Audubon Republican. [volume] (Audubon, Iowa) 1894-1925, 1903-01-22
HAPPENINGS IN
HAWKEYEQOM
What Has Been Going ON
During the Past
Week,
ROBBER SHOT BAN KER'S SON
Harry Pattee of Perry Dangerously In
Jured by One of Two Robbers Who
Were Trying to Steal Fresh Meat From
the Family Residence.

Perry, Jan. 18.-After being threat
ened all day by an angry but disorgan.
ICED mob Stephen Crandell, suspected,
but not formally accused of shooting
Harry Pattee at / o'clock yesterday
morning, was gotten safely aboard the
o'clock train by Sheriff J. N. Haynes,
City Marshal l.. M. Resser and three
deputies last night and taken to the
county Jail at Abel for safe keeping,
and to serve out an unexpired sen
tence for stealing. A mob of 500 men
and boys were at the train at about
the same time as the officers and theil
prisoner, and Crandells life was free.
ly threatened. There were ropes in
the crowd and the desire for lynch.
ing was general, but there was no
leader. Yesterday afternoon it was
necessary to surround the city Jail
with members of the local National
guard company, who with fixed bay"
onets held the crowd at bay.
Never in the history of the city has
there been so much excitement. 1t is
estimated that 5000 people were On
the streets in the vicinity of the Pattee
home when the Huffmier hounds from
Knoxville arrived and picked up the
trail, which led them to the residence
of Crandell. The hounds not only fol-
lowed the trail twice to Crandell's
house, but later they followed a trail
from the house to the city Jail. Gran
dell went to the Jail yesterday morn
ing and surrendered himself, having
been out of the county Jail on parole
in order to be at home during the con-
finement of his wife.
The trail followed by the Pattee
hounds divided a short distance from
the Pattee home, apparently, and
while one trailed to Crandell's house
the dogs when started on the other,
went to the house of one Mcfarland,
who has not been located Mcfarland
was a partner of Crandell and was
convicted with him of larceny. Sher
if Haynes went as far as Dallas Cen
ter on the train and returned to search
for Mcfarland.
Harry Pattee was son of President
Pattee. of the First National bank Of
this city. He was shot down by rob-
identity after freshly slaughtered hog
in the Pattee smokehouse.
Harry Pattee, the victim, is resting
easy, olIlouSu olill ZIG
of opiates. His condition while crit
ical. is considered hopeful by his ply.
sicians.
A little after 1 o'clock Harry and
his sister arrived at their home from
the dance. They entered the house
quietly, so as not to disturb the house.
hold and went to their rooms up stairs.
Harry had undressed and retired, but
hal IL co.
when he heard a racket in the back
yard. In his night clothes he stole
quitely down the back stairway,
thinking all of the way that something
was the matter at the barn or on the
back porch.
AS soon as Harry opened the kitch.
en- door onto the porch he saw a man.
Harry is plucky little fellow and I'M
armed and unprepared he grappled
with the intruder. There was another
man on the porch. who at the time
Harry opened the door was on lad.
der. Harry was struck a blow and
fell to his knees. At that instant the
fellow with whom Harry had grappled.
being free handed. pulled a revolver.
pointing it at Harry, Now have you,
g d you" and shot.
Only one shot was fired and the fell.
lows ran west and down the alley.
Harry, although shocked and
stunned rose from his knees, where he
had fallen, and staggered into the
kitchen; going to the door to the back
stairway, he opened it and called:
Papa, come quick, l am shot" Mr..
Pattee had driven to Bayard the day
before and was tired and sleeping
soundly. Others up stairs heard Har.
rvs call for help and awakened his
father, who was down stairs in an in
slant, where he found the victim lean.
ing against the door frame He assist.
ed his son to the sitting room and put
him on the couch. Mr.. Pattee tele-
phoned at once for Drs. Ross and
Trout and notified Central of what
had happened and had Geo. Grier,
Marshal Resser and Constable Dave
Willis called.
The physicians found that the bullet
had entered the right breast just below
the nipple. At first it bled profusely,
but the wound was soon nicely
dressed.
Thursday Mr.. Pattee butchered two
hogs. Friday the meat was cut up,
and part of it was on the back porch,
some being hung up at the porch roof.
The men had taken a ladder that be.
longed there and were helping them
selves to the fresh pork when they
were discovered. They had brought
a gunny sack with them. This was
found, and may furnish a clue. The
porch and it's surroundings have been
roped off and the ladder and pieces
of meat were left just as the robbers
had left them. This precaution was
taken so when daylight came 1t might
furnish a clue.
Abel. Jan. 19--An effort was made
yesterday to secure a confession from
Crandell, accused of the shooting of
Pattee. Sheriff Haines and c. c. Pugh
spent some time in the cell conversing
with Crandell. They visited him to-
gether at first, but later Pugh return.
ed to the Jail and spent half hour
with Crandell. Crandell was not dis.
posed to talk of the crime, and it was
not until told that word had been re.
ceived from Perry saying Pattee's con.
dition is critical and that there was
talk of mob coming over from Perry,
that Crandell would talk. He said:
Let them come. They will not hang
an innocent man, and l am innocent
| knew Pattee only by sight and from
what l had heard of him thought a
great deal of him. l would not harm
him. l was at my fathers house when
the shooting occurred. My wife was
there. | will prove by my father and
mother and my wife that l was there
from p. m. Friday to Z a. m. Satur
day, when gave myself up to the Of
tcers at the expiration of my parole
to be sent back to finish my term here
for hog stealing"
.Crandell denied that he had seen
Mcfarland, the other suspect, on the
night of the murder or the day pre