Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1916-07-19

hours actual running time Tor a QlS-
lance Of 334 miles from Elmwood, Neb.,
| where he is located. He owns a farm
of 240 acres in Nebraska, and has as
sisted one of his five sons in buying
a farm. Four sons are married and
live in Nebraska in which state MIR.
Fentiman was married His property
accumulations have been large.
Waterloo.
Henry Lechtner, charged with wife
desertion, was taken into custody on
Friday by authorities at Atlantic, Iowa,
according to information received yes
terday morning by Sheriff D. B. Hen
derson. Deputy Sheriff Harlow O'Blen-
is left late yesterday afternoon for At
iantic to bring the prisoner back to
Black Hawk county where he will
stand trial. The local authorities have
been on Lechtner's trail for the past
three weeks.
Waterloo.
James Archer, formerly employed
as cook at the Curley Shields cafe,
619 Commercial street. saw fit to
ignore a subpoena summoning him to
appear in the court Of Justice F. F.
Knapp and give testimony in a state
case against Shields on charge Of
maintaining liquor nuisance, and his
presence is now being sought by the
sheriff armed with a bench warrant
for his arrest on contempt Of court
proceedings.
Dubuque.
Much excitement was caused in the
Illinois House. lower class Dubuque
hotel, when a man entered the place
and after announcing himself to be
George Washington, he slid across the
floor crying watch me slide across the
ice on the Delaware" The hotel pro-
prietor called up the authorities and
the police after arriving discovered
that George was none other than CAL
vim Reynolds. who had escaped from
an insane hospital the day before and
for whom they had been combing the
city. He was taken back to the hos
pital.
Waterloo.
After running amuck Sunday after
noon and being taken in charge by
Sheriff D. B. Henderson, Elizabeth
Burke. 1927 Lafayette street, made two
unsuccessful attempts to commit sui
eide that evening. She was taken to
the state hospital for the insane at In
dependence by the sheriff Relatives
Of Mrs. Burke brought her to Sheriff
Henderson's home with Instructions to
have her taken to the independence
asylum. While the guardian Of the
law was making preparations for the
trip he left her alone in bedroom ad-
jat, No no
of running water he fastened to the
bathroom and found the demented wo-
man lying fully dressed In the bath
tub. which was flied to the top with
water. She declared she wanted to
die.
Sioux City.
Tho scores Of bathers were within
short distance Of him. Fred Foster. a
deaf mute, 2s years old, was drowned
In Ave feet Of water in Crystal lake.
Two companions, also mutes. were at
his side. They found difficulty In Civ
ing the alarm. and Foster was sub
merged for ten minutes. When the
body was drawn from the water the
mouth and nose were filed with moss
and weeds. Instruments drew parti-
cles Of moss and. weeds from the upper
part Of Fosters lungs. The lungs re-
sponded feebly to the pulmotor but
did not start heart action, altho ef-
forts were continued longer than an
hour. Foster lived at 521 Jennings
street.. lie was a tailor. ard vas e;;isi:
ployed by the Boyer Hollenbeck Com
pany. He had lived in Sioux City for
several years.