Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1912-01-27
ASSYRIAN fEuD
CAUSESSTABBINC
JOSEPH koREY HELD FOR AS
sAULT WITH INTENT TO MUIR.
DER HIS BRoTHER.lN-LAW
TRIED TO SHOOT HIM
When Knife Failed to Reach Youths
Breast, Assyrian Tried to Shoot
Him But Gun FaiIed-Feud
Has Caused Two Deaths.

Has Caused Two Deaths.
The fierce hatred of family feud
which started in their fatherland OF
Assyria and in which two have met
death, has sequel here last night.
Joseph Korey, aged about twenty
eight. is charged with making des-
fperate attempt to take the life OF his
brother-in-law Louis Joseph, aged
seventeen, at the Courtney grocery
store on Iowa avenue about 1880 last
might Korey is claimed to have
rushed at young Joseph with knife
and aimed blow at his breast. The
active youth caught the knife on his
left arm and the blade penetrated
deeply into the muscle. Failing in
this, witnesses declare, Korey drew a
revolver and aiming it at the young
man who was making a frantic en-
deavor to escape, pulled the trigger
several times, but the cartridges failed
to explode. Korey was arrested a
short time later by Night Captain Mat
Mier and Patrolman Jack Smith and q
search revealed two revolvers, one of
which was hidden in the bed at
Korey's home. In police court this
morning, Korey was charged with as
sault with intent to commit murder.
He pleaded not guilty and his prelim-
|fnary hearing will be held later. He
gave a cash bond of $500 for his ap-
pearance. .-
Youth Terrorized.
Young Joseph declared today that
lie went into the Courtney grcery to
buy some candy. With the rest of his
countrymen he Is employed at the
packing house. Several of his fellow
workmen we're in the place. He re.
ceived his candy and was just about to
leave when he asserts Korey con-
fronted him with knife and made
lunge for the youth, who managed
to escape the first attack. Korey Is
then said to have bounced on Joseph
and before anyone could interfere,
lifted the knife above his head to send
it home into his breast. The youth
states that he partially freed himself
and threw up his arm, only to receive
the narrow blade in his muscle.
Joseph then managed to escape but be-
fore he could get out of the door, the
witnesses say Korey drew pistol and
pulled the trigger but the gun failed to
go of. The lad, terribly frightened,
ran every step of the way to the po-
lice station, with the blood running
down his arm Breathlessly he told
what had happened and Night Cap
tain Mier and Officer Smith immediate.
ly started for the scene. 1t was not
long before they captured Korey.
Several Assyrians who were in the
place stated today that Korey has
threatened the life of Joseph on many
occasions. He seemed, they assert, to
be continually on the hunt for Joseph
and several times came into the LOAF
ing places Of the Assyrians in the east
end and asked if they knew where
Joseph was. s Il
The Result Of Feud.
The scrape last night was the prose
cution of feud that started in the
old country The fierceness Of these
Assyrian feuds rivals those of the
before the war. The rela-
tives take them up and push them
unto death. Two have met death in
this family hatred and it has just
started. Young Joseph declared today
that Korey married his sister in the
old country before they came here
about three years ago. Not long ago
the two families quarrelled and the
bitter feud was started. A brother Of
Korey, Joseph states, killed two of his
(Joseph's) relatives in Assyria just a
short time ago. Although these men
here know nothing of the trouble ex-
cept what they have learned through
communication, the brothers-in-law
have taken up the quarrel in this
country and the climax came last
night Young Joseph, who speaks
English fluently and who has become
very much "Americanized,' declares
that he realizes that he is not in the
mountains of Assyria and that free
America will not stand for Assyriani|
feuds. The young man declares that
he has learned that here murder is
murder. He therefore refuses to fol-
low the Assyrian feudal custom, but he
states that his brother-in-law does not
realize that he is in different country
and that feudal strife is considered
murder here. He is deathly afraid that
Korey will kill him If he is liberated.
He, stated that one of Korey's friends
offered him 500 this morning to drop
the case. But the youth declares that
he will prosecute it to the end.
The attorneys in the case will de.
eide upon the time of preliminary
hearing within day or two. Judge
Hendershott stating that he will hear
it at any time. -
their aunt Mrs Barbara Kreikenbaum