Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1905-05-24
Little Sympathy Among tho
People of Savanna For thn
Murdered Attorney
PROTECTION FOR SUSPECT
Prominent Businoso Man Who 1t Was
believed Rad Committed tho crin,o
kad Great Provooation. and Is He
Did Shooting citizons Of Town
Would Justify His Act.

Savanna, III. May 24.-After seeking:
valnly for fourteen hours to- securc
,oma tangible evidence agninst tie as
sassin OF former Representative Dan.
iel q. Berry the %coroner's jury returned
y verdict that the attorney ealr,a TO HE
icath from Eunshot wounds inti'etei
by 4 person or perHoaa TO us uiss
Known."
While the jury was unable to secure
evidence that would Justify this arrest
Of any person. II is beloved generally
shruput Carroll county that II pre'.iis
aent business man of Hnvnr,na did the
shooting, w%renkinE vengeance upon
one who had wrecked his home. Sc
universal Is this opinion tfat IT -
yolced by nearly everyone on the
streets Of th!s city, while residents of
other cities in tho county have sefat
requests to the sheriff to be permitted
20 go on tire bond of tho suspected
man should he be arrested, as they de
not d~esire.to SEQ him locked behind the
bars,
While they are not expressing IT
from tho housetops, these friends OF
the suspected a do not hesitate TO
say when gathered on tho street cor-
ners that he did nothing more than
MANY Of them would have done, n
they want him to know they approve
his action. The jury perhaps gave the
best illustration OF this feeling when
Coroner Schreiter sent FOR the business
man and asked him what he had to
say. He produced three witnesses be-
sides himself who testified positively
that he was in his store when the
shooting took place.
The final scene of the tragedy Will pc
enacted Thursday afternoon at =
o'clock, when the funeral OF MI. Berry
will take place from st. Pauls Epis-
copal church under the direction OF the
Masonic order. Last night the BODY,
which had lain in the office OF the
dead counselor, was me to the
residence. where the widow and two
daughters awaited its coming.
While 1t is believed that the murder
never. will be solved unless a COMES
sion is made by the guilty person., de-
tectives have been set to work by Or
der of Mrs. Berry, 1t is said, to make
investigation.
The Inactivity of the local authors
ties and their evident sympathy for
the perpetrator of the crime led to
this employment OF outside talent
which has no acquaintance With
either the murdered man or his as
sailant.
Trend Of the Inquiry.
The testimony of a majority Of the
witnesses dealt entirely with events
subsequent to the shooting. The two
telephone operators were closer to
the scene of the crime than any other
person, except the perpetrator, so far
as known. They were unable to tell
more than that they heard the explo-
sion Of the weapon and FASTENED to the
window to sound an alarm. Yet with
in a half hour after that alarm had
been sounded the news was teAephon-
ed over Carroll county that -
had shot and killed Dan Berry"
When called to the witness stand they
knew nothing Of how the crime was
committed or who had fired the fatal
shot. Nor were they any more COM
m%unicative concerning the flashing of
the news to the different sections of
the country.
The quiet investigation" In the
minds of the people of Savanna means
that the incident is closed unless the
detectives employed by Mrs. Berry are
more successful than the quiet investi-
gators who have been busy for the
la ST two ldays.