Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1920-10-30
QUESTION OF WHO ROBBED
SAFES OF STORY COUNTY
MAN STILL UNDECIDED.
MOST PECULIAR CASE IN
IOWA CRIMINAL ANNALS
Two Men Confess They Assaulted
Joreenson ard Rifed His Pockets,
Two Others Confess They Went to
Home to Rob Him. Not Knowing
He Had Been Killed.
Special to Times Republican.

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| Nevada. Oct. 3o-There are no new
Developments in the Jorgenson muir
| der case, according to a statement
made at the offices of Sheriff Rick
etts and County Attorney Lansland.
The four men being held in the
case were arraigned before Mayor
Batnan Thursday in the county Jail
and waived preliminary hearing
! Upon their own confessions all We're
|will meet here on Nov Is. They will
| then be indicted and will doubtles.
have their trials before Judge n. +.
| Fry. OF Boone. who is scheduled to
hold the November term of court
here.
Jimmie Hamilton. of Des Moines..
and Roy Cline of Nevada, are charg-'
ed with murder in the first degree.
Fred Berry and Ted Clark are
charged with "conspiring and con-
| federatins together fer the purpose.
| of committing a felony in the robbery
| Of Andrew Jorgenson.
| Hamilton and Cline will be held
without bonds. the charge against
them being one which is not subject
| to bond.
The bonds of the other two We're
fixed at $4,000 each and they are
still in Jail in default of those bonds.
| No Other Arrests Made.
| There have beelf no other arrests
made in the case. regardless of the
numerous rumors and stories which
have been afloat regarding the case.
While Sheriff Ricketts, and Des
! Moines detectives may be workin"
on the case yet, in an effort to fathem
| the mystery OF the robbing Of the
safes, which All of the men have
/ denied in the confessions. there has
been no one directly connected with
| this feature as yet, and no arrests
have been made.
There are at least three, theories
being considered by the officers in
| this matter The questions in. these
theories are practically as follows.
Did Hamilton and Cline rob the
safes themselves at the time they
| We're there and killed Jergenson, and
now> deny 1t, thinking that the sns-
| later to rob the safe might assist
them before a jury in bringing out
the doubt that the blow struck by
Hamilton really killed Jorgens9n. but
| that he was later killed by the men
who went out to rob the safes?
| Did Clark and Berry so out later
and rob the safes, having gained
| knowledge that Hamilton and Cline
had been out and assaulted and kill
ed the old man but had failed to
break into the safes, which were
! presumed to hold his wealth of cash
and bonds?
Did the "mysterious woman's
master mind, = that has since been
| injected into the case, tip the job of
to Des Moines men who came up
here to rob Jorgenson, without know
ledge of the previous crime. and en-
tered the house and robbed the
safes?"
1t is the general opinion Aarouno
Nevada that much Of this runior that
has been going around regarding the
mysterious woman in the case" is
myth.
No Mob Threats.
While it is known that there is
some such suspicion in the minds of
! the officers nothing definite has been
worked out as yet.
The story that was, sent out from
Nevada regarding the threatened
mob at the Jail was purely fiction,
! no such fear having ever been in the
mind of Sheriff Ricketts,.
The day Of the funeral of Andrew
JDr2cnson after the confessions of
the men had beer tal>en the relatives
Of the murdered man with scores of
friends, were in the city They called
at the office of the sheriff and ex-
| pressed q desire to see the prisoners
There were no threats or indica-
ton of Violence Sheriff Ricketts,
took them over to the jail and allow
cd them to view the Prisoners. Every
thing was quiet and orderly and the
officer was at no time in fear Of an
outbreak or on atter2pted jail de-
livery and lynchins parts', nor was it
necessary for him to appeal to the
"lmIfence crowd gathered to lc;
he law take its course