Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1915-01-21
Southern Io1Ua Items

farmer H, furnished bonds of $4,000
and was released The information was
fled by the girls father According
70 federal officers. Miss Chambers is
now living in Des Mo:nes.
keokuk.
The iifeless body OF an unknown
man about 50 years OF age was discof-
cred late Monday afternoon in the
timber on the farm of John Weirather.
situated about mile east OF summit
VILE Neither mis- clothing nor his
rneager personal effects afforded the
sIfshtes. clue 10 the identity o. the
unfortunate stranger. He is supposed
20 b.. some wanderer. the victim o.
7lrkird fate and misfortune. The cir
e.irn~,sarces attendin. the finding OF
the bodv indicate That the man froze
20 death. tho mis- dissolution might
have been produced by heart disease.
There. is not the slightest evidence o,
either suicide or foul play.
Noun. Pleasant.
The new Henry county board OF
Supervisors is wrestling With the proc
lem of a bond issue. The bridge iund
is heavily overd-awn. the hanks are
refusing 10 cash any more OF the
county warrants and the warrants
marked .'lnpaid for lack of funds. are
being held IN the pockets OF private
citizens and other creditors of the
county L probably will take an I'M
mense Issue Of no less than $4,000 70
reimburse the bridge fund and thus
( take uy the warrants held by the banks
and individuals. Naturally enough
( the new board hesitates TO start OUT
the new year with bond issue Due
there seems no other way out II any
bridge work is 10 be done this year
( In am event the board during the
coming year will have to run the coun :
ty very economically or there viii oe
another big deficiency.
| o..umwa.
! w. II. Gibbons. who was brought II
(. the Wapello county Jail Friday after
noon from Bloomfield. pleaded guilty
there before Justice of the Peace 8. T.
Fry TO taking a diamond ring belong
ing TO Mrs. G. c. Curl. manager OF the
Curl boarding house. at that place
I After three searches the missint
sparkier was found hidden IN a quid o,
tobacco in the mans mouth. When the
ring was missed by Mrs. Curl. Gibbons
was suspected, as he had been board
ing a. the womans house and hat
left without settling his account.
warrant was issued for his arrest OF
the charge of Jumping his board Dill
Deputy Sheriff Jesse Benge. OF Davi
county, left Immediately for Moulton
where Gibbons was said to have gone
Upon arriving there, however. 1t wa
! found that he had gone to Center
| Vile Word was sent to the sheriff 0
Apparoose county, who soon locates
1 a ut
searches for the ring 1t was locate'
, in the tobacco which Gibbons wa
chewing When arraigned he pleade
guilty and was sentenced to twent
. days in the Wapello county jail.
Mount Pleasant.
For some weeks past the agent Q
: the c., q. & @. depot here has bee
missing money from the cash drawe
, and on two or three occasions tn
: employees have been Obliged to max
good out of their own pockets, de
fciency. Paper money was regularl
! disappearing. One day last week on
of the employees happened to see
!. movement among the bills and check
e in the cash drawer. Investigating h
: raw a check being drawn thru tn
|. opening at the back OF the none
v drawer. Tools were brought in I
q .requisition and the cabinet torn apar
. A nest made by mice was found at tn
u rear. one so bill was discovered badl
n nutilated and also double handful {
a bills and checks 30 mutilated that the
lcould not be Identified. How m1c
has really been destroyed this way It
> impossible to say. It IL reported ths
y Il few :.eeks ago an extra man was q
: 1;sy and while on duty SO we
e missing He could not explain II an
= naturally felt that he was accused
Il the others and left the city under
., cloud which IL now lifted. The quei
) ton Of mice having done the damas
Iol was never once susDec1ed ~ any ON