Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1916-10-05
PROMINENT sioux CITY YOUTH
DEAD UNDER MACHINE NE.
APPROPRIATED.
STOLEN IN MINNESOTA,
PLANNED SALE IN OMAHA
Walter A. Tyler, Soon to be Married,
Seeks easy Money"-companion in
Crime Escapes Injury When Car
overturns - Tells Police Of Plot
When Taken Into Custody.

talked over the plan and decided t.
come to. Minneapolis, steal an automo
bile, take it to Omaha and make $7o
or $500 easy money"
This was the story Of Lyons to Dep
uty Sheriffs Archie Buck and San
Holt on the way from st. James, MINI
to Minneapolis, the deputies said upol
arrival here at noon.
| Tyler was killed when the car over
turned near Madelia, twelve miles from
st. James, Monday night Lyons
pinned under the machine was res
cued by DR.. John Mccarthy, Of Madelia
| who was passing.
Lyons was taken into the village ant
asked to remain as a witness in the
investigation of Tyler's death. Instead
it was declared today, he hired an au.
tomobile to take him to ST James ant
held a pistol at the head Of the driver
threatening him with death if he die
not drive at top speed.
| Fiancee Mourns Tylers Death.
An armed posse pursued the car from
Madelia and captured Lyons in St
James.
Lyons was locked up in the Henne-
| pin county Jail to await trial on the
charge of stealing the automobile OF
j. j. Mergens, Cottagewood Lake Min
netonka, from Fifth street and Third
| avenue S, Monday.
While Lyons was in the county Jail,
j. A. Tyler, shocked to learn that his
son had been killed while apparently in
possession of a. stolen car. was in st.
James preparing to take the body home
The young man death also is ;noarned
by his fiancee, to whom Tyler was to
| have been married in Sioux City next
month. The Tyler family is prominent
in Sioux City dispatches today said.
After Lyons was taken to Madelia by
DR.. Mccarthy who came upon the
wrecked car and found Tyler dead,
Walter Cowan, a chauffeur was en-
ployed by Lyons to take him to ST
James.
According to Cowan, he and Lyons
had Just left the village limits when
Lyons whipped out pistol and or
dered speed,
He placed the pistol at my head and
then talked like mailman" said Cow
an today He told me he was a bad
! man. that he had stolen automobiles in
every big city in the country, and that
he had served terms In prisons and
that 1t would mean death if I tried to
fool him. He showed me the keys
which he said would unlock any auto
made and kept threatening to shoot me
| until I drove faster.
1T was twelve miles to ST. James. but
1 thought I would never get there. ]
| a 4
would be wrecked. hut we got there
somehow ana he tcid me to go into a
restsurant y n him and eat. wasn't
| hungry neither was he, but we
| went e seemed to collapse in
there ana salked out to park and
sat on benca'
Tells Of "Ea sy Money Plot.
Il don't know where live nor where
I was born, now what do you know
! about that" said Lyons when CUES
toned by Holt and Buck. Il was raised
| in Duluth, but l was an orphan 1 have
lived all over the country, but l guess
! have no. regular home
Yesterday on the way to Minneapolis
Lyons broke down and told of taking
| the Mergens machine.
Il met Tyler in Sheely's place, where
we both worked for a time, and we
| went around some together" Tyler
| said, according to the sheriffs. He
thought we could to Minneapolis
! take an automobile and sell it in
| Omaha. making 500 or $500 easy
| money We got to Minneapolis Sun-
| day and stayed at the Atlantic Hotel
on Seventh street. Monday we got the
machine and started for Omaha.
drove the car until we reached Madelia
| and then l was tired and he said he
would drive. I didn't know that lie
couldn't drive well. The machine wen,
over on perfectly smooth road and
Tyler was killed-that was ALL"
To Be Charged With Cars Theft.
! Lyons wouldn't say how long he had
lived in Sioux City,. He said he was
| day laborer and never amounted to
much"
| Contrasted with this statement were
| Lyons smooth, soft hands, tailored
English suit, tan shoes, silk shirt and
an expensive hat. He showed no evil
dence of hard work in recent years.
! When told that his clothes didn't
look like working clothes, he said:
well, even a working man has i
right to dress up once in while, you
know. Go ahead and see what you car
find out about me-"
Holt and Buck said they would
| charge Lyons with stealing the cal
from Mr.. Mergens and would bring the
witnesses from Madelia and st. jaime.
to testify against him.
Late yesterday Lyons had not com
municated with Shelly in Sioux City
He said he would say nothing until HI
had time to confer with an attorney.
The pistol which Cowan said Lyon!
used to enforce speed on the trip t
st. James, was taken from Tyler!
clothes, according to Dr. Mccarthy. I
was large weapon and was carried
in holster.
This fact added to the grief Of tn
elder Tyler, who SAID his never knew
that his son had carried a weapon.
HE has never been out Of Siou,
city except on short trips" said tn
father. HE left home last Thursda!
night and didn't come back. The mex
/ I learned was that he was killed Il
this accident The boys mother !
Frustrated over the affair. It come
hard to have boy die like that.
hope something will turn up to clea
Il his name"