Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1917-01-18

: SHdrSeon.
| Angelo Toeio, a-youns Italian miner.
is at the point of death as the result
! Of a quarrel with Elmer Hill, anothe:
miner. at the latters heme Sunday
afternoon. II as said that Hill became
enraged and as Togo was leaving his
| house he seized a rife and shot him
! in the back. Togio's recovery is con-
! sidered doubtful Hill was brought 10
Charlton and lodged IN Jail. Both are
Z oout n years Of age.
Knoxville.
Ed Patterson, the young Knoxville
miner who had lived over seven weeks
with broken back. fracture sus-
tanned by fal. of slate in the No. 3
mine at this place, died at midnight
| Monday night. Three of the vertebrae
were crushed. split or otherwise frac-
! tured He had been helpiessiy para
| lyzed from the shoulders downward
since the moment of the accident. He
| was 2S years old. she son OF Mr.. and
| Mrs. John Patterson, of Knoxville. Flu
neral and burial were on Wednesday.
Mentezuma.
The jury in the trial of the H. "
| Spencer vs. Q. J. Butler case returned
| a verdict in favor of the plaintiff for
$1,000. The suit grew out Of the sale
| Oh a picture show at Knoxville, which
was owned BY Mr.. Butler and operated
by his SON law. NJ Osman. The bus
| mess was sold 10 H. n. Spencer. who
| later claimed he had wrong inpres-
| sion as TO the amount Of money the
theater made and brought suit for
| $4,000 damages. The defendant as
serted there was no transformation
given Spencer at the time the deal was
| made and if there was any decrease in
patronage 1t was due to management
that followed. Plaintiffs attorneys
filed a motion for a new trial.
centsrvilIe.
Lance Corporal Colin Hunter. who
went from Mystic. Iowa, to join the
coIors in the great war. has gained the
ID. N. c" distinguished conduct
medal) because Of meritorious conduct
| in the machine gun section of the A.
and S. Highlanders. He enlisted 1t
Stenhouse Muir. Scotland. and went to
| France in November, 1915. He was
there made lance corporal in charge Of
a machine gun. On Sept. IT, while the
| battalion was being held up by a heavy
| fire from a cutting in which the enemy
were in considerable force Corporal
Hunter took his gun and crept to Q
position where he had complete view
of the interior of the cutting. Setting
| his gun in position he completely
cleared away the enemy. thereby all
lowing the battalion to advance and
gain their objective. He was wounded
in the action.
! Davenport.
Benjamin Freedman. 1923 Ripley
street, was more or less seriously In
jured and his buggy was wrecked,
when the horse and buggy in which
he was riding was struck BY an auto
mobile at Sixth and Harrison streets
at 1870 O'Clock Monday afternoon. Ac-
cording to the story told by the in
] i:,red mans reiatiyes Mr. Freedman
I was driving south ON HsIIii5vI. stIvvt :.
1.-THE automobile. driven by man
1 whose name has not been learned. was
behind the horse-drawn vehicle. At the
\ intersection, the machine skidded fnt1
the buggy. knocking Mr.. Freedman to
/ the ground. Following the accident,
the automobile allowed up for mo-
ment and then drove rapidly away
The number OF the Garsjs Iowa e4c52
The police have taken steps 10 find the
owner ct the car, and u ~ likely tina,
he will be prosecuted w Mr.. Freed
man.