Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1916-02-08
Sheriff Has Hands Full.
Southern !oua Items

phone pole. with such force that
Clarence received a brokens LEG, from
which he is suffering a Meas deal of
pain. T, is +1rokensiust BeioH the hip
joint. Carl was sadly. brnissd about
the face and head. butS helped get
Clarence to the house and after getting
into the warm room became uncon-
scious and was in delicious CON
diti"n all night. His face aud eyes are
swollen terribly but Il is Thought he
will be all right as soon as the swell
ing goes down. but he is not able TO
he srought home yet.
Washington.
Otto .Stalder. n Young man who has
been cutting wood south Of town. had
a iiarYsrwT. escape F-rid>e, while assisting
with a wood saw outfit at 1.-THE Press
stamp farm. six miles south I'd town.
He was feeding wood to the saw and
had two crooked sticks IN his. hand.
They came in contact with the saw
in such a way as to throw-fiirn against
the circular knife. The force of the
accident "as sufficient to throw off
one Of the belts of the machine stop
ping the saw before severe injuries
had been inflicted. Mr.. Stalder has a
cut six inches in length across the left
part Of his abdomen. the cut going
thru all the outer tissues and narrow
ly escaping the inflicting OF fatal in
juries. A more serious cut was sus-
tanned on the left elbow, the saw cut
ting half way thru the arm. The bone
was badly cut and there is danger that
the arm will be permanently crippled.
Davenport. -
Mrs. Anna Kelly. convicted in the
Scott country district court a week
ago, on a charge of harboring a minor
in house Of prostitution. was SEN
fenced to serve a term not to exceed
five years IN the state Teformatory- at
Anamosa, by Judge William Theophilus
Friday afternoon. The woman broke
down and wept as the sentences was
imposed. Attorney C.. II. Murphy, who
represented the woman, asked the court
to be lenient and place her case be-
bore the board of parole after the
woman had served reasonable length
Of time. The court claimed, however.
that Mrs. Kelly was not only guilty Of
the charge on which she was con-
vic.ed but the testimony showed she
.-ai also perjured herself. Judge
Theophilus claimed that there was no
cause for leniency. The defendants
mother was present in the court and
also broke down when the sentence
was pronounced.
Kent.
\ Mr.. and Mrs. E. McIntfre, pioneer
residents Of Iowa, have Just celebrated
their sixtieth wedding anniversary at
their home in Kent. The husband is
E79 years old. Mrs. McIntire is T6.
They were married near Batavia in
1856. They.have lived in Union county
since 1875. when they came here from
Batavia settling on a farm near. this
town. Some years ago they retired
from the farm, moving to Kent. where
they have since made their home.
Their first nineteen years of married
life was spent on farm near Batavia.
Mr.. McIntire crossed the plains with q
party Of neigiibors In search Of gold
/ In 1865. He returned home after only
a few months in California, coming
back by the way Of the Isthmus of
Panama and New York Mr.. and Mrs.
McInttre are the parents OF eight chill
t.dren. all of whom are living. They
lare Mrs. G. B. Preston, Mrs. o. w.
Preston and Mrs. A. NJ. Preston. all
Presiding in the neighborhood OF the old
home place near Kent; Mrs. Thomas
Ryder, OF Ottnmwa: A 8. McIntire. of
BurwelL Neb.: Mrs. II. Sheppard and
Mrs. l. L. Preston. both Of Kansas City
Kan.