Missouri Valley times. [volume] (Missouri Valley, Iowa) 1874-1931, 1901-06-13
EXCITING MAN HUNT
In Cincinnati Township To-
day.

Oay.
Over One Hundred Armed
Farmers Scour Country
Near Cal junction in Search
OF Fugitive.
Report Says He Has Been
Surrounded and is Now in
Charge of Sheriff Shelton.
Since early this morning a
posse composed of nearly 100
angry farmers, each armed with a
fire arm of some kind, has been
buslly engaged in securing Gin
cinnati township in search of a
farm hand by the name of Col.
Rucker who has figured with more
or less prominence in this section
for some time past. The last
escapade in which he assumed a
prominent part being the check
deal at Douglas chop house., and
his subsequent escape from a
minion of the law by descending
from the second story of the w.
A Smith farm home in California
Junction while the officer waited
for his return.
Just what has occasioned the
latest trouble is unknown in this
city at present, as the telephone
line between here and Cal juno
ton is not in working order today,
but farmers in from the scene of
the trouble this afternoon state
today's affair is but the culmina-
ton of trouble originating many
months ago. 1t is said Rucker,
who last fall married daughter
OF Thomas Allen who now lives
on the Missouri bottom south of
Gal junction, recently threatened
to kill the young woman and
since time the latter has been
living with her father. This
morning Rucker went to the AL
len home and forced the young
woman to accompany him.
Whether or not this is true can
not be substantiated at the pres
ent writing but whatever the
cause may be Rucker is much
wanted man just at present for
some misdemeanor. Late this
afternoon he was run down and
surrounded in q clump of trees
south of Cal junction and not far
from the river. He is said to be
armed with Winchester and is
holding his pursuers off with the
threat to kill the first man that
crosses certain line.
Sheriff Shelton and a posse
passed through town about 3
o'clock this afternoon enroute to
the scene of the trouble. Each
was armed with Winchester
rifle and at present indications
are there will be serious trouble
before night If Rucker refuses to
surrender to the Sheriff.
A TIMES representative who
was sent to the scene of the trou-
BILE this afternoon about 3::45 sent
in a report to the effect the affair
had assumed most serious aspects.
Rucker has fortified himself be-
hind large cotton wood log in a
clump of trees one mile south and
quarter mile west of Cal juno
ton and so far has succeeded in
defying the officers. The girl is
still with him and every time the
officers make an attempt to ap-
proach his stronghold Rucker
first places the young woman in
front of him and then opens fire.
The officers are loathe to shoot
for fear of killing the girl. The
young woman whose maiden name
was Lora Allen is about 10 years
old and was married to Rucker
about a year ago. The married
life of the couple was not of q
very agreeable nature from the
start and last February they sep
arated, the girl returning to her
father, Tom Allen. The report
from the discharge of fire arms
could be plainly heard at Gal
junction about $3.50. The charge
on which the officers are attempt
ing to arrest Rucker is that of
threatening to kill his wife.
John McGavren returned this
afternoon from his visit to Anne,
whore he has been attending the
annual Alumni meeting of the