Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1915-10-08

! ton to him. They thought that Nicols
had been kidding" and now that he
, had had his little joke" there was no
need Of further conversation. But soon
his wife. worried because Nicols head
| dropped for such a long time, went
over to his chair Then she screamed.
for his coat and shirt were covered
! with blood and a stream of it was COM
| ing from a large cash in his throat.
I! Cedar Falls.
With his right arm severed below the
elbow. his body badly bruised and
scratched in many places, and suf-
fering from conclusion of the brain,
little Ralph Rice. aged " years. lies
at Sartori hospital in critical con-
dition, the result of street car acct
dent last Saturday. The child is the
son of Mr.. and Mrs. R. A. Rice. sos
Walnut street and the accident oc-
Cured In the street near the little fell
lows home. The child was playing
along the track about $50 Saturday
afternoon when south bound street
car struck him. From all available
Information 1t appears that the car
step struck the child throwing him d-
rectly IN the path of the car When the
car stepped the little fellow crawled
out from under it, minus his right
forearm. which had been completely
severed by the wheels.
Scranton.
j. S. Stewart is in the Methodist
hospital in Des Moines as the result of
a very serious accident which occurred
on Tuesday of last week and which at
first was considered a slight accident.
He was returning to the house with
d mower when some part of the ma
chinery gave way and the sickle bar
fell and a sickle guard was driven
into the knee joint cavity. a physician
was summoned, who dressed the
wound, and for some days he seemed to
be recovering, but on Sunday night
fever developed and on Tuesday he
was taken to the hospital and reports
since arc of nature which lead to the
fear that Mr.. Stewart is to remain q
cupple As a result of this accident.
Mr.. Stewart has made a host Of friends
since coming to this community and
sympathy and good wishes are literally
extended to him at this time.
Sioux City.
Elmer Dunning and J. G. Adams
Wednesday We're given sentences OF
two years each in the Fort Madison
penitentiarX. by Judge John w. Ander-
son for carrying concealed weapons. 1t
is the first time that a Woodbury.
county judge has invoked the maxi
mum sentence on that charge. Both
men entered pleas of guilty to the
grand jury indictments, Adams plea
following he empanelng Of a jury to
hear his case County Attorney o. T.
Naglestad refused to accept the guilty
pleas unless the men would take the
maximum sentence under the law. Abe
Creamer who was indicted on the same
charge, escaped with much lighter
penalty In Judge w. G. Sears court.
He pleaded guilty and was given three
months in the county jail Dunning is
the brother of Clarence Dunning, who
is held in the Union county, S. D.,
court for shooting a young harvest
hand on a Milwaukee train. 1t is the
third time he has been sent to prison.
Dubuque.
Reports that have found their way
to this city state that mingling in the
crowd of 5000 persons who attended
the Galena. H., fair last Friday and
Saturday were several pickpockets who
reaped harvest of over $1,000. Some
200 DubIniuers Went over IL the !!i!-
nois city and most of them came back
minus thei: roll One Dubuuuer lost
roll of oter S273 while dozens of
others have stated that they lost
amounts ranging from $40 to 800.
Farmers flom all points of the sur
rounding territory have reported that
they also lost their rolls. but having
had experience at similar fairs most of
them said that they had brought less
than $40 each with them. The dips"
were profess Ionals, state those that lost
the money In one instance a farmer
had his pocketbook taken and another
one substituted for it. He felt some
one Juggling at his pocket and slapped
his hand back on it, backing out of the
crowd at the same time suspicious that
" ere trying to get his roll
of fifty odd dollars. When he examined
his purse n saw the trick and COM
planned to the authorities. None of tho
money had been recovered and none OF
the dips" spprehended.