Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1908-07-14


Iowa Central shopmen pickets and
strike breakers. which have occurred
4 al intervals ever since the strike began
on April %, came at 6:45 Monday
4 evening, when w. D. Toler, Of Mon
mouth, Ill. shot and killed George w.
Davies. a striking machinist's helper.
Eye witnesses claim that the shooting
!: was not without provocation, and that
Toler acted In self-defense, when
pressed into fight BY four men, in
GLIDING Davies. This statement how
ever, Ii denied by Davies friends who
were with him when ths@killing oc-
Cured.
officer Frank Haas, who was in
I, stantly on the scene. grabbed Toler's
hand while It still srasped the smok-
Ing weapon, and hurried him out of
4 the crowd that Immediately gathered.
Haas took his prisoner to Jail, and a
/ half hour later Sheriff Hutson and
I Deputy Alva Nicholson rushed the
murderer out OF town in an automo-
|. bile to Eldora, where he was placed in
the custody Of Sheriff Tom" Walsh.
Wait for Him While He Eats.
Toler. wnv arrived from Monmouth
only Monday morning, and was placed
An charge Of the Central roundhouse
Is day foreman, had just finished his
supper at Stones RESTAURANT when the
shootin9 occurred. While Toler was
eating the four men were noticed out
side the restaurant, and after paying
Tor his meal, and purchasing meal
4 ticket, Toler stood inside the restau-
i rant for perhaps two minutes before
4 going out on the street. He walked
north. q short half block. to the Mar
ket street corner. Here he was ac-
costed by the four men, and an alter
cation ensued.
Story Of Eye Witness.
An eye witness to the affair, who
had lust arrived on the belated Cen
trail train from the south, and was on
his way up town, saw the entire pro-
ceeding from across the street. While
ne does not care to have his name used
\ until called upon in court to testify.
= no states that he will make oath to the
i following as being the true facts in the
case.
This witness says that he saw the
four men surrounding the one, who
had backed up against the building.
/ He remarked 3okingly to 9 friend with
him that she guessed they must be
killing somebody over there" pointing
directly ACROSS the street. The four
tvan,
peared TO be the object Of attack, and
who seemed to be acting on the defen-
siye. At first. he thought it was per-
haps friendly scuffle. altho the man
in the center seemed to be trying to
get away. Suddenly there was a series
OF Whist sounded like muffled reports.
with the noise one Of the four men
threw UP his hands and fell to the
sidewalk. Just then OFFICER Frank Haas
whom the witness had noticed coming
4 on the run from the depot, grabbed
hold Of the man and took him out Of
the crowd. The witness considers that
the officers prompt action in getting to
the scene and taking the man to jail,
saved further trouble, as the excite
ment was then at a fever heat. The
witness states that he does not believe
the entire transaction covered a period
OF more than few minutes. II
Another Ego Witness Story.
Another eye witness, who refused to
talk unless his name was omitted, but
who was across the street and little
north OF where the murder was COM
rnitted, says he first saw the group OF
men when they were talking, but could
not hear what was being said. He
then says he saw them engage in q.
scuffle, and blows were being struck,
but he would not attempt to say who
was the aggressor. It appeared to
him that the group OF men were pitted
against one Of their number, and ne
thought at first that the scufflins'
would carry them thru the window OF
the Ketchum Il CASTOR building. A.
moment later they got near to the end
of the sidewalk, and the fighting had
not been in progress more than thirty
seconds when he heard the muffled
shots.
Winters Says No Blows Struck.
Charles Winters. who, with Davies,
"Dick" Jones and john Minetor, all
machinists, formed the party that was
together when the shooting occurred,
was seen by the T.-R. Monday night
aDd said that he had been advised by