The Leon reporter. (Leon, Iowa) 1887-1930, 1901-01-17
ON The war PATH!
Had Blood in Her Eye
and a Gun that was
Loaded!
USED A BEER BOTTLE TOOL
Mrs. c. w. Sherman, of st. Joe, Mo-,
Takes a Shot at a Woman, from
Mt. Ayr. Whom She Found
With Her Husband in
This City.

One man and two women made things
lively for a couple of hours in this city
last Saturday evening. The fun started
when Sheriff Wolever received telegram
from Mrs, q. w. Sherman, dated at Mt.
Ayr, requesting him to arrest "whiskey
man Sherman and red headed wo-
man" and hold them until she arrived
on the evening freight. Sheriff Wolever
instructed Deputy Sheriff Burns to look
after the matter and going to Hotel
Leon he found that G. w. Sherman,
travelling salesman for st. Joe liquor
house and Miss Sadie Farmer. of Mt.
Ayr, had registered at the hotel on Fri
day evening and were assigned to diff
ferent rooms. Acting on the telegram
he placed them under arrest and held
them until Mrs. Sherman arrived about
six o'clock. After consulting the county
attorney who refused to take hand in
the proceedings, as Sherman and his
wife have established reputation all
over southern Iowa by their constant
fights and quarrels, they having created
scene in this city about year ago,
the parties were released and ordered to
leave town.
Landlord Brown ordered all of them
to leave his hotel as he would not per-
nit any of them to stay in the house.
Sherman and the Farmer woman went
out on the sidewalk and were followed
by Mrs. Sherman, who made a vicious
attack on Miss Farmer with beer bot
tie, but Landlord Brown caught and
held her until Sherman and the other
woman got away from the vicinity.
Sherman and the other woman started
for the depot to take the $40 train for
the north and were accompanied by
Mat Pullen, clerk of the hotel, who was
carrying their grips. AS the party
reached the top of the hill leading to
the depot, just in front of Mrs. Matte
Gardeners residence, cutter driven by
Creighton Miller drove up close to the
walk. Mrs. Sherman was the other oc.
cupant and without stopping to renew
the quarrel she drew revolver and fired
| two shots. One struck the Farmer wo.
man just above the knee, but merely
grazed the skin and the other bullet
passed through Mat Pullen's overcoat
and pants near his hip, but did not in
jure him. The Farmer woman cried out
that she was hit and on orders from
Mrs. Sherman, Miller drove hastily
| away from the scene.
| By the aid OF numerous matches and
quite crowd of men and boys who had
followed the party, it was soon learned
that Miss Farmer was not seriously III.
jured and after consulting local physi-
clan Sherman secured livery rig and
taking Miss Farmer drove west from
here, going to Decatur City.
After the shooting Miller drove to his
home between this city and Davis City,
where Mrs. Sherman remained over
night, departing very early Sunday
Qorniag for Andover, Mo-, knowing
AT she would PTobal II be safe from
arrest as quick as she was across the
state line.
The authorities here made no effort to
arrest any of the parties as it would
cause the taxpayers to pay big bill of
cost to prosecute them, but if any of
them show up here again they will be ar
rested and prosecuted.
The same three parties were wrangling
all last week at Mt. Ayr, and Mrs. Sher-
man asked the county attorney of Ring
gold county to have the parties arrested
there, but he refused and when they
came to Leon advised her to have them
arrested and prosecuted in Decatur
county, evidently for the purpose of
saving Ringgold county the cost of the
prosecution.
Sherman and his wife make their
home in st. Joe, but recently Mrs. Sher-
man has been staying at Diagonal and
making trips to towns which her hus-
band visited, creating scene every
where. They at one time lived at Davis
City and the people Of that town were
rejoicing when they moved away as
there was constant row whenever they
were both at home.
j Miss Farmer, the red headed woman,
is resident of Mt. Ayr, and has been
married, but resumed her maiden name
after being through the divorce courts.
Her reputation is reported as not being
:. as white as snow. She returned to Mt.
Ayr Monday evening and consulted an
} attorney with view Of prosecuting Mrs.
Sherman.
Sherman passed through this city Mon.
day afternoon going north on the pas.
senger train.
Leon is glad to be rid Of the whole
crowd, but it will not be healthy for any
of them to show up here again.
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