Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1906-01-30
THREE MEN WOUNDED
y IN PISTOL DUEL At ELDoN.
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(COnt1nu6d from rage L.
on the main street, and 1t was there
where the shooting occurred. Grow
stepped inside and stood at the cigar
case in the front of the room for a
minute or two. Russell was standing
near the refrigerator at the end of the
bar, twenty feet or more away when
the officer arrived. Russell said:
There's the buzzard." and Crow
claims that he heard other epithets. He
walked to within ten or twelve feet of
where Russell was standing, pulled his
revolver from his pocket and shot.
The bullet went through the ceiling
above Russell's head and the revolver
snapped on the second cartridge.
Cooking the gun with his thumb, Crow
pulled the trigger again and the bull
let struck Russell in the breast.
Battle In the Street.
Crow turned to leave the saloon and
near the door he met Frank Russell,
brother Of the man he had shot. Frank,
who had been across the street from
the saloon, had rushed over as soon as
he heard the shooting, and when he
met Crow the officer ieveled his gun
and fired, the bullet inflicting slight
flesh wound in Russeil's right arm
near the shoulder. Russell returned
weapons at short range on the street
in front of the saloon. Grow was
struck three times. A wound on the
left side of the head is his most SER
ious injury. Another bullet tore away
his left thumb and a third struck him
just below the right knee. Russell re-
ceived but the one wound.
By this time a large crowd had gath
cred. Mrs. Frank Russell, who had
followed her husband to the saloon and
had stood by him during the fighting,
induced him and his brother to go to
the home of Frank, half a block away
from the scene of the trouble. Crow,
bleeding from his several wounds, hur-
ried away in the opposite direction,
and entering hardware store tried
to get mere guns to finish the battle.
Friends prevailed on him however, to
allow the doctors to dress his wounds,
and he was taken home. Not until he
reached his brothers house did Red"
Russell realize his injury He walked
to the Office Of DR.. D. A. Jay, a distance
of two blocks and was cared for there.
After his wound was dressed he be
came faint and was carried to his
home, where he now lies, barely alive.
Frank Russell's wound was only a
minor one and will cause almost no
inconvenience.
Excitement Is Intense.
Great excitement prevailed all night
and 1t was feared that there would be
more shooting. Sheriff Cremer was no
titled and arrived in Eldon, accompa-
MED by Deputy Sheriff Stephens, on
the IL o'clock train. The sheriff plac-
ed Grow and Frank Russell under ar
rest and Deputy Sheriff Stephens
quietly left Eldon with Grow shortly
after / o'clock, driving to Ottumwa,
where the injured man was placed in
the hospital This was considered the
wisest course and it probably prevent
ed recurrence of the fighting. The
Russells have many friends in Eldon
and there were numerous threats of
vengeance that fnai nil tSlfy7y1Sq I Ina
ried out but for snc faysyS11}tReeA,A -. ~
work in disposiYthe sheriff's ouicl
News of Crows ding Of his nrisaner r
in Eldon as soon departure was snraaf
on his way to OttAs Stephens was wei sr
affairs then becaglmwa with Grow. and
=, RusseIl's cine more quiet.
m Russell heckered Career.
Red"N- I'D has had a checkered
career. HIS record is as ruddy as his
hair, which gave him his nickname
He is the son of Patrick Russell an
old citizen of Eldon, and has several
relatives in the town. nearly all Of
Whom are Well-respected people. His
protner, frank, who became involved
In the affair of Saturday night, is sober
and industrious and is employed ais a
brakeman on the Rock Island. RED"
however, has never worked steadily
and In the thirty-five years or more
Of his life he has been the central fig.
lre In more escapades than usually
fall to the lot Of two men. He has
been arrested on scores Of charges
and has served term at the Fort
Madison penitentiary for larceny
His desire for drink has been the
cause Of many of his wrongs and he
has sained the title Of dad man" aa
he result Of his years OF lawIessness
n Eldon. .'-A
But in spite of his many faults
Red" was true friend to those upon
vhom he chose for his pals" The re.
ult is that he collected about him a
gang" that has ruled Eldon for q long
me Only once did "Red" ever meet
is master among the officers of the
aW This was when Sheriff Cremer
'as marshal of the town. He arrested
.ussell one night in the opera house
nd when the prisoner resisted he
IMPLY threw him down two flights of
-alrs and pummelled him into submits
on. Ever after that Red bowed to
remer's will, but when a change of
metals was made Red" resumed his
way. Heshas worried Officer Grow 80 /
ng that the latter came to expect
me kind of an attack whenever {
ussell was at large. About a year ago
row shot at Russell when the latter ]
sisted arrest, but the bullet flew wide
its mark Since that time a feud
IS smouldered between the night 20.
'eman and the tribe of Red
Comes Out of Retirement.
About pecem Der 20 Russell was ar. a
sted for intoxication aud disturbing t
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