Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1920-06-19

h'SuidtSiy SaIieu pOliCt uSdOqudItSiS.
Sergeant Campbell responded. with
Officer Clements, arriving before the
patrol.
Watt Surrenders to Police.
Sanders body was taken immedi-
ately after examination by the ply
sicians to the Pursel morgue. Watt
then surrendered to the police and
turned over to Sergeant Campbell
the weapons taken from the two men.
Watt was not held.
Sergeant Campbell called the, coun-
~ attorney and LaBelle was put thru
q close examination and is said to
have made signed statement IN
which he confessed the many robber-
les in which the two men have been
implicated. He declared they had
gone to Kellogg. whore Townsend
visited his parents, and when taken
here were enroute to Minneapolis to
enlist in the navy. He claimed his
own home was in the suburbs Of
Minneapolis. I.aBelle's story and
testimony of those who have had ex-
perience with the alleged gunner In
dicates that Sanders was the leader.
Story Of ,CriminaIity.
The story of the brief career Of
the two boys IL one of alleged crimes.
Their experiences prior to their ap-
pearance at Toledo o. week ago to-
night are not disclosed in LaBelle's
statement, it In said. Sergeant Camp
bell called Sheriff N. S. Peterman. Of
Toledo. shortly after the shooting and
the officer, accompanied by Night
Waterman Thompson, reached the
city before daylight. Thompson iden-
titled the two men as the Toledo
burglars and identified the gun with
which Watt did the shooting as his
weapon. !
Thompson tells Of the Toledo hola-
UP as follows:
AT 1880 on the morning Of Satur-
day, June II. made my customary
rounds of the alleys In the business
district. started toward the garage
to turn out the lights when heard
= noise at tho Alfred Schultz grocery
store, saw two fellows bending ov-
er an iron doorway In the clothing
store adjoining. At. first I thought
they were town boys playing a Joke.
I went to tell them to beat IL home
but approaching them I thought they
Were indian boys from the sanator-
ium, their faces were so dark, /
threw my light on them and found
them to be strangers.
Dealing with Bad Characters.
Y asked them what thew
were trying to pull or
That's some mora Of vour
damned business one replied. Tu
make 1t some Of my business and III
drive your head thru that brick
wall I answered. They backed
against the walls ana put their hands
In their pockets and knew they
We're, armed. My own gun was in
my hip pocket and took no chance
watched my chance, grabbed them
by the neck and thrust them before
me. We, started for the Jail, q bloch
and half away. At the corner one
OF the boys said they lived in Tama
lit was the larger one. the one now
In jail-and he said If let them &c
i they would 20 home. I said, No
you don't live In TAma and never
did took them to the Jail and as
| unlocked the door they put theil
guns to my stomach. two automatics
and another shooting iron.
They told me to get 'em up and
said I've got your order The
dead one said, Get his .gat."
know he's got one. The other fellow
searched me but found nothing. They
| showed the guns closer and asked
| where the "gat" was. I told them
to let me put my hands down and
I'd get It.. ! was told to stick 'en
up again, we've heard Of you before.
Sanders insisted I had gun and
asked. his pal why the hell he didn't
get it, The gun then was drawn
from the holster and Sanders told
his companion to take the holster
off and take everything from my
pockets. He was very nervous. He
took the Sail key and unlocked the
jail door. He did not get my watch
and $40 I had In my pocket.
Lock Officer in Jail.
They commanded me to walk into
the Jail and l did. They asked FOL
the keys to the cells and told them
the sherif had them up stairs. One
Of the boys said, II he sticks his
head down here I'll sput seven balls
in it. They backed out the door
with four guns, three Of their own
and mine, closing the wooden door
to the corridor. They opened the
door a few seconds later and pointed
the guns at me. I ran to the window
to see which way they went but
could SEQ which way they went but
could not see them, in the darkness.
II called Sheriff Peterman, who
lives in the Jail, and went to his
room and told my story. He at once
put in calls to neighboring towns
and we drove to Tama and searched
the yards"
Thompson 10 Good Officer.
Thompson has the reputation OF
being a good officer in Toledo and is
known to officers In other cities as
a tireless and courageous worker.
The story was taken up by Sheriff
Peterman who related the further ad-
ventures Of the two bandits in Tama
county. He received phone call at
$3.50 Saturday morning from q woman
living just Off the Lincoln Highway
east Of Tama. She said two men had
held up a man, woman and child in
Ford car and driven away with the
machine. Two posses were formed,
one In charge OF the sheriff, the 9TH
er under the direction Of Thompson.
The two bandits went east, then
turned to the northwest. That even
ing farmers living west Of Tanla re-
ported having seen the men two or
three times dnrins the day. ESatur-