Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1918-12-30
Unpublished De-
tails Of Party
Meat Of Story

All ncWspeper meu Sro tssss'"H WV"
the story Of the society reporter who
In an emcrgency. was sent TO cover
o big fire. lie returned with nothing
on the fire, but complete list OF the
guests present"
To society reporters the real news
Of social 'doin's" 81 not always given.
Such, Il seems. was the oAso In tho
Shove Rogers party Thursday niSnt.
The social part was given out to tho
press, but some o. the moro Interesting
details were overlooked. Included
among the latter wHs . kidnapping.
dirty work mt the cross roads," aud
q robbery. The kidnapping was In
tended az an object lesson to, impress
that biblical truism to the effect that
he that would be first 10 likely to DO
last--getting home.
Among the high school boy guests
present were those popular young men
"Red" Crinkiaw, art" Gossard and
Glen Cray. They plotted just naturally
to "lay- Il all over the other boys OF
the company and dressed with the In
tention Of creating q profound i'm
preston. Therefore all three arrived
clad in raiment consistinE OF regula-
ton full dress. complete from patent
leather pumps to shiny tile, likewise
spike tail coats and open front waist
coat. That OF itself was eno0gh to
abash the other young men In their
custom made sack suits and colored
ties. But to add insult to injury, each
Of the three so gorgeoIsly arnyed
arrived with his lady in cab, and to
cap the climax each girl had been
provided with a handsome corsage
bouquet by her escort.
The cabs and the bouquets were the
last blow. and they separated at once
the young men into two parties-one
the plot was Matched. 1t began develop
ing when the party broke up. Crink-
law, Gossard and Cray and their
ladies were urged. even begged, to ride
home in ordinary automobiles some Of
the other boys had waiting. The in
viting was skilfully arranged 90 that
Crinklaw, who was center Of the foot
ball team and Of known repute a. o
rough and tumble scrapper, entirely
able to take care of himself, was
separated from the others. He and his
lady were given seats in one car, and
Gossard and Cray and their ladies in
another
The girls, having been seen safely
home, excuse was found by the driver
and the confederates Of each In both
cars, to drive to shack some Of the
boys have east Of the Country Club
grounds. The pretext was made in
each car that the driver had promised
to bring some of the boys in who were
at the shack.
All unsuspecting the three victims
arrived at the shack in the two cars
at about the same time, and entrance
was gained. By skilfull maneuvering
the victims were enticed inside and
away from the door. There was a rush
when the signal was given, the plot
tiers gained the door after q short
scrimmage and got outside, locking
the door with the paddock in spite of
the efforts Of those within. Then the
plotters beat" 1t for home in the cars.
In side the shack 1t was cold. There
was no fuel and no bedding. and ut
best full dress clothes and dancing
pumps are chilly attire. It Is not
known how the three got out But they
broke out and walked cold. rough
two or three miles home. arriving
there in the wee hours, as may be
Judged by the time the abductors got
home in the cars. which was nearly
a. m. The abduttors are probably
willing to bet that trio will not venture
soon again to doll up for another
party, it even being alleged by the en-
yious that the dress suits were Dor
rowed, which is probably, Of course,
| untrue.
While the party was going on unin-
vited guests" took out q window OF
the rear porch Of the Shove home, go'
| in, and boosted out freezer OF ran
! CIV and expensive ice cream, locked the
door SO they could not be pursued and
carried Off the freezer to enjoy the
contents. Another freezer OF plain
cream had to be hurriedly secured
Even as late as Thursday evening a
large ice cream freezer tagged "Doro'
! thy Shove" stood like q lone and emp.
ty sentinel to mark the intersection OF
| Fifth and Hughes streets. All OF whlcf
emphasizes the point that a lot OF the
news of the party didn't get into the
| >~uorfaess Afnrv about 1t.