Elmer and Nellie confront a bank confession and a detective plan
Nellie informs Captain Fitzgerald that stopping a check against Doris Gatewood traced to Colorado Charley has provoked a push to recover money. She believes Charley fears breach of promise exposure and will push for a large cash settlement while avoiding publicity, with police set to act.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Elmer
Nellie
J. Fitzgerald
Los Angeles
Captain Fitzgerald
Doris Gatewood
Clarke
Colorado
Charley
Unsa vory Plot Delays Clarke Departure in Letter
Nellie Cathcart plans to delay Clarke’s departure by forty eight hours and orders surveillance on an unsavory couple. She notes the letter will reach by special delivery and the contents are to be reported by telephone to her.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Clarke
Mr. Clarke
Los Angeles
Nellie Cathcart
Stenographer Sought for Los Angeles Case Stakes
Nellie Cathcart learns from Acting Captain J. Fitzgerald that detectives will plant a dictograph in a boy's home at Pilarcitos to trap a planned shakedown. Colorado Charley and his companion travel from Los Angeles. Detective Fahey arrives at the bank seeking Nellie’s assessment.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Nellie
Los Angeles
J. Fitzgerald
Pilarcitos
Plilarcitos
Colorado
Charley
Nellie Cathcart
Fahey
Castle Grove Social News and Local Updates
Castle Grove residents visit G. J. Van Buren home while Earl Benedict sustains a partial thumb injury from a buzz saw last Thursday. Co A McLaughlin bought two carloads of cattle feeders in Kansas City. cattle arrived Wednesday. Meetings loom for Castle Grove farm bureau on October 30 and Fortune Finders on October 24. Many report corn husking underway with a poor crop outlook. Weekend guests include Mr and Mrs Marcus Kehoe and others. Maid chauffeurs employed in England for house work and car driving.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Castle Grove Farm Bureau
Fortune Finders
Clarence McLaughlin
Marcus Kehoe
James McDonald
Marguerite
Robert Lahey
Ryan
P. J. McDonald
Patrick
Hazel Green
Ed Riley
Coggan
James Kehoe
Loras
Doris
Margaret Kehoe
Frank Kehoe
Roberta
Frances
Johanna Smith
Hopkinton
Ruth Turner
Anamosa
Social Roundup of Visits and Gatherings Across Counties
Richland Center hosts a dinner party at the Balsigers with guests from Castle Grove Buck Creek Delhi and Monticello among others. Numerous visits to Hopkinton Dubuque Cedar Rapids and Lancaster Wis noted. A note on corn husks protecting against earworms concludes the column.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Will Balsiger
Henry Che
Castle Grove
Carl Opfer
Buck Creek
Andy Smith
Delhi
Adolph Egger
Ada
Monticello
George Hein, Jr
Hopkinton
Fred Schneiter
Schneiter
Pauline Hoffman
Will Hosman
Prairieburg
John Enaball
Fred
Harry
Lillian
Ryan
John Yossi
Carl N. Hein
Dubuque
Roy Sackett
Fritz Marugg
Lucy Winch
Henry L. Wismeler
Margaret Wismeler
Linda Kiburz
Cedar Rapids
Frank Ruggeberg
Lost Nation
Will Burrichter
Herbert
Luella Balsiger
Margaret Wismeier
Leonard
Mary Ellen Wismeier
H. Marks
Lancaster
Wis
George Hein
H. Wismeier
Also Mentioned on This Page
Peter B. Kyne
Bor
Sergeant Fahey
Milady
England
Richland Center
Morton
Poe Dany
Monticello Opera House
The
Monticello Express
Farmers’ Mutual Creamery Company
Monticello, Iowa
Mark
Standard Oil Company
WGN
Illinois
Michigan
Ll.d
Iternoon
General Electric
Cooking
School of Our
Alvin
Iowa Electric Co
Monticello Division
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