Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1916-06-19
Southern Io1ua Items

I swimming on Tuesday. Tuesday after
noon Fred Mccall and Lee Decker,
aged II, went to the stock pond on the
Decker farm to swim. Neither one Of
| the boys had mastered the art of SWIM
ming and Fred ventured into water too
deep for him to wade. He became
to the shore kept going into deeper
water.
centerviIle.
AT the conclusion of the habeas cor
pus hearing before Judge c. w. Vermil-
lion in the case Of the four Italians and
Linnie Hinkle arrested for the murder
fand completely in the murder Of Pearl
| Thaxeler, the court held Frank Dan
gelo, the principal, under $1,000 bonds;
| Charley Rove and John Tomalis under
| $1,000, and the other Italian and Miss
Hinkle under $4,000. They were all
bought handcuffed except the girl,
from the Ottumwa jail for the hearing.
when the Italians had raised a cash
purse sufficient to get them out the
justice raised the bail to $4,000. Pearl
Thaxeler was shot by the sweetheart
Of Linnie Hinkle as he left the dance
Fort M adison.
Fish and Game Warden William
| Middendorf, accompanied by Chief of
Police Matt Thrasher, made the trip to
Half Moon bay in Green Bay district
Tuesday morning and confiscated fish
nets that were being used illegally. The
| nets taken were of the four and five
foot type, there being eight Of them
altogether in addition to about a. hun
| bred fifty feet Of wing nets. Fishing
with nets in Half Moon Is illegal fo,'
| the reason that it Is classed as inland
waters and as such Is protected. The
owner of the nets can have the same
| by applying to Mr.. Midddendorf. The
monetary value of the nets exceeds the
amount of the fine, so that it is not al
together improbable that the owner
may call for them.
Upton.
William Hartwig. well known far
| mer Of Fairfield township for many
years. now living at Clarence has be-
come involved in litigation in Oregon
courts. He endorsed a note for $500
to enable his brother George to pur~
| chase hardware stock at Aurora,
Ore, which the latter traded for a
prune orchard in Washington, giving a
mortgage for $4,000. Later this mort
gaeg was foreclosed. 1t Is alleged that
George Hartwig's creditors were not
notified of the trade Of the store but
while Hartwig was ill the defendants
took advantage of him and closed the
deal secretly. The plaintiff asks that
! the property be held in trust and that
the defendants be required to make an
accounting.
New Sharon.
| The home Of William Stephen was
practically destroyed by fire Wednes-
day noon and at the same time Mrs.
! William Stephen was at the death bed
/ of her infant grandchild, several miles
out of New Sharon. Mrs. Stephen was
called to the home Of her son, Merla
stephen, just before the death Of Merle
Stephens infant child, and was stand
| ing at the death bed, when the word
was sent to her that her home had been
destroyed by fire. Fire of unknown
origin. starting in the roof of the house
spread rapidly and soon the entire
dwelling was mass Of flames. Thu
children OF MIR. and Mrs. William Ste
phen were about the home, but do not
know how the blaze started. Mr.. She
pnen was working IN aIrutiIer part OF
town when the fire was discovered,