Audubon County Republican. [volume] (Audubon, Audubon Co., Iowa) 1885-1894, 1888-08-16
BUTCnERY AT SHENANDOAH
The Terrible Deeds Of Frank Gallup,
Desperate.
Desperate Pays tho Penalty with
iiis worthless Life.

Snenanuoan, usually one OF the quiet
est Of places and most devoid OF sensa.
tional features Of any Of the thrifty little
cities of Iowa, is just now undergoing an
intense strain OF excitement, Aud there
is ample reason for ii, for one of the
bloodiest tradgedies ever enacted In the
State occurred there between $50 and
1890 on Saturday night, August nth.
Three men were shot down aud killed
and two wounded, one probably fatally,
Two Of the dead men were among the
most highly respected citizens of South.
western Iowa, and the other was one of
those mal.formed marplotI upon hu.
manity.
One hundred and fifty yards west of
the G., b. Il Q, depot stands the Gallup
domicilc, white story and ahalf cottage.
fronting east aud south, decorated with
green blinds and almost hidden by tall
Lombardy populars Ii was the scene of
the terrible battle OF Saturday Night,
where three men lay dead at one time aud
two were badly wounded,
The Gallup family consisted Of the
parents. who ARE own cousins, aud seven
children four boys and three girls The
Oldest boy, Charlie. Is drooling idiot.
of powerful physique, aged thirty five,
next came Frank, aged thirty, next the
three girls who are married and gone,
then Hank, aged twenty-five, and Bert
aged eleven. Frank was the terror OF
the family as well as of the town. and on
Saturday afternoon had prepared himself
for murder by putting loaded revolver
In his pocket and drinking enough
whisky to excite his dcvilish disposition.
The whole family are brutalized and de.
PRAYED to u low degree .
by the idiot Charlie creating disturb
ance ut the %" depot, after which he
was carried home by Hank and the old
man, was the first of the trouble. In his
efforts to quiet him the old man knocked
him down with his fist and with Hanks
assistance was In the act OF 'drcnChing"
him with salt water when the surly giant
Frank caue in and took part In the fray
by knocking his father down and trying
to shoot Hank. The idiot and his big
brother turned upon the old man and
Hank ran out screaming help and murder
and crying with all the strength Of his
lungs.
Frank Pine, who kept hardware store
within II short distance Of the Gallup
abode, his clerk, Joe Ballard, 7. Il. Pat,
ters0n, u Chicago commercial man, and
w. Il. Refining answered the call for
help, and ran over to the house. They
met at the old man Mt the gate, stagger.
ing and apparently hurt He began to
tell how badly Frank had treated him,
when Pine interrupted with the remark
that another tarring and feathering was
needed right there. The words were no
sooner spoken than the hurley Frank
strobe out of the darkness through tho
gate and pushing Patterson aside graspcd
Pine by the arm and exclaimed: What
do you want hercY Take that, Cd d-n
you" firing his pistol point blank at his
heart and killing him almost instantly.
Turning to Ballard hc made an attempt
to shoot him but the young man escaped
by running. When the news Of the kill.
ing of Pine was known the town was
ablaZe with excitement. Marshal
Schwartz declared he could not take tho
man without the assistance of u strong
armed band. and Sheriff Skinner was
telephoned to ut Clarinda to order out
the MALTA.
The request was complied with and
Capt. Mount marshaled twenty members
of Company Il. Fifth Regiment. These
men surrounded the house aud began a
search for Frank. Then the dcvilshncss
Of the old man and woman showed itself
1t had been one hour since the killing of
Pine and ample opportunity had been
given the desperate Frank to escape, and
when the Gordon of loaded muskcts was
thrown around the house both the old
man and old woman vehemently declared
Frank was not there and urged the crowd
to come in and see
Bert Rice, Dave Campbell, T. +. Patter-
son, Chicago travelling man, Il. III.
Winfrey, and others Of the militia com.
company and citizens, went In the house.
They had searched in the cellar and were
coming out of II when Frank Gallup ap.
peared armed with two revolvers. Dave
Campbell, who was unarmcd, grappled
with him Mt the door, and received prob
ably a fatal wound In the neck from the
desperado's revolver. Standing over
the PROSTATE form Of Campbell, the des.
perado now reloaded his revolver with
cartridges banded him by one Of the wo.
men from within the house, and com
mcnced an iDdisCriminatc fire upon those
In sight. His next shot took effect on
Il. Ii. Winfrey, wounding him in the leg
slightly. he then started to run around
toward the rear of the house and en-
countered Militiaman Bert Rice. Both
fired almost a. the same time Rice's
shot, it seems, did not take effect, but
the shot from Gallup's pistol entered
Rces breast and he died in IA few minutes
after being removed by comradc Gal
lup then encountered Marine Fletcher,
another militia man. The latter raised
his gun under his arm, being SO close he
could not bring 1t to his shoulder, and
with the muzzle almost touching Gallups
back, fired, the ball passed clear through
his body. 1t was not yet known that
Gallup was dead and preparations were
continued for closer Investment of the
place and TO prevent any further loss Of
life by the teracbery Of the other mem
bers OF the family.
In short time Franks wife appeared
and stated that her husband was dead
But, fearing further treachery, a rope
was passed to her, with instructions to
put il around her husbands neck. She
complied and in this manner the body Of
the dead desperate was hauled from
where II lay at the rear Of the house.
Such was the fury Of the mob that the
remains were dragged through the streets
ut the end of the rope. Old man Gallup
and his wife have been arrested and sent
to Clarinda to stand trial rs accompliccs
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