Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1911-08-03
WILL MILLER SERIOUSLY STAB.
BED IN FIGHT AT GILMAN
HOTEL,
ARCHIE RATTIN WANTED.
CHARGED WITH ASSAULT
Warrant Issued for His Arrest-Es-
earea From Gilman and Disappeared
Miller Carries Eight Wounds. the
Nos. Serious Being in Lung Cavity
Expected to Recover.

J With eiga- knife wounds il his body.
one o. which penetrated the lung cav
.ry. VIII Miller. aged IS years. lies
badly. and it may prove seriously
wounded at Gilman, following a stab
bling ah-ay there late Wednesday night.
Archie Bat1in IS wanted for the as
Sau., a warrant having been issued
from Mayor F R. Ensninger's office,
charging hin. w!ih assaul. with :ntsn.
10 commit great bodily injury.
Batt!., II Is claimed, left Gilman dur
ing the night. and no clue 10 his Where
abouts mad been obtained Up 10 noon
today Miller : KNOWN here. HIS ia
,l,e-. Henry Miller. lives in his city.
Accusation Cause Of Assault.
Accord.p 10 M!ler's sto-!, told 10
Mayor r r Ens,ninger. Of Gilman. i
i probable raaJ rhe cause OF the as
sau!t vas thai Miller accused Batt!n OF
having taken 3 sum % money from
Miller's room II the Gilman hotel.
Battir came TO the hotel two or three
times Wednesday, night bstore his las.
visit about 10; 20, when ne found Miller
there The latter vas .1en in his room
ard he was called down and met Satin
Il. the Office.
Fight Begins on Porch.
Both n4en went onto the porch. buI
the conversation mat ensued there Is
no, known. II IS claimed that Bat,in
struck Miller. and the latter counte-ed
and knocked Mailer OF the porch II!
dong so Miller either tei! or Batt!n
chung 10 him ard dragged him OF. l..
s-riEing the ground M.!ler's head hit a
lawn mower and while ne was lying
there. il i alleged INA. BaIir stabbed
him.
Has Deep Wound in Chest.
Miller 49, lasaed on the right arm
and shoulder IN seven different places
and or IN. Jet, side OF the breast. The
knife blade penetrated the lung cavity.
i: being he most serious ard The deep
ST o. ,he wounds inflicted The
wounded man was gwen uiedica! aid a.
once and while the wound in the breast
: regarded as bad one II is thought
that unless complications develop Mil
Ter will recover. 1t is not thought that
ne knife penettrated the lung itself
To-day Miller IS doing well.
Search for Bat.n.
II j. alleged that Batt.n disappeared
from ne town a. once. Mayor Ensnin-
ger communicated with Sheriff Nichol-
son. who notified all the nearby towns
thar watch might be kept Cor Battin,
and the Gilman mayor pu, out a seach-
ing party OF three. 5u: n the darkness
they could ind no trace Of the wanted
man.
The knife with which the cutting was
done was secured by Mayor Ens.ning=r.
l. is q common jack knife with a mar
row, slender blade three or four inches
n length.
Supposed to Belong in Peoria.
Miller has been in the employ % ].
y. Ward, taking care OF the iatetr's
horses Cor three or four months. Batt!u
came 70 Gilman about June !, and
since then he has beer. working as :,
labore- al various places in ard near
Gilman. He is supposed 10 have come
from Ottumwa or Peoria.
Bdtc!n is described as five feet nine
inches in height, weight IFS pounds.
light complexion, light hair, smooth
round face, slightly dropping eye!ids and
broad shoulders. He is believed TO nave
eft Gila:a,. ba-ateaded.