The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1924-07-24

times before and I decided that
wouldn't stand for it. / was on the
second stairway landing Es he started
upstairs and when he was on the first
landing l shot him. / don't know just
what happened after that. shot him
because he beat me and my mother.
Father was on the bottom step coming
upstairs and he said 'T'll get you
Marshall was booked on a charge of
attempted murder and after he had
been sent to the cell, police officers
went and got some clothing for him.
Mother Not at Home.
Mrs. Marshall, the mother of the
boy, was not at home at the time of
the shooting. She has charge of the
playground for children at the Sim
mons Palace of Sunshine for the after
moons and she did not get home until
after the wounded husband and father
had been taken to the hospital. DR..
A. L. Christopherson was called to at
tend the wounded man and later he
was removed to the hospital in the
police ambulance. Miss Minnie Mar
shall, daughter, went to the hospital
with her father and later her mother
reached the bedside. Mrs. Marshall
was overcome with grief as a result
of the tragedy and friends took her
from the hospital in an effort to re-
store her composure. Later she re-
turned to the hospital and remained
much of the night with her husband.
During the evening Doctors Richards
and Kesky poined DR.. Christopherson
in caring for the wounded man and
relatives were called to the hospital to
give of their blood to save Marshall
from collapse. From the first there
had been no hope of saving Marshall's
leg. The charge from the shot gun
had entered the back portion of the
leg at the knee and had torn away
the ligaments and the veins causing
Marshall to suffer terribly from loss
of blood and shock.
Sister Crushed by Tragedy.
Miss Minnie Marshall, the sister of
the young man, was crushed by the
tragedy and when seen at the hos
pital an hour after the shooting she
declined to make any statement. She
said that she did not know what had
caused the trouble between her father
and that she would rather not talk
about it at all. Other members of the
family were equally reticent. Miss
Marshall repeatedly asserted that she
had come into the house only few
minutes before the shooting. She ad-
mitted that she had pleaded with her
brother not to shoot.
An investigation of police records
showed that Marshall had made a com
plant to the police on the Fourth of
July claiming that his father had
beaten his mother but no arrests were
made at that time.
Both father and son are employees of
the Nash Motors company, the boy
working In the brass department, and
the father in the foundry.
The boy said that his father had
claimed that he had been the cause Of
troubles in the home and that on that
account he had declared his willing
ness to leave home and find a new
boarding house some time ago. He
said that this arrangement did not
meet with the sanction of his father
and he had remained at the house.
Father to Aid Son.
This morning at the hospital, the
injured father. having recovered some
what from the shock of the tragedy,
gave indication that he would not aid
In the prosecution of his son but would
rather help the lad out of the diff
ficulties. The father directed the wife
and mother to secure the best at
torney possible for the boy and said
that he would pay for 1t.
The son on the other hand was hard
ly 80 ready to forgive and forget Ee
stated that he was sorry that his IA
Their would lose one leg but maintain
ed even this morning that he had shot
in self defense and because he did
not Intend to be beaten I'D again"