM
mitted TO the state penitentiary March
II, 1872. EXtenuating circumstances
subsequently prompted the governor to
commute the sentence to five years in
prison. The behavior OF Jensen was OF
such excellence while held in conine-
mert that he gained a further re-
prieve, the prison authorities cutting
his sentence one year and three
months. He was given his release sat
urday.
Sigourney.
The robbers who entered the Bur-
lington depot at Hedrick Friday night
Were captured at Burlington by Sheriff
Crimes. of Sigourney. They are being
held at Sigourney under $500 bonds.
Among the articles taken from the
depot We're two coupon tickets to New
York. The men were captured after a
driver OF a car in which they were rid
ing from Morning Sun to Brighton,
telephoned ahead to the authorities.
After the robbers had looted the depot.
they attempted to leave town on a
gasolene velocipede but falling to get
the machine to run, abandoned 1t a
/ short distance from town. They were
| taken to Oskaloosa by John Watts, a
| local livery man. and from there went
ito Morning Sun over the NJ. & st. Il.
On the way from Morning Sun to
| Brighton the driver of the car became
suspicious of the pair and telephoned
the authorities When they arrived at
! Brighton an attempt was made to
escape but they were taken by the au-
thorities. The grips were thrown into
a yard by the men and contained a
number of burglar tools. One man had
| $3.50 when arrested.
Ottumwa.
| Persons foreign born who take out
naturalization papers to escape mill
tary duty and fail to make proper use
Of the citizenship as given. are likely
| to lose their right and have theil
naturalization cancelled. A case OF
this kind involving an Austrian al
present located at Lie. Croatia, Hun
gary. will be one of the features OF the
!civil actions before Judge J. Wade, OF
the United States district court here
this week. The action. is brought or
the instructions from the United States
attorney general received by Distric
Attorney Claude r. Porter who hal
filed the petition asking the cancella
ton of the naturalization papers o
Mette Starcevic. The defendant wal
lnaturalized in Monroe county, Sept
II, 1907. and left for his native land !:
March, 1910, never returning t
! America. The American consul a
Fiume, Hungary, was notified Of thii
andaa number of similar cases vher'
natives of Austria Hungary have beer
naturalized in America and upon re
turning home refused to do. militar!
duty by claiming American citizenship
The attention Of Secretary OF Stat
Lansing was called to the matter ant
upon investigation the cancellation o
Starcevic's papers was recommends
and approved by the attorney general
, The defendant has been asked to ap
pear in the United States district cOur
here within sixty days and failure t
do SO will default his rights to Ameri
can citizenship.