Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1917-06-12
FEDERAL OFFICERS ARREST cE.
pAR RAPIDS RESIDENT FOR
FORGING LETTER.
FAKE MlssivE CAUSED
ARREST OF SEVERAL
Innocent German and His Wife and
srethsrs Placed Under Suspicion Of
Engaging in Plot to Poison Colonel
psws, Of Cedar Rapids, and William
Galloway Of Waterloo.

Cedar Rapids, June ia plot to put
an innocent man that he might be rail-
roaded into prison was uncovered here
by the federal agents by the arrest OF
Charles Everett Louwerse, a gardener
employed by Col. w. .. Dows. Lou
verse waived examination and was
Held to the September term Of the fed
eral grand jury. His bond was placed
at $50, 900, which he failed to give, and
was ordered committed to the Marion
Jail
Louwerse denied his guilt.
Poison Plot Alleged !.
The story connecting, this man with
the alleged poison plot is dramatic in
the extreme.
On last Thursday Emil w. Scheibe,
manager Of Colonel Dows' farm, was
arrested on orders from H. c. Clabaugh,
chief investigator for the department
of justice at Chicago. The arrest was
ordered after letter supposed to have
been written by Scheibe had been
turned over to the government. This
letter was addressed to Scheibe's bro
Their, who Is necktie manufacturer in
New York. The letter was inclosed in
an envelope addressed to Sears & Roe
buck, Chicago and was turned over to
the government by that company. The
letter asked that additional poison be
sent to Scheibe here and it made men
ton Of the fact that Mrs. Bows had
been poisoned thru the milk she. drank
and had been taken to California for
her health.
The letter in full is as. follows: 4
Halo! Brother: How are you all ?
We are all right. You must send me
some more poison. Ich hav only little
left. / put some in the milk this spring,
and Mrs. Bows got it. Then they took
her off to California and she got al
right again. The doktor thought it was
hard troubles. They have not got much
brains in this country. Our brother in
Waterloo is ready for the Galloway
houses. If it keeps on raining we wont
have the burnup the crop. l got every
thing on this phase and no boldly nows.
I bet the Americans will look, funny
when they get fooled. Herr Aplers
thinks he % smart, too, he! l got all
the fruit poisoned already. / go send
to Chicago for flower. too high hier.
You Is smart to put the orders in the
neckties Send it too Waterloo and he
can put It in the seeds and send it to
me. Wei, have no time now to write
more. I always got to be on the watch
now. We hope everything will be al
right next fall. then we can allsgo back
to Berlin.
Emil T. Sceibe. =
sSouth Twenty-First Street,
/. Cedar Rapids.
II want to get the Col. soon, so send
it kwik."
Mr.. Clabaugh also ordered the ar
rest Of Scheibe's brother at Waterloo.
the letter that it was the intention to
poison William Galloway, wealthy
manufacturer of that city. Galloway is
a brother in law of the Waterloo
Scheibe It was Mr.. C1abaugh's inten-
ton to order the arrest of the New
York brother later if it had been ascer-
tanned that he had sent the poison.
Wife Also Arrested.
Mrs. Scheibe also was arrested. Both
were released yesterday when it was
positively proved that they were inno-
cent.
Handwriting experts worked on the
case all day Sunday and it was not
until late in the afternoon that they
came to the conclusion that the letter
intercepted at Chicago and the hand
writing Of Louwerse were the same.
To make certain of their case govern
ment agents visited the Louwerse home
and spent three hours in searching 1t
but found no discriminating informa-
ton. However some Of the remarks