Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1920-08-24

little doubt but what the guilty party
was found, but the consensus kof
opinion seems to be that he was
hired to do the job, and that the in
| dividual who was the cause Is still
at large.
Davenport-When Is year old
| Johnny Carsten was drowned in the
| Mississippi at Llnwood Sunday at
| ternoon it was the third death in the
family in year and a half. The lad
| leaves a widowed mother, four little
brothers and two sisters. His faith
er died q year go in December and
a brother passed away two months
later. John was drowned before the
eyes of, two of his brothers. Walter
and Charles. In vain they tried to
reach him when he stepped off into.
ten feet of water. They pushed out
poles 20 the drowning lad but he
could not grasp them. They shout
ed for help but it came to late. The
boy sank beneath the surface and his
hody was not recovered until four
and a half hours later.
Fort Dodge-Suit for damages in
the sum of S50,0C0 against Andrew
MaNinger has been brought by John
Kinks, sponsor in the legal cause for
his9so Joseph Kinks, five years old,
who was crippled for life having been
run over byea truck on June 30,
| operated by one of the de-
| PENDANTS drivers. Joseph, the petit
ton cites. while riding tricycle.
| from Iriy h.A side of
Fifth avenue south between Nine
! teenth and Twentieth streets Sto
the avenue was run over by the de
/ fendaAt's truck near the curbing on
the south side of the thoroughfaSe o.
The plaintiff alleges that the truck
geing west on Fifth avenue south
and operated by an employee whom
the defendant knew to tremendously
reckless. hit Joseph before he. had
entered the avenue further than
seven feet from the curbing on the
left side of the avenue.
1oone-Boone members Of the FL
lott Dixon family association have
returned to this city from Ames
where Wednesday thy attended the
saith annual reunion held by the
members of the association in this
state. About $50 members in all were
| present at the gathering and Iowa,
! Missouri and South Dakota we've
represented. The morning hours were
spent in visiting. At noon sump-
! tuous dinner was eaten in the park.
Following the dinner hour the bust
ress meeting and program were held.
Mrs. I. n. Dixon of Ames was elected
! president of the association for the
| coming year: Mrs. owen wilcox.
| Ames, vice president, and Mrs. F. j.
Moravets, Ames, secretary treasurer.
| A report of the 4sth reunion Of the
/ Elliott Dixon family in Ohio, held
this month near Bellefontaine, O.,
/ was read. The Ohio reunion was at
| tended by DR.. Asa Watkins, a MEM
Der OF the Eliiott-DiXon branch. pro-
hibition party Observation-Disclosures.
Waterloo - Charles Wiskow, age
/ about 40, wanted in Waterloo on
statuatory offense against an 11-year
old girl. attempted to commit sui
eide in Charles City, shortly after he
I had been placed upder arrest by the
! Sheriff of Floyd county. It Is alleged
/ In the information filed by County
! Attorney f. J. Wenner's office with
Municipal Court Clerk Ernest Koepke
J that Wiskow criminally assaulted
/ Nellie Johnson on or about August
| IT, The little girl is the 11-year-old
j daughter of Mr.. and Mrs. Andrew
Johnson. residing between Ninth aud
Tenth streets on Bluff. The Waterloo
/ police telephoned to Charles City for
the arrest of Wiskew. Tbeasheriff of
! that. county located THE man and
/ placed him under afyest.; Wiskow
j asked permission to go upstairs and
get his coat.When the prisoner failed
to return in Il few minutes, the sher-
Tiff investigate He, found WiskoW
] had secured a razor and cut his own
/. throat. 1t was not known last even
ing by local officers whether or not
Wiskow's 2ttack upon his own life
would prove fatal. 4S