Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1903-09-10
Tragedy at sleepy-Eye,
Mimi, With Some sensa-
tional Side Features
STRANGERS EXCELLENT NERVE
When the Would be Murderer Had the
Whole Town on the Run, Tramp
Appears and Plants Bullet in the
Maniac's Headpiece - The News in
General.

tPitIII ilS uISS III Il liaSGoS Cti'ANssfN
here yesterday afternoon. kimball Is
4 member of the barber firm OF Ham
mond & kimban Mrs. Toonley is an
attractive divorced woman about thirty
years of age, and is the daughter OF
Well to-d do farmer kimball. for two
years, has been boarding at the home OF
Mrs. Toomey, and was, 1t is said, very
much infatuated with her. Instead OF
going to his barber shop as usual in
the morning he remained at the house
Of Mrs. Toomey, and it was at this
time it is reported the trouble began
Kimball accused her of paying her a.
ira ctions to another man.
The quarreling continued until noon
10 dinner. Mrs. Toomey, it is said.
nodded her head at one of the men mo-
towards kimball and winked,
to infer that Kimball was
angry and ugly. The boarder recog-
niZed her meaning and winked in re-
turn, at the same time nodding his
head. meaning he understood.
Kimball saw this performance and
evidently thought a Irritation was go
ing on, for he jumped out of the
chair and began ordering all OF til
boarders out of the house. threatening
to shoot any one who dared to re-
main. A second invitation seemed
and Immediately boarders
We're streaming from every available
door.
The quarreling it is said, continued
until about 5 o'clock in the afternoon
when Mrs Toomey came running out
Of her house and started for the house
of neighbor across the street, Kim
ball following her with revolver In
hand and ordering her to return. Shs
paid no attention to his command an
the house of her neighbor Sc
creting herself in a bedroom. Kim
ball followed and rushing into the bed
room began firing his revolver at Mrs.
Toomey, two bullets taking effect, one
in the shoulder and one in the arm.
He then took her in his left arm and
with the revolver in his right han
started to cross the street to her
home.
By this time a crowd had gathered,
attracted by the shooting and excite
ment. and it was here that City Mar
shall Franz put in his appearance. He
kimball to drop his weapon
and throw up his hands. and Kim
ball replied with two shots at the
marshal. neither of which reached thei.
intended victim, but came very near
hitting some women in the crowd.
The marshal not being an exper'
marksman with his revolver, started
for one of the hardware stores three
blocks distant to get a rifle In the
meantime Kimball had become per-
fectly crazed, and had given orders in
q loud voice to the crowds in every
direction that he would shoot the first
During this excitement Mrs Toomey
succeeded in getting away from him
md rushed into her house, locking the
doors.
Kimball then very deliberately took
a drink from a bottle he had in his
pocket and began making a speech to
the crowd, ordering them again to stand
back, and to advance at the risk of
their lives Several times some person
ordered him to lay down his weapon
but each time he replied with bullet
from his revolver
In his speech he said:
She fooled one man too many, and
thinks she can fool me. I have given
her all the money l earned and now
she turns me down and now goes wink
ing and flirting with others. Toomey
will be glad when he reads this in the
papers and finds what / have done"
BY this time the marshal returned
with the rifle and again ordered KIM
ball to put up his hands and surrender
kimball again shot at the officer, this
time nearly ending his life with a well
directed bullet. Franz was too exhaust
ed to take effective aim, and offered the
rifle to several men standing behind
Trees and ordered them to shoot.
No one seemed anxious to expose his
body and take chances with Kimball,
until an inoffensiye-loo stranger,
who proved to be a tramp thresher,
stepped up and took the weapon. He
walked straight toward Kimball, who
vas toward the opposite side of the
SlIeSl, anu GOltlIliHQeu HiIll To SuTIGIlu-
az. kimball shot again, the bullet pass
ng thru the strangers hat The ,thresh-
ar kept on walking, and when within
.wenty feet of his opponent he saw
once more take aim to fire.
Kimball never pulled the trigger, for
quicker than fash the stranger raised
lis rifle and fired-Kimball dropping
instantly to the ground, throwing his
-evolver ten or twelve feet away as
he fell. The bullet had taken effect in
he top of kimball's head and entered
rom the front.
Medical assistance was then hurried
Mrs. Toomey, who was nearly dead
rom loss of blood. and Kimball, We're
aiken to doctors office for examina-
Jon. Kimball regained consciousness
md excitement being high, the city Of
ieers thought best to remove him to
he hospital at New Ulm, and he was
lurried away. He will recover.
The thresher is the hero of the hour,
out refuses to give his name. On being
he said:
Il am a stranger among you and am
lot looking for jobs shooting my fellow
,reatures nor am | craving notoriety.
saw no one about who would accept
he job meeting that man, and as the
ives of women and children were in
langer I accepted the responsibility,
and would do it again II necessary. l
nope l did not kill him and trust it will
lot be necessary for me to do a job like
his again soon."
The stranger has not been arrested
md probably will not be, as every good