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sofN.deinin-itoutis-ck01ide in cry ?ht eel as ad red at In rds •iih of ,*er. dly as-ver ken the and uss iriy tlie . in ieYCy o £ fer-im-feeriyj.p-Pfthatthened.bower, ■ there* Is 'move': than .- a remote hope that Mrs Keth.w;: wounded by her- husband,- Elijah Heathcote, Tuesday night, may ultimatelyec6vet’-Mrs. Heathcote has continued;to improve after recovering from tlie first' shoe It and yesterday afternoon her;conditionwas such as :to glve*hopS that barring blood poisoning or jnjlamatioh of the intestines, she' might recoverProm the lime she returned to : consciousness, Mrs.- Heathcote has• Insisted she was not destined to. die, and It is considered not improbable that this faith* combined with a nigged constitution, may enable her* to live: Hedthcote/waV arraigned in police court yesterday morning charged, with assault with :intent to kill. 'Acting upon advice of counsel, he wa.ived exa m i ri a t i on, and, was • held to. answer to the grand jury .in the sum of $2,000 bond.' He‘was unable to procure sureties and-was,ordered committed to jail. _ While waiting for arraignment, Heathcote% ate several '‘sandwiches and drank a cup. of .tea provided by a married sister; who -resides on the South Side.He rejected ail overtures to-,talk, about, the crime and aside from pleading ’.‘hot guilty/’* he said not a word to any other than. hi3 counsel and 'sister. - He' was conveyed to the'county jail. . / , / ,, • ’. Chief 31athis and the detectives have been looking for Tom Heathcote, brother of Elijah, from, whose' residence on ^Francis avenue, tho latter’ went T lies (lay ni g h t \ on * hi s •; erhind fo r - the avowed .extermination• of his vvife and her two sons. The olfiters have; made a. search for the shot-gun and pistol which Elijah took with him when jhe left. his brothers’! house. ‘ and. ' with which lie attempted to kill his wife and Robert Bartholomew'; out' thus _ * far their efforts have* riot-been successful. Meanwhile. Tom Heathcote . is said to have disappeared and: though the officers have* searched there and elsewhere for him and thp missing'weapons, they, have not found either./Chief Mathis issued instructions yesterday, directing any officer who might, find or learn of the whereabouts , of. Tom to place him under arrest and-bring him to the station. 'He is not wanted for ’ -any complicity - in the assault upon. Mrs. Reatheoie,. but to give‘.information regarding the place of concealment of the shot gun and pistol, which-tie is suspected of knowing. , ‘ ^'IMPOfTHFirI«ersknta.tawiadjeat00-sowifcPlt;Sisrsctco'a-sictluIVF IWnir.TMFNTS RETURNED. !
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Cedar Rapids Republican
Cedar Rapids, Iowa, US
Sat, Jun 15, 1901
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