Chariton courier., 1921-09-09

place in Milan Saturday, August 81,
when Marshall P. E.. Ryan shot Dali
las Colwell, "a years old, son of Rob-
ert Caldwell of Milan.
Young Coldwell, with several other
men and boys, were on the roof of
the garage building owned by ]. ].
Hoffman and run by Ray Yardley on
Third street, across the street from
where the AL G. Barnes circus tent
was pitched. They were looking over
the side of the tent at the show.
There was no top on the tent and
when up on the building anyone could
see the performers in the circus
rings. Marshall Ryan ordered the
men from the building and when they
refused to come down he fired his
pistol and at the crack of the gun
young Caldwell dropped to the roof
with a wound in his neck, the bah
having entered the front part of the
left side of the neck and passed be-
meath the muscle for about three in
ches, then passed outside between the
two jugular veins.
At first it was thought the young
man would die and feeling was very
high among the large crowd present
who either saw the shooting or were
nearby. Talks of lynching Mar
shall Ryan were heard on every side,
but cooler heads prevailed and the
feeling soon subsided.
A representative Of the Standard,
after fully investigating the shoot
ing, interviewed some who were pres
ent and secured the following state
ment from the marshall.
81 was at the entrance to the show
ground about three oHlock in the
afternoon on Saturday when one of
the young fellows who works in the
Yardley & Co. garage on Third street
came to me and asked me to get the
boys off the roof, saying they feared
they were tearing it all to pieces. /
sent Frank Woods to the garage and
told the men to get off the roof. He
came back and said they wouldn't get
off. 1 then went to the garage AMI
said, Boys, please get off this build
ing; this man don't want it torn all
to pieces The ones with their feet |
hanging over the front of the build
ing got off the roof and the others
got back further on the roof out OF
my sight. then told them the sec
ond and the third time to come down
off the roof. Some few came down
and the balance remained. Then L
pulled my pistol from my pocket and |
fired straight up in the air. When
fired l was standing on the edge of
the sidewalk about eight feet from
the side of the building and did not
see anyone when I fired. Instantly
after fired, or simultaneously, two
shots were fired in quick succession
from the show tent and l think one
of those shots hit young CALDWELL"
Sam Wright's Statement
Samuel Wright, who works at the
Yardley Garage, said: 81 was up OH
the roof with the rest of the boys
and got scared for fear the roof
would break in, because it is not 4
very strongly built roof. l got off
and asked Marshall Ryan who l must
see to get the boys off the roof. He
said the manager of the garage woul
have to get them off himself. l did |
not see the shooting.
Marshall Ryan Arrested
Sheriff Neal Rouse arrested Mar
shall Ryan Sunday on a state war
rant, it being issued on complaint |
prepared by Prosecuting Attorney w. |
F. Calfee, charging felonious assault |
with intent to kill and sworn to by |
Robert Caldwell, the father of the |
Young man who was shot. Ryan was
then taken before ]. M. Dormer, jus
tice of the peace, where a continuance |
bond was fixed at a sum of $1,000, |
which was duly executed and the de