Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1900-06-05
STABBED | N Fight
Mra Eva LaGrange Receives Slight
Injuries by a Knife in Iona
Williams Hands,
Officers Have . Long Chase After
the Williams Woman But Fail
to Find Her.
+. N. Clark, a Former Central Fire.
man. Under Arrest at Hia-
watha, Kas.

Watha, kaS.
What might have been serious cut
ting ARRAY, but which luckily proved to
be more Of q scare than hurt, occurred
about 1880 o'clock Monday evening near
Finkle's park. where. for the past few
days. have been camped a rowing band
OF horse traders, composed Of two men
and two women.
About o'clock Constable Nicholson
and City Marshal Jones were called up
by telephone to Justice Burritt's office,
where one James La Grange of Grinnell
had just appeared, out of breath, and
swore to an information charging Lena
Williams. OF Oskaloosa, and James
Vaughn, Familiarity known as Indian
Jim, with assault with intent to KILL
committed upon his wife, Eva La
Grange. The warrant was issued and.
placed in Constable Nicholson's hands,
and the latter with City Marshal Jones
and a Times Republican man, drove
Immediately to the park with the hopes
OF arresting the man and woman before
they could get away. A smouldering
camp fire, edlbles scattered here and
there, one or two old camp forks, a
knife or two, blankets and articles of
wearing apparel, in great confusion.
showed that the occupants. Of the camp
had ,mdde their escape, and from all in,
dications they had left in u hurry. One
of the wagons was left behind, but the
horses We're gone. The officers did not
tarry long at the camp. in the meantime
having received q tip that in all proba-
sbtlity the guilty parties had gone fur
Their east, as a wagon cover, seen at the
camp only a half hour before. had just
been seen moving east on Main street,
evtdAtly bound for the William Cark-s
hun home, situated on the bottoms near
the Diagonal bridge, about three miles
/ from town. The officers made straight
Way for the Carkhuff home. found the
wagon cover as represented. but no peo-
ple. and Mr.. Carkhur informed them,
that he had purchased the cover earlier
in the evening, just a few moments, in
fact. before the fight began.
Asit was then dark and there was but
llittle use tocontinue the search, the Of
ficers returned to the city and gave il
up for the night. Constable Nicholson
lagain visited Finkle's Park early this
morning, but no traces Of the people
could be found
The fight in itself was quite brisk
affair while in progress, and it is a Won
der Mrs. LAGRANGE wasn't seriously In
jured. A pony key Of beer started the
whole muss. the Williams woman, who
lis we'll known here In tenderloin circles.
becoming boisterously and ugly drunk.
Some little alteration ensued between
the two women and the result was that
hair began to fly. 1t seems that the La
4 Grange woman got a little the best OF
4 the Williams woman at first, whereupon
the latter pulled from her belt pen
Il knife and made a thrust at Mrs. La
tGrange's side. The blade entered the
right side and glancing upon corset
4 steel entered the right side between the
4 fifth and sixth ribs. The wound bled
some. and n second stab was made at
the face, the knife blade making a
Il glancing wound on the chek. Vaughn
4 himself then stepped III and. While Mrs.
A LaGrange was down, kicked her several
4 times in the ribs.
4 When she was brought to the county
Jail, where a physician was summoned,
the woman seemed to be suffering con-
4 sidera BILE pain. An examination. how
$llSNSl. IploNcu 5ludl lHe III JuIleSs We're not
i serious, a.tho the woman's body was
4 pretty badly bruised.
4 Lena Williams. the woman who did
4 the cutting, Is an Oskaloosa product or
4 iginally, altho that city isn't fond OF her
society no more so, in fact. than Mar
8|shalltown. The woman. with younger
sister. made headquarters here for some
time prior to a year or two ago. living
in apartments over the old Statesman
building. Mayor Pierce, however, or
4 dered them out OF the city. Lena re-
j turned only a few days ago in company
with Vaughn. The LaGranges claim to
4 nave met Vaughn and the Williams
woman Mt LeGrand. while camping. a
week ago Sunday, and they state that
on Sunday night last Lena lured into
the camp a travelling man who was Wis
lifting i'll the city and robbed him of S12
latter getting him drunk. 1t seems that
the knowledge of this incident. and the
4 remark made by Mrs. LAGRANGE that
she knew enough to send her to the pen
4 itentiary. entered into the alteration
y and precipitated the trouble.
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