Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1915-12-16

to Fairfield. but refused to get off the
train because the crew had failed to
supply him with telsgfaR blank. He
, was put off forcibly, but caught the
rear end of the train and came 10 OF
tumwa before noticed: AS he was
leaving the train heemade the attack
on Reeves. hitting him on the head
with sap" Reeves subdued him and
later took hin, to the police station.
Earring.
Mr.. o. F. Bicker. who Is manager OF
the Earring Telephone Company. met
with a very painful accident which
might have proved fatal While he was
! working on the telephone line his COM
parion. carrying a shotgun. fired at
some birds. Several Of the shot struck
him in the face and arm After the
accident he Immediately came to town
in his car and summonded a physician
to dress his wounds. He is getting
along nicely at present altho the doctor
/; was unable to remove the shot from
his jaw. -.5l a- srs-
Perry. IT,. "a. a.
According to a Perry fur dealer who
has just returned from a purchasing
trip to the Indian reservation near
Tama. the Indians from whom he pur-
chased furs and hides are not to be
classed as poor If they keep up the
record they are making In trapping
fur-bearing animals. One of the In
dians, an 1Syear-old lad named Frank
Harrison. delivered to the Perry man
his catch of three days and received
for the hides a check for $106. In the
lot were the skins Of forty eight
skunks, eleven raccoons and nine
] muskrats. and he declared he expected
to DO little real trapping as soon as
he sot better acquainted with the ter
ritory in which his tepee was pitched.
Danville. -..-
With an empty carboIic acid bottle
lying by his bed. Fred Runge, employed
on the Ed Rambler farm, near Dan
vile, was discovered In an unconscious
condition by Mr.. Rambler early Tues
day morning and passed away few
hours later without regaiDing his
senses. The only motive which can be
I ascribed as the reason of the suicide
was grief over money troubles and al
| legged intemperance. The man was sin
gle and about a years Of age. He had
been employed on the Rambler farm
for the past two months and seemed
quiet, Woodworking man. He per-
formed his customary work on the
farm Yesterday and made no mention
OF the deed which he contemplated
Fort Madison.
One woman residing in Chicago is
going to get a valuable Christmas pres
ent from her husband. who is an In
, mate OF the state penitentiary here,
and he Is devoting all OF his spare mo-
ments to making it. It is to be chair.
made OF antique oak materials more
than 200 years old. The prisoner is
Frank Meyer, violin and expert cabi-
net-maker. The wood he is using I'm
the making of the chair came from
Germany fourteen years ago. It was
in the form of an old chnst hearing thS
Inscription. ammo 1713." So old Is the
wood that it Is black and resembles
walnut. In the days OF its first use
there were no iron nails, and the
pieces were put together with wooden
nails slightly larger than a lead pencil.
Davenport. -
William F. o'Brfen, the forger who
victimized several men at Buffalo, and
whose record at New York prison
was discovered only by accident,
pleaded guilty to the charge Of forgery
In the Indictment, and received a SEN
tence Of ten years at Fort Madison
penitentiafy by Judge Letts. O'Brien
forged checks amounting to something
less than than $40 on persons in the
vicinity Of Walcott and Blue Grass. He
was apprenended when he became
careless, as the result of too much
liquor, and was bound over to the
grand jury. His Indictment followed
IN The course Of r.ecstdSuTe, and vi; when ri
arraigned he entered plea of not
guilty. This wae changed to confess
sion yesterday and sentence was Inn
posed Immediately He wtlI he faken
to the penitentiary within the next ten.
days