Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1919-11-14
ACCUSED OF TEARING UP CAR
TRACKS or IOWA RAILWAY
AND LIGHT COMPANY.
LATEST DEVELOPMENT IN !
TAMA.ToLEpo CAR FIGHT
City Employees Charged With Maiioi.
Gus Mischief After Tearing Up
Bricks Adjacent 20 Car Tracks
Claimed They Were Looking For
Leak in Water Mains

Tama, Nov. i4-This weeks issue Of
the Tama Herald says Of new develop
ments in the stree, car controversy. in
which Tana. Toledo and the Iowa
Railway and Light Company are in
volvec:
u rumor TO the effect that the city
was taking up the street car track on
Fourth street was rapidly rculated
by word Of mouth in the business dis
trict Friday Afternoon and many OF
an inQuirins disposition and curious
nature gathered about the workmen
who were on the JOB. Many inquiries
as to what they were doing met with
little II any response but finally the
information was yoUchsa-ed that
somebody lad lost nickel and that
search was being made for IL The
news vas generally accepted in the
sp.r.; IN which II was given and with
their tongues IN their cheeks the OBJ
servers quietly watched the progress
OF the work.
such was the condition until row
q: L-ick along each side Of the TRACK
had been taken cut, to- q distance OF
.nirty-h five feet on one side OF the
track and eleven feet and nine inches
On the other side When that had
been accomplished a bolt holding one
Of the rails Il place was sheared on
BY one OF the workmen. This seemed
70 have been = signal for something 30
happen as almost immediately City
Marshal Thompson. Of Toledo, ap-
pearei On the scene and placed under
arrest the men who were doing the
work: Street Commissioner J. 8. Van
Horn and his assistants, S. I. Hart
socs and John 3. Jackson. The Toledo
officer took the prisoners 70 Toledo ana
their preliminary hearing was set for
Saturday morning At 3 o'clock.
The preliminary hearing was held
before Justice c. A. Baxter, at Toledo
SATURDAY morning, the defendants De-
.nx charged with the malicious de-.
st-cction Of property state o6scs~
County Attorney Il. J. Ferguson ao-
pesrei 70. the prosecution ana CITY
Attorney James q. viliees eaesnoed
tie accused city employee On call.
ing he cases the defepdanes each
waived preliminary examination ana
were held to the grand Jury. vhica
meets Dsc. .. No bonds were sxAcssd
the defendants being permitted to re.
main a. liberty GA their own eecos-
uizance
Alta. this action had eesn taken
the runor became current that the
cxy employees were seeking TO locate
leak Ii tina city water mains At the
time they were arrested and that their
removal Of the paving brick adjoining
the street railway rails and the shear
Ing of the bolt holding q rail In place
was undertaken preliminary TO An ex-
cayatton to determine whether Or not
city water was running 20 waste AZ
tina. particular point The fTequenc,
with which this explanation II heard
warrants the conclusion tAat It VIII be
the basis of the defense OF the accused
before the grand jury and. should an
Indictment be voted On the trial o.
the case In the district court
ION application Judge Cumming OF
the district court, issued An injunction
against the city Of Tama Saturday
night tor6idding the city from nolese-
ing the property Of tbs TaInA + Toledo
Railway Company"