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Brutal husband attacks wife and drives her from home
In Sherman township a wife, Mrs. Carroll, reports years of abuse by her husband James Carroll. After a violent Saturday, he declared she would leave, slapped and kicked her down stairs, and she fled with six children to relatives. County Attorney Van Ness obtained a warrant. Carroll was jailed after the sheriff captured him.
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Sherman Township
van ‘Ness
Mrs. Carroll
James Carroll
East Sherman
Dennis Shea
Aupper
Courag
Algona
van Ness
Squire Crowel
Carroll
James Godden
Plum
Linn Kieth
Spiker
A.b.clayton
South Cingaea
Clayton
Minos
Illinois
Bushela