Emmons County record. [volume] (Williamsport, D.T. [i.e. N.D.]) 1884-current, 1921-03-24
sCHuCK swEARs OUT WARRANT
Takes His Trouble Direct to Attorney
General Complaint Declares That
His Opponent Separated Him From
8 Four 0f His Teeth.

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III an ''attair Of honor" in which he
became involved. Later developments
Indicate that Schuck is satisfied that
He received q thorough whipping at
the hands of Joe Fischer, ex-service
man, and associated with his father
III the First State Bank of Strasburg.
Sckuck went to Bismarck and se-
cured q criminal warrant from the at
torney general, without having gone
hear ths states attorney. w. "A. An
aersoh, socialist deputy to VIM. Lem
lie, has sent the complaint to States
Attorney Coventry with instructions
to prosecute, and with = notation
that q representative Of tha attorney
generals Office will come mere to as
sist in the prosecution.
Schuck has been a director in the
Consumers Stores Co., has been in
terested in collecting Consumers
Stores notes on the Strasburg store,
and claims to have money coming
from the league concern, which re-
Gently went bankrupt.
The Record is informed that the
trouble at strasburg between Schuck
and the Fischers resulted from Gus
tody Of several consumers stores
notes. It seems that the Fischer.
bank had at one, time made a loan
to the Consume5s Stores Co., and had
later secured possession Of bunch Of
farmers notes which they were col
Letting to make good the Joan, which
remained unpaid. In the absence of
s.. A. Fischer, Schuck is said to have
secured several Of the notes from Joe
Fischer on an agreement to collect
the notes for the bank. When s. A.
Fischer became aware of; the fact, eff
forts were at once, made to recover
possession of the notes from Schuck.
ION Mareh 2 ths s chuck was :iina Stras-
burg On bdsfness with the Consumers
|s.store there and was asked to step
|intp the First State Bank. S.. "A.
Fischer then requested the return Of
the notes. Schuck refused. Loud
words followed, and 8. A. Fischer
and Schuck started to step outside the
Thank to. settle their, differences. As
they were gcing through the doorway,
Schuck is alleged to have turned and
struck Fischer just above the eye,
knocking. his glasses off and injuring
him slightly. It is said that Joe
Fischer, seeing the move, rushed to
the scenes Of operations. Fischer is
a well-knit young man, and quickly
demonstrated his superiority over
'Schuck on the "feld Of honor" All
parties agree that Schuek thereupon
received the real licking of his entire
life. The complaint alleges that he
had four teeth knocked out, that his
face and head was cut and bruised,
and all parties present seem to be
Unanimous in agreeing that at least
that much happened, all right.
It seems that Schuck then hied him
seh to Bismarck, passing up The
states attorney, to secure his com.
lphint from the attorney general di.
lrect. Mr.. Anderson in his letter
states that Schnck was informed that
/ he should have gone to the states at
torney, but that the warrant was is-
sued nevertheless from the attorney
I generals office.
Schuck has been sort Of precinct
Ileague manager for the Nonpartisans
4 IN Marie township, and has always
been the league Judge at the various
elections. a. :
The Record understands that in ad-
dition to the criminal action Schuck
is also institut;ng a $4,000 damage
action against the Fischers. His at.
torney is said to be one Charles L.
Crum, Of Mandan.- Crum is the law
\ yer that received considerable no
toriety during the primary last sum-
mer. During the war he was district
judge in Montana, was thrown out OF
Office by the Montana legislature for
disloyalty, and settled at Center, N.
D. There he was candidate for the
| Legislature on the league ticket, but
withdrew when the local legion post
air.od h;a diu1n1,o1 ronnrd Tho -o,o,,I