The Worthington advance. [volume] (Worthington, Minn.) 1874-1908, 1883-08-16
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IN JUSTICES COURT
The long and weariseme dullness
which, has rested on the police court for
so many months was relieved on Sat-
urday evening last by enc Of the jnciest
and freshest items Of the year. Even
two saloons, one Of them three or four
old, have failed to make any
business fer a police court and just
when our police reporter was about to
be discharged on TIE ground of moth
ing to do" up turns this item.
1t seems that Village Marshal J. r.
Lyo6s and his family have been having
trouble with a neighbor family of the
name of Shea, and not zone boss
shay'' either. According to the stories
Of neighbors and others Mrs. Shea is a
whole team, and a six-horse one at that,
with her tongue rs we'll as her muscle,
and the families had been having some
words on Saturday. Toward evening,
it seems, Marshal Lyons entered the
house OF the Shea's and undertook to
arrest the woman. Just what was
said, we suppose will never appear in
print, but eye witnesses say that the
marshal pulled aud pummeled the
woman around numerically. Her
husband interfered and Lyons knocked
him down with q billy. lie then
marched the woman up to the lock- up,
bareheaded and barefooted, and locked
her in. A few minutes after he ar
rested her husband and locked him up
also. re.
Mayor Smith ordered the woman re-
leased but the marshal refused and it
is said threatened to shoot the mayor.
Nightwatchman Wells was then sent
for who unlocked the cells and released
the man and woman.
A warrant was promptly sworn out
for the arrest of the marshal, OH COM
plant of VIM. Pearson, on charge of
being ''drunk and disorderly." Night
watchman Wells took the warrant and
requested Sheriff Miller to accompany
him. They went to Lyons house and
placed him under arrest. Arrived at
the village Office, Sheriff Miller started
for Justice McManus and Wells sat
down to make the return on his war
rant Lyons then said he was going
up town. Wells endeavored to prevent
him when Lyons struck at him. Jailol
Peter Banks arrived 1T that moment
and assisted in putting Lyons into q
cell and locking him in. A moment
after locking him in a pistol shot was
fired out Of the cell which passed neal
Jailor Banks and into the wall opposite
and fell down between the siding an(
the ceiling where it was afterwards
found by taxing off the boards. Whe,
Justice McManus arrived and learned
the state of affairs he postponed tn
examination until Monday.
On Monday morning the first charg
was nollied and Jailor Banks entered
complaint against Lyons for unlaw
fully, ieloniously and willfully assault
ing him with the intent to murder hin
by shooting at him with a pistol.
But here we must let the testimon,
talk:
Frank Wells testified That Pete
Banks was assisting him in taking car
of the prisoner. That Lyons turne,
around and said, II am going up int
town" I told him that he was no
going, that he was under arrest now
lie says, II DON'T care a G. d, for
am going.' lie started and got to tn
door of the office. stepped to the doc
of the office aud said to him, hold OIL
you can't 60, you are under arreS
now.:' l took him by the shoulder
Then lie turned around and said to me
you EDISON Of, vow let go Of III
or l will drop you.'' lie then turne,
around and struck at me. AS he strucl
at me, Peter Banks grabbed him an
we put him in right hand cage Of vii
lage Jail. AS we put him in, Bank
put the bar down that holds the doc,
AS he did so, saw defendant put hi
hand in his right coat pocket. Sal
to Banks, ''look out he is going t
shoot; he is drawing his revolver.
just then I jumped around to the sid
of the cage door and Mr.. Banks stayte
for the outside door. AS he got aEou
five or six feet from the Jail door, til
defendants revolver, held in his rlgl
hand, stuck out through the cell door
between the second and third ban
from the top of door, and he fired /:
Mr.. Banks. fred the revolver. l exam
ined where he ball went to and judy
that it must have went within three {
four inches of Banks head. Bank
went out doors then and stayed
Office. When Justice McAIarus cam
in, defendant said, you rcd.hcadc
son Of b., If you don't let mo cut {
here will shoot you."
; X Peter Banks testified: That he Al
; sisted in putting Lyons in the cell.
III abbed and closed the cell door IN
tried to get the lever closed. M
Wells said. ''look out, Banks, he
drawing his revolver" and jumped bt
hind me. Mr.. Wells had NE by I'll
coat and was trying to pull! me bacl
l got the lever closed and stepped abo,
two PAGES toward the centre of Il
. room in front of the cell. AS I wei
to run for the door, the revolver cracl
ed in my face and filed my eyes full {
smoke. After the report of the revo
yer l conl.l sec nothing in the roo
, until / rubbed the powder or smoke OF
of my eyes. l called to the crowd
: front to keep out Of The way. When
got to the door they asked me If / W;
hurt. l told them mo" I then wei
: over to the county jail and went to be
The prisoner was held in the sum
) 81 500, and being unable to secure b'
went to Jail.
The above are the essential facts
this case. We give considerable spa
f to them, because we never saw Wort
ington under greater excitement Til