Grand Forks herald. [volume] (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1916-1955, 1922-04-29
TWENTY nine
men In
AT BEARDSIOWN


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Nashville, ILL.,, April 5o-(By
tne Associated Prcas.)-Barfacad-
ed In boxcars into which they are
said by the states attorney 70
have been driven by attacks of
ae1tators, and eoaded to tho point
OF fury, . gang of - Greek
maintenance Of way men Of the
Chicago, Burlington q Quincy
railroad at the flooded town of
Frederick, last night mistook tho
peace efforts OF . sherins force
and shot and killed Sheriff I'd
ward IAashb1O0k and Depufaeo
Carl Nen and Frank Utter Of
Schuyler county.
ONLY ONE ESCAPED.
Deputy Sheriff James N. Kelly
of Rushviue was the only one az
the shcri0's peace force to eocanc
death. (.
Two Greeks are stin 1t Iarre
and 70 are under arrest It TIE
city jail at Bearslstown.
Return of the body OF Sheriff
1lashbrOOk to Rushville, Accord
Ing to States AttOrney PAM
Morning, has made the bringing
OF the captured Greeks to the
county jail here 'timpoesibsc.n
Feeling over the death OF the
sheriff was declared to be It il,e
boiling point. ,.,5, 7, 5'3
At Beardstown jail tho Greek.
maintained silence except to enter
general denial of guilt.
"Rver rats" was tho way IN
which States Attorney Mornb,x
described the alleged labor aaEi-
tators who had attacked tho
Greeks
Trouble Started Recently:
Trouble commenced soon after the
section gang came here" Mr.. Morn
ing said. 'Agitators gathered about
the boxcars housing the Greek work
ers and sent the xrItan .uleimatuin u
quit their Jobs or suffer the conse-
quences. That gave rise to shootings
which continued three nights.
when Sheriff Lash brook and his
three deputies went to the Greeks last
night. 1t was to protect them. Deputy
Carl Neff had had a conference with
The ringleaders and had told them
They found them barricaded in
boxcars. with railroad ties placed
against the doors.
las Nefr drew away from the cars
the Greeks. and started
with the three other men down the
track. two shots rang out from the
hillside a distance away. 1t seemed
it was pre-arranged signal. Imme-
dtately volley of 80 guns or more
flashed out. Streaks Of fire came from
every one of the cars containing the
Greeks.
Sheriff Lashbrook fell first and
n w
Beardstown. ILL.,. April 29.-One un-
identified man was shot early today
by a posse which was seeking to ar
rest four or five men wanted in con-
nection with the killing last night Of
Edward Lashbrook, sheriff of Shuyler
and two Of his deputies, for
which % maintenance of way work
ers are held in the city Jail here. The
posse was led by j. M. Kelley. u
deputy sheriff who was with Sheriff
I4ashbrooks force but who esca ped
unhurt.
Another man said to have been
housed in the cars from which the
volley which killed the officers was
fired. was arrested early today at
Browning. ILL.,. FIVE miles from here.
Ofhcers said he carried shot gun
shells. pistol cartridges and razor.
The slain deputies were Carl Neff,
who died two and one-half hours aft
er the shooting and Frank Utter. who
with the sheriff, was killed instantly.
Story Reads Like Fiction.
Stories of the shooting at Frederick,
and the subsequent arrest OF 2S sec
ton hands. charged with the killings,
as they jumped from the Chicago.
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pulled into Beardstown, equal the
widest fiction.
These Greeks, who three weeks
ago, when flood water was at its high
est, We're ordered out of BeardstoWn,
were charged with nightly, trouble
at Frederick where they were
brought by the G. B. & @. railroad
this week to repair tracks damaged
by food waters. Sherif LAshbrook
with three deputies approached the
mems box car homes last night To
arrest some OF them and warn the
others to be peaceful. !Sy y 3s5. te35 t.33s
A volley heard across the flooded
river rang out al the quartet stepped
on the. station platform. Three 81
the four fell. Deputy J.. N. Kelly felt
the whizz Of bullets and jumped 70
safety behind q corner OF the statton.
From that point he says. he NV the th
men in a body rush to the G. B. GO.
train which had Just pulled
into the station from the north . ths
shooting ceased. Some othsls San u
the opposite direction.
u - Waited for Train.
Acrom the river. Chief of pOlse1
Robert Patterson gathered fcur ar III
polcemen about him and waitsd tok