Missouri Valley times. [volume] (Missouri Valley, Iowa) 1874-1931, 1911-08-17
The Killing Of
MARSHAL Butcher

MARSHAL Butcher
Missouri Vslley has witness, d
the most excl ing twenty-feur
hours of its existence since
Marshal Butcher IVES killed
yesterday afternoon. The whole
town is wrought up over the
affair and business has practic.
ally been suspended while the
citizens have been looking for
the bandits. Every man who
could not give an account of
himself was locked up and it is
thought two or three of the
men they picked up are wanted
for other crimes. Fred With
row, acting as special police.
man last night, called to one
man to stop as he was getting
off the head end of a passenger
train Instead of stopping the
ran began to run and Withrow
fred twice in the air. The fell
low was soon captured and sew
eral dollars worth of iewelry
vas found on him. He had
several ladies' pocket books and
one or two ladies' watches and
looked the part of a profession
n pick-pocket.
While talking with four Of
the men who actually saw the
killing of Butcher, the follow
ing is told: They were sitting
in a clump of willows about two
blocks east of the Updike ele.
vator, on the south side Of the
track, when two strangers
came up and sat down with
them. They were moderately
we'll dressed and did not have
much to say but sat apa,t fro~
the rest and conversed between
themselves. At a few min tie
after 4 o'clock Butcher vale
in and went STRAIGHT to thes
two men and asked them II
stand while he searched them
Butcher was holding his gun at
the time and after celebrating
a few seconds they stood UP
After searching the largest of
the two he started around to
search the other man. Just as
he stepped by the man he had
searched the bandit pulled a
gun and fired, the bullet pene-
trating Butchers lungs. The
other man grappled with
Butcher and held his gun arm
Butcher shot twice before the
second shot was fired by the
bandits, but he was being held
and could not hit either of
them. The second shot fired
by the bandits went through
his left arm. The third shot
penetrated the heart. They
then took Butchers gun and
shells and fled. Butcher lived
about two minutes after he fell
hut was unable to utter a sound.
Marshal Moore was just re-
'urning from Logan and heard
me shots from the train and
got off. He shot at the fleeing
bandits but does not think
either of them were hit. AS
soon as the news reached up.
town several men with shot
guns started in pursuit, but
nothing was seen of the ban
dts. Sheriff Rock was notified
and in an hour after the shoot
ing was on the grounds and
superintendent the hunt. The
sheriff and deputy tracked the
bandits along a small ditch to
the Chas. Pitzer cornfield a mile
south Of this city and every in
dication showed that they were
either in the field or had gone
out on the west side of the
field, which was not probable
on account of several men
working on the tracks on that
side. They followed the foot
prints into the field and found
a handkerchief wet with sweat.
Sheriff Rock sent word to this
city for all the men possible to
come out with guns and sur
round the field. In less than
an hour over one. hundred men,
armed with shot guns, rifles
and revolvers, surrounded the