Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1916-07-21

: unhesitatins and frank story. She be-
lieves Williams wrath was directed
against her mother because Mrs. Stew
with her daughter.
The love affair of Ruby and Wendell
was, secret between them. She does
not think it possible that Williams
knew of it. She said she had told only
one person. her chum, Miss Louise
Coward, maid in the home of F. f.
Northup. sos West State street.
Girls Thrilling Story.
II was awakened by the first shot
Miss Steward told a T.-R. reporter at
the home of her brother, j. NJ Steward,
704 East Boone street. this forenoon.
80 What's that?' | asked mother, who
was awake she said.
Its d shot" mother answered
Wendell what's the natter the
girl called.
I'm shot" the young farmer re-
Piled
Il ran to the door of the sitting room.
In the dim light near the kitchen door
| saw the form of man standing. Rob
Williams, ] called. He did not answer.
But the moment I saw the figure l rec
ognized Williams.
| Il ran back into our bed room to get
the light. Mother had got up. AS we
| passed thru the room next to ours that
| opens into the sitting room, mother
grabbed me, and. showed me behind her.
She stopped in the doorway. l flashed
| the light past her. In the light ! saw
Williams face. Then he shot again"
| Mrs. Steward staggered back. aided
| by her daughter to- the bed, and sank
upon it. Jesus come" the blind woman
murmured as she fell across the bed.
She did not lose consciousness entirely
until she sank in DEATH.
Help Is Summoned.
In the meantime out in the other
room, FoOte attacked the murderer
with the chair. the third shot was fired
and the murderer escaped. Altho
wounded the third time Foote stag
gered into the ebed room where the
mother and daughter WIRE. He sat tor
a moment on the bed.
I'm done for, I'm done for" Miss
Steward said Wendell sasped. He man
aged to get up from the bed and stag
ger into the adjoining room
| The lapse OF time from the first TO
last shoe was very shot. The explo
sions awakened +. f. Foote, father of
! Wendell, who was asleep up stairs, and
he called the doctors. Sheriff Edgar ac-
companied- DR.. keyser to the scene Of
the murder.
Revolver Is Found.
The search for Williams was started
at once Sheriff Edgar reached the
Foote home. Deputy Sheriff Goodaie
was sent into the local railroad yards,
and Officers Starn and Campbell Of the
| police force secured the south part o.
the city. Deputy Sheriff Henry spent
hours notifying officers Of nearby
| towns and cities and furnished a de-
scrption of Williams After daylight
came the search was resumed by the
sheriff and by Chief of Police Breckel
and members Of the police and sheriff
/ forces.
! A revolver Of the same caliber, and
resembling one Williams had carried
once before to the Foote home, was
found early this morning. Z: indicates
that Williams may have started for this
| city.
| J. c. Peck, station agent at Dillon,
while returning on foot along the rail-
road track to Dillon from this city, |
picked up a 3S-caliber revolver near
Peterson's crossing, near the Rock VAL
| ley cemetery. Every chamber was
| loaded. Not then knowing of the MUIR
der Peck fired one of the shells.
Williams Had Been Rejected.
Miss Steward confessed she and Will
liams were engaged to be married, but
| that she rejected him and returned his
| ring in April. She said the last time
| she saw Williams, was the la st Sunday
| Of June, and the last time she heard |
| from him was last week, when Will
| liams wrote her, she said, that he
wanted to come to see her TO try and
| fix things" Miss Steward said sn.
did not answer the letter and tore 1t up.
Asked for reasons why she rejected
Williams she said frankly:
He lied to me. He wasn't the kino
of man girl could trust. Twice he
| insulted me during county fair week
| last fall.
He lied to me that he owned farm
| in Missouri. He lied to me that he hal
rented farm near Conrad.
Mother objected to him because he
was not the sort of man she thought
should go with.
Williams knew mother objected. Il
| believe he purposely killed her because
| he blamed her for coming between US.
And know mother was trying to pro-
| tect me when she shielded me in the
| doorway"
Threatened Her With Gun.
Miss Steward said Williams hal
come to the Foote home to see her a
few times since March, when she went
| to keep house for Foote and her moth
| er accompanied her. Once, in May, he
| came without invitation and it was
| then she said, that she was threatened
| by Williams with a revolver
He came when was out in the
yard. was talking to him but
| / thought mother would be nervous,
| for both mother and I were afraid OF
| him.
| Il went in the house and mother said
she was afraid Williams would shoot
| me. told her didn't think So
HE came to the door Mother tried
| to keen him out but he forced his way
! in.