Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1909-11-02
SHOOT AND KILL MARGINAL p. u
hATToN AS he READ WAR;
RANT FOR THEIR ARREST.
MURDERERs CAPTURED
BY POSSE At oLlppEM
Two Swedish Youths Who Entered
Two Carroll Homo. Do Murder When
Their Arres. is Sought - Hatton
Lived Twenty Minutes After Hsina
shot-ons Robber Slightly Wounded.
srecIal to rlmes- Republlcan.

Special TO Times Republican.
Glidden. Nov. 2,-The city marshal
of Carroll. P. j. Hatton. was shot by
robbers just west OF this place this
morning about $40 o'clock. He was
brought to the office of DIR. J. ]. Desh-
ier by his companion, Frank Walz,
Where he died twenty minutes later.
The murdercrs are two young men
giving the names OF Oscar Larson and
Earnest Lindquist After the shooting
they were followed by the Glidden
marshal. c f. Hagaman. and several
other citizens and overtaken in corn
fseld two miles west of GlIddan. Lind-
quist had been shot in the back hy n
small calher rifle or shot from a
shot gun. but his wound Is not con-
sidered dangerous
Had Robbed T--o Hon.es.
These men had broken into the resi-
dences of Alf Bedford and T. A. f..
Lyman. In Carroll, about IL o'clock
last night. The robbers were discovers
w abp AAit otiIttiS - WE'RE uOtlfleQ, DuI In
the dark the burglars were abba to
elude the officers, 1t was believed that
they had come east toward GlIdden,
and Marshal Hatton and Deputy Frank
Walz came to Glidden with q team to
head them off II they showed up.
Officers Head Them or.
| About o'clock the men wanted were
seen coming down the track from the
west. Hatton and Walz met them and
Hatton started to read his warrant.
when one of the men drew revolver
and began firing. Hatton was hit
/ square in the face. the bullet passing
thru on a downward course. and seysssss
ing some of the arteries of the neck.
| When the shooting began. the
horses which Walz was holding
became excited and IT was with
| difficulty that they could be man.
aged. When Hatton fell the robbers
ran for the railroad track and started
I west. Walz got his companion into the
| buggy and brought him to town. where
he died n few minutes later While the
men ran Walz fired several shots at
! them but failed to hit
Shot Haits the Murderers.
When overtaken in the corn field by
Marshal HaEaman. The murderers tried
to escape by running. but shot from
! Hagaman and the number of men with
him caused them to think better of the
matter. and they surrendered Proba-
bly, fifty men were out from Glidden
when these fellows were captured. and
a hundred we're on their way from Car
roll. Great excitement prevails in Car
roll. where Hatton was popular The
body Of the murdered marshal has been
taken to Carroll in an ambulance
Prisoners Taken to Carroll.
Officers from Carroll came to Gid
den and took charge of the prisoners.
and they are now in the county jaii.
Ugly threats have been made and there
was some fear of lynching. but this
seems to have passed and the prisoners
vii lbe dealt with according to law.
iney are potn young and doubtless or
Swedish parentage. They refused TO
give their place of residence
Lindqust. Ii is said. admitted having
fired the shot that killed Hatton Lind
ouist was himself slightly wounded