Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1916-06-20
CAUSES TWO YOUNG
MEN All KINDS OF TROUBLE,
INCLUDING ARREST.
BOUGHT cRlTTER FOR
$3.50 WITH BOGUS CHECK
Ignorant Owner Supposed Check Was
For $25o-Rcarship Fails TO Enjoy
Auto Ride, Frishtens One Young
Man. Who Runs Half Mile at High
speed-Men Held to Grand Judy.

Clinton, June 20.-Pleading not gull
lenses, Ora Hood, of Sterling. Ill, aged
% wears, and Frank Nichols, of Mon
mouth, Iowa, aged 10 years, waived
preliminary hearing before Police judge
Cole in police court and were held to
the grand jury for the September term
of the Clinton county district court. IL
is reported that they will appear before
Judge Barker in the district court, in
the meantime, however, under a county
guilty and accepting immediate SEN
tence. The pair was arrested in Nor
rson,, ILL.,, Saturday, following COM
plants that they had given a spurious
check for $3.50 to an Italian in payment
for bear, the Italian believing the
check to be for $3.50.
Preceding the hearing before Police
Judge Cole. the two told fantastic
tale of their experiences since Hood
took his fathers automobile a week
ago Sunday on weeks jaunt, which
included a trip to Steam Mill Corners,
Iowa, near Monmouth. the former home
Of the Hood family, where Nichols was
taken aboard The two then journeyed
to Rock Island and to Davenport, where
Hoods sister resides. Starting the re-
turn trip Friday evening, the pair had
a series of experiences eliminating
with their arrest at Morrison, on the
complaint of the Clinton police. Sher-
if Berry of Whiteside county brought
the two, together with Officers Burke
and Knutsen of the police department.
"Busted' Spark Plug.
Describing the trip back from Dav-
export, Hood explained that he had to
drive slowly because he had busted
spark plug and did not reach Dewitt
until about i o'clock Saturday norm
ing. Seeking lunch in Dewitt. they
encountered the marshal who believed
they were wanted in connection with an
offense and held them until satisfied
that they had done nothing more seri-
Gus than visit Rock Island. They did
have quantity of whisky aboard, how
ever, Hood admitted for he says he
drank a pint Of 1t on the way between
Dewitt and. the place about seven miles
west on the Second avenue road, where
he met Stani Mitch, the Italian owner
of the Russian bear
Hoods memory of the events that
followed had a way of conveniently
falling on important points in the
ensuing events. But as he remem-
hered it in a talk with representa-
tive of the Herald in the presence
ofe County Attorney Claussen and
the police officers, he and his COM
panfon began their conversation with
Mitch's son when they met the Italians
wagon, in which the latter was trans
porting, his family from Albuquerque,
n. NJ, to Chicago. Noticing the bear.
they asked what the Italian intended
to do with it. e
Sell it," responded the boy.
You want to buy" inquired Mitch.
"What'll you take?'' asked Hood
Take two Nand half" the Italian
he didn't know whether the foreigner
meant $3.50 or $3.50
Then followed further conversation.
during which the Italian expostulated
me 10 stand" and climbed into the
rear seat of the auto, dragging the
bear with him
Buys Bear.
Finally. Hood said. he wrote check
for $3.50 on the Rolling Fork bank at
Bradfordville. KY, taking it from a
check book left at the home of his par
ents by a recent visitor. Asked why he
was carrying the check book around,
Hood said that he happened to have 1t
in his pocket. Before he had time to
offer the check to the Italian. Hood de-
clared, the foreigner grabbed it from
his hand, leaped from the auto and
left the bear.
= 81 didpt want the cussed thing"
continued Hood. land when it began
scratching the leather of the machine,
I begged him to take it back. But he
wouldn't and started for Sterling. in
tending all of the time to go right