Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1916-02-19
Southern Iowa Items

carried. and IL may be that the loss
will equal near this amount. Some
damage was done the Standard furni-
ture store and the ociCe of DIR. r. w,
Blachley. The shoe store was in a
building owned by DR. II. W. Blachley,
damage on which is covered by insur-
ance.
Creston. =. "a
Engineer G s rCon<lin and Fireman
Fl. l.. Bouquette narrowly escaped Sc
rious and probably fatal injury Ia hen
Burlington fast mail train No. 7 on
(which they were running. crashed thru
several freight cars in the yards al Pa
Citic Junction. Mr.. Conillin did not
see the other cars crossing over his
track until it vas too late to stop and
altho he applied the brakes crashed
into the cars with considerable force.
denolishing them and quite badly
damaging No rs engine Mr.. Conklin
jumped and was quite badly injured by
the contact with the frozen ground He
was bruised severely about the head
and shoulders and was unable 10 cJ,n-
plete his run His fireman WAS unnurt.
Both have been brought TO their homes
in Creston
Clinton.
Junk worth $1,000 for the possession
of which Henry F. Bailey was found
guilty Of numbering Michael J. Nc
Nealey here Dec. !, was turned over to
the estate OF the dead man today.
following the placing Bailey in the
state penitentiary on a life sentence.
Even after Bailey had been convicted
of numbering McNealey. he still
bill OF sale which McNealey had given
him in November. The heirs OF tine
estate brought charges tina: the bill Of
sale was a forgery and the case was
brought up before Judge Barker in dis
trict court here. Experts, upon exam
lining the bill and comparing it with
McNealey's original writing. declared
it was false. Bailey still processes his
innocence VI both the charges OF MUIR
der and forgery.
Abba.
The Iowa Trust Company and the
Iowa Title and Loan Company are be-
ing reorganized and the capital stock
increased in both companies. The
trust company will have a capital
stock of $4,000 and will do a general
banking business, both commercial and
savings. The loan company will con-
tinue the same line of business as
heretofore, that Of abstracting titles.
insurance and real estate The farm
loan business formerly handled thru
the trust company will be taken over
by the Iowa Title and Loan Company,
whose capital will! also be increased to
$4,000. The hank will he known as
the Iowa Trust and Savings Bank or
nn n ~
for business April /. with l.. T. Rich
mond as president and Ralph Mason as
cashier.
CentervilIe. -.-.
BLACK HAND threats to kill unless
a sum or money is left in front OF a
certain white house have teen received
by August Francisco. proprietor of the
Italian store in south Centerville that
does big business among the Italian
miners Of surrounding n1ining camps.
You are chosen by the Black Hand"
the letter reads, "as it's victim, unless
you leave $50 in front Of the white
house, you know where, within the
week. You need not call the officers
nor attempt to escape US. We will get
you at time you are not expecting
! unless you do as told" This is not the
| first letter of the kind that residents
OIL the Kind that residents Of the south
part of Centerville. known to have
| means, have received. How many
have responded with the money and
said nothing about it is no. known
4 There are suspicious that the BLACK
/ Hand gang is secretly organized
among some Italian laborers in
4 mining camp near Center. !ille Fra n.
cisco does not propose to part with
! $50 and close watch is being kept on
the outcome.