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lltHKl'Itr'SSI HLK CiKOIUiKYKIKKlt AGAIN IX LIMItO.('rented a Disturbance In kindiiik.\i?«l la Kffort l« Kmhim* WasShot Iii Nock.The irrepressible George Yeiser, the young colored man who is oftener in trouble than out of it, is again in the toils of the Keokuk police.He created a disturbance there Monday night and in company with; another colored man by the name of Thaddeus Scott, was arrested, when both made an attempt to escape after a “scrap” with the officers. Yeiser got away, but in doing so received a bullet wound in the back of the neck,: the ball glancing from the sidewalk, the officer not desiring to kill him. He was found later when it was; found that his wound was not a serious one, being nothing more] than an abrasion.The Hate City of this morning says: jEvery effort will be put forth to send Yeiser back to the penitentiary at Fort Madison, for the police fear that sooner or later he will kill some one. Just a few weeks ago he attempted to kill William Keefe, a bartender in the Tumelty saloon at Fifth i and Johnson street, and the worst he' got \sas an opportunity to get out of town. He remained away until 11:47 o'clock Monday night, having arrived . here from Mount Pleasant, he said, and he was not in town an hour until he was in trouble again.The case against him seems to be a clear one. as there are plenty of j witnesses to testify to the attack on , George Wittich with a knife. Yeiser ‘ went into the pool room and was ' dancing to music furnished by the electric piano. Wittich ordered him , out and had to use force, receiving a , blow on the face in return. Yeiser1
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Fort Madison Weekly Democrat
Fort Madison, Iowa, US
Wed, Feb 27, 1907
Page 3
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