Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1931-10-13
IOWA CATTLE TEST
WAR FLARES AGAIN
500 Farmers Storm Jail to
Release HeckIer of
Militia.

BY the Associated Press.
NEW LONDON, Iowa, October Is
Hostility of Southeastern Iowa farmers
to the State compulsory bovine tubercu-
lin test law again burst into open re-
bellion yesterday as veterinarians
sought to begin inoculating Henry
County cattle.
About 500 embittered men marched
on the New London Jail and freed
Roland Hart. 20. arrested for scofing
at Iowa National Guardsmen engaged
in dispensing $50 farmers. who had
gathered to hinder work Of the testers
on the farm of one of their leaders
The arrest Of the young man fol-
lowed that of Mike HennesSey and
Henry Conner. who. likewise. we're
among the group that heckled the
military escort near the McInnon Farm.
Hennessey and Conner were taken to
Mount Pleasant. Henry County seat.
under guard, while Hart was placed in
the New London Jail. Two others ar
rested were released on their promise
to return home.
Parade to Jail.
AS the soldiers were attempting to
dispense the crowd near the McInnon
place, some of the protesters returned
here. With more than 400 farmers
from Cedar and Muscatine Counties,
where testing was finished in the last
three weeks, and from Dies Moines
County, they gathered at the city
park and paraded to the jail.
There they overran the fire hall form
ing the front part of the Municipal
Building and broke jail lock and cell
bars to free the young man.
In the ensuing disturbance it could
not be learned where Hart was taken.
The throng took with them also for a
short distance the New London marshal,
Earl Brewer, but released him I'M
harmed.
The soldiers arrived quickly at the
Municipal Building. but many of the
farmers already had disappeared, and
the militia directed its efforts to scat
tering groups of farmers and onlookers.
They said Hart was not being sought.
Today's disturbance recalled similar
recent attempts to hinder tests in Cedar
County. notably the open defiance
shown by 200 farmers toward IS sheriffs'
deputies protecting veterinarians. This
precipitated the mobilization of 1,700
Guardsmen September 81 to enforce
the law Again, when the troopers and
veterinarians moved into Muscatine
County, several farmers leaders were
arrested following like demonstrations
$50 March on Farmers.
The veterinarians yesterday were ap-
preaching the McKinnon farm when
their escort of soldiers was stopped by
the $50 protesters. A detail of 40
troopers, followed by a machine gun
SQUAD, and $50 more soldiers, marched
upon the angry farmers.
They refused, however. to disperse
and Brig. Gen. Park A. Findley, COM
manding the Mount Pleasant camp,
ordered the detail to move upon the
crowd with drawn bayonets.
Henry Connor cried out: Hang me,
shoot me, arrest me. I'm just a farmer
here, standing on my rights. am not
trying to resist" He was arrested and
the crowd was subdued. They permit
ted McKinnon's herd of IS cattle to
be tested, and seemingly the rebellion
was crushed.
Detachments were at once placed
around the neighborhood, but were re-
called almost Immediately to New Lon
don to scatter other groups Of farmers
and townspeople. It was planned that
testing would not be continued until
Tuesday by the SO veterinarians.