The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1911-10-08
ORDER Of OWLS
BRINGS BIG SUIT
Another Action Started Against the
parker Shows Saturday Night in
Which $4,000 viii
Be Asked.
MISS BUTCHER SUES
queen Of the Carnival Claims She
Was "stuns" on Diamond Ring
Thompson Fined $40
and Costs.
Carnival Litigation Summarized.

Carnival Litigation ouUUldIiIco.
Friday-Action started in Burrows
rourt charging r. w. Thompson with
attempting to extort money from
Frank NJ Ballinger, carnival promo
Ter: charge of assault and battery filed
in superior court by. Ballinger- against
same defendant.
saturday, A. MI. @. Beckwith of
carnival company served with original
notice of suit that will be brought in
district court by Miss Myrtle Butcher,
queen Of the carnival, asking $3.50.
Saturday, P. M.-Original notice of
$4,000 damage suit served on five
members of the carnival company,
which will be filed on or before Octo-
Der 10 in the district court on behalf
Of the Independent Order of Owls un-
der whose auspices the carnival ap-
reared here.
Saturday, P. Mr.. w. Thompson
fined $40 and costs by. Judge w. L.
Mcnamara Of the superior court, who
found him guilty of the crime of as
sault and battery on the person of At
torney Ballinger.
This morning the peaceful citizens
Of Keokuk are slowly awakening from
their nightmare of the past week. New
er in the history OF the city has such
carnival been staged-one that has
been utterly and entirely without a
single redeeming feature To be sure
there was crowd out Saturday night,
but It was only the young people who
decided to make the most of the last
night.
Litigation upon litigation has piled
up and still the legal pot is being
crammed to its lid. Saturday Miss
Myrtle Butcher started the ball again
by sig1iiyfng her intention of bringing
suit and Saturday night Attorney Bal.
lnger had an original notice served of
$4,000 damage suit which the In.
dependent Order Of Owls will push.
And, while all of this was going on R
W Thompson was being found guilty
OF assault and battery on Attorney
Pallinger, and there is another charge
that he must face in the justice court
When will it cease?
The $4,000 Damage Suit.
The Parker Shows. G. W. Parker
Con. I. Kennedy, Ned Stoughton and
l, G, Beckwith are the defendants
VINO will be named In the $4,000 dam
age suit which the Independent Order
) OF Owls will file in the district court
here on or before Tuesday, October
70 according to the original notice
served or them Saturday night. The
owls claim that the Parker Shows
nave failed to fulfill their contract. Ac
cording to Ballinger the carnival com
pany agreed to bring nineteen shows
iohr OF them to be of a mechanical
llature. The company came here tel
SHOWS short he claims. Whatevel
humber the carnival people came tt
keokuk with they are condemned b,
public opinion. None of the show,
were great and the outfit generally wal
frost.
Miss Butcher is Peeved.
The queen of the carnival, Miss Myr
ne Butcher. the pretty Hotel Keokul
clsar store lady, is peeved. and sh'
Undoubtedly has right to feel SO
me lpshot Of her soreness of minc
ia $3.50 damage suit, the original no
ucc of which was served on L. c
necKwith Saturday morning. 1t wal
ail brought about because Miss Butch
- after being crowned queen, wa
presented with a diamond ring tina
could hardly be seen by person will
slasses on. The diamond Is so small
taat person must have magnifyini
sass to see 1t. and then only afte
'ooklng double. jewelers. of Keokul
bay 1t Is worth about s35-per dozer
Claims Misunderstanding.
MISS Butcher says that it was he
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