The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1903-11-11
IOWA
LONG FEj|UD IN IOWA
This One Has Been Of Twenty-one
Years Duration and smacks
Of Kentucky.
Murderous Assault upon Jackson
Terrill, Who Sought to Avenge
Relatives Death.
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Des Moines, Nov. ia feud of twenty
one years standing eliminated In an at
tempted murder at Polk City, twenty
miles north of this place, at an early
hour this morning. Three crimes, result
ing in the death of five men, are woven
into the story Of the feud, which is as
spectacular as anything Kentucky has
produced.
Twenty lone years ago Robert Stubs,
son-in- law of Jackson Terrill, upon whom
the murderous assault was made this
morning, was murdered on the. Terriil
homestead He had sold a carload of
cattle for $500 and placed the money un-
der his pillow. Two n en- entered his
ROOM Stubs awoke and showed fight.
He was killed by a bullet wound in the
chest and his assailants escaped.
Terril, the father-in-law, enlisted, the
services of Robert Clingen, proprietor of
the general store at Polk City, and the
two men contributed $500 each and their
services toward catching the criminals.
Jack Cline was arrested and tried in Polk
county. but proved an alibi. During the
six months Terrill and Clingen worked on
the case they were frequently warned to
give it up. After Cline was acquitted they
redoubled their efforts.
Clingen. in an anonymous letter, was
given a week to leave the state. At the
end of the week he was murdered In his
store at night. "A posse Of Terrilrs and
Clingen's friends chased two men who
were suspected of the crime across the
state for over 100 miles, Mnally capturing
the men after a desperate fight near ALL
dubon. Crawford, one of the men, was
killed in the fight his body being pierced
with fifteen bullets. Hardy, the other,
was taken back to Polk City and ,lynched
the next day by an angry mob, who
hanged him to the stringers of the iron
bridge across the Des Moines. river In
mediately after the lynching Terrill re-
ceived a letter saying: "Your turn will
come next, Jack Terrill!'
Alone When Attacked.
For twenty years Terrill has been wait
ing for the attack. Cline in whose breast
it was believed the secret of the murders
was held, moved from Polk City Ave
| years ago and was killed in fight with
a farmer named Jack Byers In Jasper
| county,
With Cline out of the way Terrill felt
| more at ease. He has, however, slept
! with a loaded shotgun and revolver upon
| his bed for twenty years When the at
tack was made yesterday morning Ter
ril poured buckshot and bullets from his
house, wounding one of the men who
sought entrance. Many of the shots were
| returned.
The men had opened the window to
| Terrill's room and the old man, who had
lived alone for ten years. since the death
| of his wife, awoke. The attacking party
escaped in buggy, and altho blood
hounds were, put on the trail inside OF
| five hours, the men have not been traced
Butter Law Upheld:
Judged. A. Howe this afternoon handed
down opinion uphelding the Iowa but
| ter law in the case Of the state VS.! the
Armour Packing company. The Armour
Icompany is under Indictment for selling
and offering for sale and to common car
! riers substitutes for butter, so colored as
to resemble the real dairy product of milk
and cream from cows. The company de-
INJURED from the indictment on the ground
that the state had not named the person
or persons to whom alleged substitute fol
butter had been sold. AZ F.sS
The court holds that the indictment Is
good and that the state need not name
/ the person or persons. The court also
holds that the dairy law Of Iowa is con.
4 stitutional in the first test case ever
i brought by any Of the large packing com.
panies attacking the validity of the law
Not Guilty OF Bribery
Judge Given directed verdict Of no
i guilty in the case of the state vs. Johr
Daley, the Des Moines constable charged
4 with bribery Daley is indicted under
five counts, charging a systematic hold -u1
Of druggists and houses of ill-fame Z
Il The court directed the verdict on thu
ground that the state had not proved tina
Daley had a warrant when he entered
Spauldings drug store, and hence tn,
bribery, If there was any, was not unde
official guise.