Ottumwa semi-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1899-1903, 1901-04-16

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representative but he refused to talk
on the matter, he said he would think
it over and probably he would say
something later. He said he didn't
think the trouble amounted to any.
thing. and that he could have it fixed
up without any trouble.
Saw the Stabbing.
Ben Grips was interviewd by a Cou-
rier representative and said that he
was up stairs showing a party of wom-
en- thru the stables when the trouble
occurred. That as soon as he heard
the noise down below he ran down
and saw Chas Pasnau at the head of
about eight or ten men, and that they
said they We're going to clean the place
out. Ben said he ran to the door
and grabbed a club, but soon saw he
could not do any good in such large
crowd. and Immediately ran for as.
sistance. He said Chas. Pasnau ap-
peared to be the leader of the crowd,
and everything that he said was car
ried out by the crowd. He said he
saw Pasnau strike one of the men
with a club, and that one of the Pas
nau crowd said go on Dutch, Well
wipe the S. off the earth, stay
with them, We'll stay with YOU" He
said he thought it was Jones who said
this, but was not quite sure. He said
he saw Jones have knife in one hand
and club in the other. He also said
I, Il
this knife.
Bakers Statement.
George Baker an employee of Grips
Bros, told the Courier representative
that he was not present when the
trouble started. but that he arrived at
the barn nearly at the end of it. He
said the party consisted of about ten
or eleven men as near as he could tell,
and that it consisted of Char
les Pasnau, Robert Pasnau. Fred Pas
nau, Henry Mungerman, Al. Fowler,
Lewis Jones, John Curran, and he said
that Frank O'Niel was present but did
not take any hand in the fight. There
were also two or three others, but he
did not know their names.
He said that John Curran acted as
a sentry for the Pasnau crowd He
said that Curran went from the saloon
to the barn and kept the crowd posted
as to the number of men who were at
the barn. He said Curran made sew
eral trips for that purpose. He said
the crowd waited until nearly every
body had left the barn before they
made their attack, and when they did
appear there were but three men on
duty.
Denied That He Did 1t.
Lewis Jones said to Courier repre-
sentative, while he was waiting in the
court room for the prosecuting attor.
ney to appear, that he was in Grips
barn when the trouble occurred but
that he did not have a knife. Three
or four men say they saw you with a
knife and saw you cut Houston said
the reporter. well, l didn't" said he,
81 had club" he said, 81 took it away
from someone after he had struck me
across the back with it," Tt looks
pretty bad for you" said the reporter.
Eyes guess it does, said he. Were
you out riding with the Pasnau's dur
ing the afternoon, asked the reporter"
YES" said Jones, 81 was out driving
all afternoon, we were celebrating.
"'What were you celebrating, queried
the reporter" ooh, we were just
having good time, and guess we
had it, he said. Didn't you cut one
of the men," No." said he, II didn't
have any knife on me, but small pen.
knife, and that was too small to do any
damage" Jones said he was butch.
er by trade, but that he had not work
ed for some time He said his parents
lived in the West End, but that he
did not stay at home very much.
The Crowd Was Nervous.
Chief Gray now has in his possession
the pistol said to have belonged to
Chas. Pasnau, and besides this the
club with which Peter Grips was beat
en- over the head is at the station For
several hours there was large and ex-
cited crowd around the Jail, and the
word is alleged to have passed around
several times to lynch the men. Cool
er council, however, prevailed, and as
it was learned that the men had not
been killed, and the crowd saw the
men promptly gathered in and taken
to Jail, it slowly melted away.
curran Sentenced on Light Charge.
John Curran was arraigned in police
court this morning and charge of
being drunk and disorder1y was plac-
ed against him. He pleaded guilty to
the charge, and was sentenced to fiji
teen days in Jail.
Citizens Ask Increase in Bail.
Judge Moon increased the bail OF
Fred Pasnau, Bob Pasnau, AL Fowler
Henry Mungerman and Lewis Jones
from $500 to $1,000 on application OF
County Attorney Emery $500 in cash
was taken to the county jail last night