Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1916-08-28
Southern Ioua Items.

Des Moines. Ia
A damage suit of $3.50 was filed
against the Des Moines Street Railway
Charles Lamb, hack driver. killed May
10, in a collision between his cab and
a street car. The plaintiff alleges the
motorman was negligent.
Burlington.
| Mrs. Walburga Martin. SIS years old.
| wife of the sexton of local cemetery,
committed suicide by shooting herself
| with revolver Friday morning. III
health of long standing is thot to have
undermined Mrs. Martins mental fac
ulties.
Des Moines.
Aviator Otto Timm, who will make
daily flights at the fair grounds, has
been employed by the city of Des
Moines to find Queen" the pet doe
that escaped from Greenwood park
Wednesday. From his vantage point
| among the clouds. the birdman will
have an excellent opportunity to keep
a sharp lookout for the fugitive.
Des Moines.
If any man over 40 years of age
will follow me on horseback and keep
up to the pace | set. III give him my
horse" Gen. Rush Lincoln, command
er of the Ames cadets who are policing
the state fair grounds, has issued the
above def. He is a civil wa veteran
and despite his 10 years is still an eX-
pert horseman. In chat with Acting
Mayor Fairweather. after the latter
had sw orn in as special police 6$ cadets.
the veteran general gave a demonstra-
ton of his craftsmanship.
EddyviIIe.
A six-cylinder automobile belonging
to Frank Epperson, president of the
Manning & Epperson State bank. was
completely destroyed by fire Wednesday
evening about $3.50 o'clock. Mr.. Ep-
person, with his family, were about to
start for ride, when he decided to get
little extra gasolene. Letting his
family out, he backed the car into, the
garage and as he turned to leave the
car it broke into fame from the rear,
barely giving Mr.. Epperson time TO
escape.
Abba.
| Ed. A. Canning, a pioneer citizen of
Bluff Creek township, and retired
farmer who had lived in Abba the last
ten years, fell dead in his barn We'd
nesday night. He went out on an err
rand and when he did not return his
family searched and found his body.
Hewas Is years old and a veteran of
! the civil war. He was the father of
John A. Canning, cashier of the Peo-
pies National bank Of that city. He
leaves wife, who has not been out of
her chair for fifteen years. He leaves
a large family Of grown children.
Davenport.
After being bound over to the grand
| jury and his bond fixed at $4,000 by
Judge w. r. Names, r. H. Ward, one
of the three men arrested here three
weeks ago on charge of being men,
Der Of the alleged fake horse race gang,
produced the required ond and was re-
leased. 1t was on a charge Of fleeing
David Fischer. Of West Chester, out of
$4,000 on fake horse race that Ward
faced Justice Names on charges of con-
/ spiracy and grand larceny Wednesday
! afternoon. He waived his preliminary
and pleaded not guilty. 1t was then
that the court fixed his bond at $4,000,
$1,000 on the conspiracy charge and
50 900 on the larceny charge. Two
weeks ago the man was held to the
| grand jury under $4,000 bond on a
charge of fleeing w. H. Keairns of
Dunlap. out of $4,000 on a fake race.
| The other case was tried before Justice