The Oskaloosa herald. (Oskaloosa, Mahaska County, Iowa) 1885-1919, 1913-09-25
At BOLTON
Mrs. Joe Hoskins Shoots and Kills
VIM. Perry at Beer Party.

Wllllam FERRY dead, Joe aOSklns
stabbed and his wife in Jail to answer
for the killing is the after result Of
a little beer party that occurred Mon
day evening at the house of one B.
Edwards at Bolton.
Just what did occur in the house as
the cause of the ruction that ended in
the killing is in dispute. Some say
THAT Mrs. Hoskins shot to protect her
ened her. Others say that the man
who was killed attempted to stop a
quarrel, that Mrs. Hoskins shot to
save her husband who was being
stabbed. and that her shot was in
tended for Sidney Perry.
| 1t appears that company of col
ored people, six or eight persons
were at the Edwards place drinking
beer. Much talk went round. Ev-
cry one was seemingly in good humor
and no one wanted any trouble.
Some one started something" ac,
cording to the story told by those on
the ground. Joe Hoskins wanted to
| go out of a door and he and Sidney
Parry got into 'tangle" Just what
constitutes a "tangle" is uncertain,
but that is the way the witnesses to
the scene indicate what took place.
Then comes the knife play. William
Perry, the man who stopped the bull
let, is said to have either gone to the
assistance of his brother and he did
CombatantS.
Mrs. Hoskins at this juncture, see
ing the knife play, called out to "let
up on that kind of work. And here
again the story grows vague. Some
say it was Will Perry who told the
woman to shut up. that he would get
her too, and started for her. knife in
hand, when she shot and halted him
with shot from a revolver which
she suddenly brought into the game.
Another line on the occurrence of the
moment is that Sidney Perry was the
cause of Jos. Hoskins suffering, did
the cutting, and in attempting to help
her husband the woman missed Sid
ney and her bullet found Judgment in
the breast of Will Perry.
Be that as it may, the shooting was
done at rather close quarters-so
close that the clothing of the wound
ed man was set atire by the flash of
the gun. The fire was put out by
some of the party in the room.
After the confusion of the occasion
had passed, some one thought to get
a doctor. Perry was bleeding badly.
officers were notified and Sheriff |.
NJ. Reed was sumomned from Oska-
loosa. The colored man lived little
while after the arrival of the county
officers, dying about 9:15 o'clock.
Coroner f. NJ. Cheesman was notified
and took charge of the remains. An
inquest will be held to determine the
truth of the affair, if possible, and to
place the responsibility.
Mrs, Hoskins was arrested and is in
jail, being brought to town by the
sheriff. sf
Perry's body was brought to town
last night. The fellow was shot
through the top of the right lung and
death resulted from hemorrhage at
tendant.
William H. Perry, the dead man,
was about twenty-six years of age.
He came to Bolton from Wyanet, Iii
nois, where he has a wife and child,
OLA McShS d6O. ne Was q
mine worker and had been engaged
in the mines several years.
Joe Hoskins, or Haskins as some
give it, and his wife Polly, the woman
who did the shooting, came to Bolton
from Des Moines some time ago.
They were concerned in a Tdmpus at
Bolton two weeks ago last Saturday
and were held to answer to a charge
of unlawful assembly.
Postmortem.
Coroner Cheesman, with Doctors
Z. ID. MCLEAN and ]. E. Morgan of
this city, held postmortem ex-
animation this (Tuesday) morn
ing, on the body of the deceased. The
bullet, fired from a thirty-two caliber
revolver, passed through the lungs
and imbedded itself in the spinal col
umn beneath the tenth and eleventh
vertebrae.
DR.. E. ID. MCLEAN was first called
from Oskaloosa and responded. He
found the man who was shot, lying
on the floor in dying condition, talk
ing and complaining. He was past
all assistance and the doctor turned
to give aid to the man who was cut
and was dressing his wounds when
Sheriff Reed and County Attorney
McCutcheon arrived. Mrs. Hoskins
made no attempt to escape but stay
ed at the house. People sat about the
room in which were the injured men
and seemed no more concerned over
the affair than lot of children at in
nocent play.
Mrs. Hoskins takes the matter cool.
ly and is little concerned over the
fact that she is charged with the kill
ing of a man. She tells the story of
self-defense and in this she is cor
roborated by her husband.
Sheriff Reed asked her why she was
packing" the gun, and where she OBJ
tanned It. She said she brought 1t
from home because she thought there
might be trouble at the place before
the evening was through.
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