Evening times-Republican., 1913-12-17
DELMAR MAN SHOT ~ NEGROES
IN ATTEMPTED HoLo.uP sue. y
cuMes TO WOUNDS.
MURDER CHARGE Preferred,
AGAINST THREE UNDER ARREST
Blacks in Jail at Cedar Rapids May Be
Taken to Clinton Whers They Will
Be Tried on Murder Charge - Dead
Man Apparently Failed to Realize
Ser iousness of Situation.

Clinton. Dec. 17.-Following the death
of William Wilson of Delmar, the
young man who was shot last Thursday
night by negro thugs who later were
arrested in Cedar Rapids and are being
held there on a charge Of shooting a
detective, charge OF murder has been
preferred against the three men and
the crime will be investigated by the
January grand jury.
Mr.. Wilson died at o'clock last
night as result of the wound he re-
ceived at the hands of the negroes last
week. The bullet struck him in the
back, just below the shoulder blade and
near the spine. 1t followed rib, which
1t spliniered, and lodged in the breast
Mr. Wilson was suffering from cold.
and his physician gives the opinion
that the bullet wound and compiica-
tions which followed the injury, were
the direct cause OF his death .~
Mr.. Wilson was about 33 years of
age. He is a brother-ir-law of Frank
Lallaff, the we'll known pitcher, and is
survived by his wife and four small
children. He was employed as chick
en-picker in the Deimar cold storage,
May Take Negroes to Clinton.
Altho the three negroes are held in
Cedar Rapids on the charge of assault
With intent to commit murder. it is
probable that they viii be brought to
Clinton 10 face the more serious charge
of murder. ard will be tried at the
January term of the district court
which opens on the sixth of the month.
~
Wilson is being held today at the Del
siding. County Attorney William T.
oakes or his deputy, Attorney ]. E.
Purcell. will attend the inquisition for
the state.
Claim Crime Was Unprovoked.
The shooting of Wilson was wan
ton and unprovoked crime, according
to stories told by witnesses.
The three negroes entered the Del
mar saloon last Thursday evening
with drawn revolvers. and with oaths
ordered the men in the establishment
to throw up their hands. With the ex-
ception Of Wilson, all complied at once
Wilson did not seem to realize the true
state OF affairs as quickly as did the
others, or he might not have heard the
command. AT any rate he was slow in
complying with the negroes demand
and turned half around to look at the
black men, with one hand in his over
coat pocket. A few seconds. later one
of the thugs fired az him, 1.-The bullet
passing thru his body.
"eouncer" Was Draws.
a man named keegan Is employed
in the saloon. performing the duties
commonly discharged, by the "boun-
Ger" in a small town saloon Keeaan
sized up the hold-up men and ran be-
hind the bar where a revolver was
lying. He snapped the weapon three
times at the negroes but the gun fall
ed to work. The negroes backed out
of the place without accomplishing
their evident purpose of robbing the
cash drawer and the men in the estab-
lishment.
They ran across country to Dewitt
and got No. there. riding to Cedar RAJ
pids. On their way to Cedar Rapids
they established sort OF reign OF ter
ror on the train, shooting at members
of the train crew who attempted to put
them off. bullet grazing the cheek of
Conductor Ed Moran of this city. At
Cedar Rapids, in fight which follow
ed an attempt to arrest them by the
city ponce Aetecti'e JosePi f>i w n
was shot thru the feshy part of the
thigh and seriously injured, tho he is
now recovering.
Negroes Worked Near Dsmar.
The three negroes, who gave the
names OF Joseph Cooper. Mud Robin
son and Charles Norris, had worked
during the summer with Milwaukee
construction gang IN the vicinity OF
Delmar They quit work recently and
went to Chicago. returning to Delmar
last Thursday afternoon. 1t is said
, they boasted around the town Of Del
mar that they would make $500 be-
fore Christmas"
1t appears that all three of the men
can be convicted Of murder. irrespec-
tive Of which man did the shooting. or
even if this fact can not be establish
ed, new legislation in Iowa making the
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