Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1917-05-18
JOE MARTIN, ALIAS p. N. CoNzEk,
ARRESTED ON COMPLAINT
OF RAILROAD.
HELD IN MINNEAPOLIS:
EXTRACTION SOUGHT
Believed by Railroad Detectives to
Have Deceived Doctors as to Injury
Thru Lack Of Sensory Nerves--Said
to Have Thrown Clutches Away as
Soon as Settlement Was Made.
Special 10 Times Republican.

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Mason City. May lS.--Is Joe Mar
lin. alias p. H. Conzen, initiating The
Hopper" of Frank Packards The Mir
acle Man" thru a peculiar lack of
sensory nerves? The Flopper' was
able 10 make OF himself a hopeless
cripple by mis- contortions and thus
earn a livelihood thru aims. Martin is
alleged to he lacking the sense of feel
ing in his legs and in that way to
have got ssee OUT OF the Minneapolis
and 81, iIolIls railroad. Under the name
Of Conzeu. a man, said by the sheriffs
officers here 10 he the man known
here rs Martin, Is under arrest at MIN
neapolis, charged withdrawing money
under false pratsnse.s
Con2en refuses 10 waive extradition
10 Iowa according 10 word received
here by Sheriff p z. Marsh, and as
SocE as saRis.tion papers can be Sc
cured Sheriff Marsh vii! go TO Min
neapoiis 10 bring the prisoner here.
SaiG TO Have Worked Smooth Game.
Martin i said 10 have worked an
extraordinarily smooth game mere. fie
claimed TO have boarded an NJ. & ST.
l.. train a few stations out OF Mason
City on May >. with q ticket 10 Mason
C'stv When &c boarded :Ac ::aa.1 &C
said ne noticed a banana peel on the
coach steps but ne did not notice it
when he went 20 get off at the station
here. AS 2 result he slipped on the
I.-=
that paralysis resulted.
Many Doctors Examine Him.
Martin was at once taken 10 the Park
hospital and placed in charge Of
physician for the company. The claim
department Of the company was noti-
fed, as IS the custom, and s. ]. Boards
ley, a claim adjuster from Minneapolis.
came here to look into the particulars
Of the accident For some reason
Beardsley was inclined 10 suspect that
the man might be s1amm!ng, and he
had different physicians examine the
patient
Seven doctors in all made an eN-
animation Of the para!yt!c. They tried
all of the usual tests for feeling. They
stuck needles into Martins legs. and
there was absolutely no feeling in the
legs. Martin thought he was not get
ting along as well as he should, and
wanted to go to Deg Mo!nes IN have
an examination made by doctor he
claimed to. know there.
Accepts $500 in Settlement.
When Beardsley came here he did
not expect to settle, but when Martin
talked Of leaving and the doctors were
all agreed that the man had no sense
of feeling in his legs. Beardsley offered
in full settlement for the injury the
sum of $500. This Martin accepted,
last Monday.
He left the hospital on crutches,
Swallowed by two railroad detectives.
He was helped out Of the hospital and
escorted to a hotel, where he remained
for half an hour. Then the detectives
lost track OF him for time a!tho one
thinks he saw the man, wearing an
other style hat, and without crutches,
making for train. At any rate 1t
was believed that Martin left for Min
neapeiis, and there an arrest was made
yesterday of the man named Conzeh,
who is said 10 be the man Martin. He
was able to walk without clutches, II
is said.
Has Picture Taken.
When Beardsley thought that Mar
tin might be of a type known to- lack
the sensory nerves yet not lacking
in Iocomotion, he had two of the nurses
at the hospital induce Martin to have
his picture taken with his nurse. Mar
tin, on his crutches; stood beside the
pretty nurse, and the other nurse
snapped him alone. and got a fine pic
ture This photograph was used in
making the arrest Of Conzen at Min
ueapolis.
Files Charges Against Martin.
c. H. z. Boardrnan, an attorney for
the railway company at Marshalltown,
who was called to investigate the case
prior to the arrest. filed on Wednes-
day the information in the court OF
Justice ". D. Fuller, charging obtain
ing money under false Dretenses. On
the same day Beardsley visited Des
Moines TO see what he could learn Of
Martins career there. Martin claimed