Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1920-05-31
FORTY-THREE
ARE WOUNDED
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Charges of Shot Scattered
Into Big Crowd When
Salute Is Fired.
ONE LOAD RIPS
OFF GUN BARREL
Squad of World War Veterans Firing
vo!leys Over Grave of Dead A..
cidentally Shoot Up crowd-Four
Seriously, One Perhaps Dangerous
y, Wounded in crowd - Used
Loaded Shells.

y, Wounded in crowd = Used
Loaded Shells.
Forty-three were wounded. one
probably dangerously and four others
SO seriously that two, and perhaps
three, will lose the sight of one eye
when the misdirected charge of a shot
gun tore off the barrel of another gula
of a firing squad and scattered two
charges of shot into q crowd Of hun
dreds Of people at 1.-The Memorial day
exercises in the Liscomb cemetery
Sunday AFTERNOON. Eight members OF
Harry E. Powers Post, No. 81, Amer
lean Legion, of Liscomb, were in ths
firing squad.
Dividing, the squad ranged them
selves, four ON each side Of the grave
OF the veteran In whose honor the
post is named. Pointing the guns
upward at quite a sharp angle. the
pass in the air in their fight.
Charge Cuts Gun Barrel.
Two salutes had been fired success
fully and no one was hurt, In spite
Of the size of the crowd, which had
been drawn out of range, and the
fact that shells with probably No.
shot were being Ared. At the third
volIey the tragedy occurred.
"A veteran. whose correct name
could not be learned, but who is a
Frenchman and known at Uiscomb as
responsible. He was not familiar
with handling a shot gun, It is said,
his. gun struck Tho.
barrel Of the gun held opposite him
by John Clifford. tearing Off tho ectl
OF Gifford's gun. The fragment OF
the barrel and the charges from both
guns were scattered in all directions
into the hundreds Of spectators.
Few Badly Injured.
The most seriously wounded are:
Mrs. Bart st. Clair. Conrad: Shot
wound in a vein Of the neck.
Up to late this forenoon the shot
had not been located as an X-ray had
not BEEN taken. Her condition is re.
earded as serious and perhaps dan
gerous. She was removed to the,
Deaconess hospital.
Carl Hyatt, r. F. D., city: Shot in.
both eyes; pellet believed to have en-.
tered right eye-ball and may cause
loss Of sight. Brought to the Deacon
ess hospital
Wilson Grammer, Liscomb: Shot
In right eye-ball; will lose sight of
eye; wounded in cheek and head.
Removed to the Deaconess hospital.
Charles Wensel. Iiscomb: Shot in
4 right eye-baA; win lose sight OF eye:
wounded in nose, chin and head. Re-
moved to the Deaconess hospital.
George Grace, Liscomb: Wounded
scalp and face. Thirty shots pene-
trated his hat without hitting his
head.
Others Wounded Slightly.
The following others were all
wounded. but only slightly. In some
cases they were peppered on the
clothing that protected them. A few
had wounds In the face, neck and
head, but none of them are thought
serious:
Three children Of Mrs. Bart st.
Clair. Mrs. Emmett Smith, Mrs
Theron Denbow, Finley Hilsabeck,
Mrs. Roy Elliott, Mrs. Vienna Carter,
Mr. and Mrs. Win Grouse and son,
Gene. D. G. Bauman. J. d. Parker,
Mrs. Frank Marshall, William Nc
Kibben and two children, j. w.
Schiebel. Adam Weimer. Mrs. Mabel
Nitow, Mrs. SADIE Bueghly, Mrs. Cor
don Ewalt, Mrs. Fred Bueghly, Mas
ter John Small, Rev. R. H. Musgrave,
Carl Denbow, Dilla Boyd. Mrs Frona
Scott, Miss Beth Knox, Mrs. S. b.
8 Smith, Miss Dorothy Bolts, Mr.. Os-
borne. and Miss Gladys Grace, all of
Liscofnb: Gertrude Biersborn, Union;
Mrs. Robert Black, Waterloo: Marie
Scott, Greene: Miss Lou Hanneson,
Des Moines and Mrs Hauser, Char
.itoh.
Confusion Follows Accident.
For a short time wild confusion
marked what had been a moment be-
fore the quiet of the cemetery that
had been broken twice by the vol
sleys of the firing squad. The crowd
Inilled about, women screamed and
the wounded were crying with pain.
Quickly a semblance of first aid was
organized and automobiles were
speedily secured and the injured
were hurried to the office Of DR.. P.
L. Marble, where, with the assistance
of DR.. G. G. Steelsmith, of Atlanta,
Ga, first aid was administered as
rapidly as the physicians could work
The four most seriously wounded
were hurried to the Deaconess hos
pital In automobiles, where Dr. R,-F.
french and DR. r. E. Keyser were
placed in charge OF the cases. The
condition Of the wounded here to-
day was considered as good as could
be expected considering the nature
OF the wounds.
Wanted to Make Noise.
1t was given out at Liscomb that
the shooting up of the crowd was
due to an accidental explosion of a
shell That the tragedy was acci-
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