Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1916-07-22

ana the numerous assault on Wendell
p. Foote at the F'oote home, near Dill
Ion, Thursday night, has developed no
clue to the disappearance of Robert
j. Williams, wanted for the murder.
During that time search has been
made in the Dillon neighborhood, this
city near Conrad and Garwin for Will
liams but without result. Wide pub
licity has been given the murder thru
| the efforts of the sheriffs office to
notify police of cities and towns of the
! state.
| While the search was being con-
| tinued arrangements We're being made
for the burial Of the murderer's victim.
Mrs Steward, while the other, Wendell
P. Foote. was gaining at the Dea-
coness hospital. He improved Friday
and during the night, but it will be
forty eight hours yet before there is
no danger from infection and complt-
cations in the wound in his neck.
Consider Offering Reward.
Sheriff Edgar resumed the search
for clue in the Dillon ieghborhood
today, but up to noon no report of sue
cess had reached his office from him.
1t is now the quite general opinion that
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part of Friday and all of last night to
cover his movements. Il is pointed out
that it would not be difficult for him to
escape on foot a long distance in day
| light because of the dense cover fur
nished by the growing corn.
Chairman W. II. Jones, Of the board
Of supervisors, considered Friday the
offering of reward by the county for
the capture of Williams. This idea was
abandoned when County Attorney
Scott reported to the board that the
supervisors had no authority to offer
a reward.
County Attorney Scott communicated
with the attorney generals office Fri
day afternoon regarding whether or not
the state would offer a reward. He was
told that the county should exhaust all
it's efforts to capture Williams then
| the state might consider offering re-
| ward.
| Dog on Cold Trail.
| Not satisfied unless a blood hound
was given an opportunity to work on
the trail of the murderer, farmers of
the Dillon neighborhood late Friday
arranged to have one Of the Shore dogs
| from Waterloo brought to the scene
of the murder.
| With a trail almost twent -four hours
old, and cold, the dog failed to ac-
complish anything. The animal was
started at point where it was be-
leved the murderer had lain, watching
the movements of the members of the
Foote household. The dog did very lit
tie baying, however, indicating that
what little scent he may have found
|
started thru the corn field after fol-
lowing a hedge for a short distance
back and forth. He then returned
west, across the road, and into the
Foote yard, thru the front gate. He
where it is claimed Williams did the
shooting. From that point the dog
returned to the road, and to the point
where tracks, seen in the road Friday
morning, had been covered with boxes
to preserve the scent.
| After a rest the dog took up a trail
north of the house, thru the orchard,
and into the road, which led to the NJ
&, St. L. tracks. The tracks were fol-
| lowed north as far as the beer gardens,
where the trail was no longer obtain
able.
| It has been definitely established
| that Robert Williams left Marshall
town Thursday evening at 5:45 on
| Minneapolis & st. Louis passenger
train No 2. He sat in the seat directly
behind one occupied by Mrs. ]. c. Peck,
wife of the M. & st. L. agent at Dill
lon. Mrs. Peck knew Williams by
sight, and recognized him. Williams
@ff ho Of ND 1ryo1l l. cd
south along the railroad tracks.
At a point about opposite the Foote
house, which is due south of Dillon,
while the tracks bear off to the east of
SOUTH it is believed Williams entered
a corn field, east of the Foote home.
Along the road to the east of the
Foote house, and bordering on the corn
field on the west, is an Usage orange
head.
Just opposite the Foote house, in the
weeds along the hedge, were found
marks where some one had lain down,
probably for some time, as the weeds
were beaten down fiat. There were
marks for a distance of several rods
along the hedge, as tho some one had
walked back and forth. At the point
where the weeds were lying --LATEST, a
corn field east, toward the railroad
tracks, were the footprints of a man
between the corn rows. It was over
this territory that the dog was start
ed.
Beat coppock Woods.
Another theory of the neighborhood
in the scene of the murder was that
the murderer might be in hiding in
the Coppock woods, the heavy timber
just south Of the Rock Valley ceme-
terry. These woods we're gene ever by
sheriff's posse Friday afternoon, but
without avail
1t was about mile northwest of the
woods along the M. & st. l.. track near
what is known as the Peterson cross
ing that Peck, the Dillon station agent,
found the loaded 3S caliber revolver.
1t now develops that Peck was the
man who was reported as being seen
walking rapidly south on the railroad
track soon after daylight Friday morn
ing. Peck was on his way home from
this city.
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