Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1916-08-02
Searches For
Wife's Body;
Is He Sane?

After searching for two days, frst
for his injured wife, later her body and
child. and causing the police, news
paper men and sympathetic friends all
sorts of trouble trying to find the in
jured, dead woman and child. the man
who caused all the inquiry and search
was arrested Tuesday night by the po-
lice. 1t is believed by the police that
the man is insane. Who he is has noe
yet been determined. He had nothing
on his clothes to identify HIM. He said
his name was Fred Clark when Officer
Delahoyde took him in custody.
Earlier, while instituting the search he
said his name was Lawrence Wine-
name was H. A. Stevens, 224 South
dress).
Monday he appeared at police head
quarters, and said that he was Law
renee Winebeck. The story he tola
was in effect that he was a brakeman
on the Rock Island. running out Of Des
Moines. Sunday night. Just as he was
ready to go out on his run, he said the
conductor Of his train handed him 4
telegram from this city that said his
wife had been seriously burned. Wine
beck came here searching for his wife.
He had lost the telegram. he said, and
could not remember who had sent it.
The newspaper heard Of the sup
posed accident thru another inquiry,
but could not find the woman.
Tha: night Clark. Winebeck. OF
wha tever his name is told chance &C
quaintances that his wife was dead,
had died from her injuries at st
Thomas hospital. Their baby was still
there. He wanted a nurse to take the
child to Butte, Mont, and eventually
he made tentative arrangements with
a woman to perform that service for
him. But they searched for the wom-
ans body and could not find it. Neither
could they find the child. Winebeck
was positive in his assertion that he
had seen his wife put in casket at
ST. Thomas hospital, "a thing by the
way that is never done at hospitaD
Passenger stations, undertaking estab-
lishments, and hospitals were searched
most of Monday night for the body, but
it was not found.
A rather short. very red faced man
CAME III Inc S!lS ioOLi VI .hS 80
Tuesday forenoon.
I'm II. A Stevens, 224 South Cen
ter street." he announced
I want to have a card of thanks
printed" he went on. "A friend Of mine
has lost his wife,
You knew she was dead didn't you?
Burned to death"
Yes, she died at 2:30 yesterday aft
ernoon. At $50 yesterday morning she
went to turn off the gasolene stove at
my home, and by mistake she turned
it on. The flames spurtei outside the
stove and caught her dress. My WIFE,
who has been sick. threw water on heT
and put out the fire. They took her to
St. Thomas, hospital and DR.. A. B. Con-
away took care of her, and the body Is
at Pursers." q, a.
The man was directed to the adver-
Using depa rtment to leave his card o.
thanks. but he passed thru it without
stopping. STEVENS" said Mrs. Wine
beck's maiden name was Grace Clark
and that she was 10 years old.
Inquiry at the hospital and OF the
doctor showed the story was all I'M
true. Late in the day the man was ar
rested The police today were making
ARRANGEMENTS to have City Physician
| Lierle examine him for Ibis sanity
Later an insanity complaint may be
| filed @HF