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Shooting Affray.—Just as wo go to press we learn that a shooting affair occurred'a 1. Freedom, a few miles south of this city, yesterday. It seems that a young man named James Shafer, (aged 17) w'as arrested upon a charge of seduction and compelled to marry agirl, a neighbors daughter. A man named divan .Ward secured the appointment of special constable, for the purpose of arresting Shafer, and after the marriage was over with, an altercation occurred between Ward and Mr. Asa Ryan. It is alleged that somebody else was the' real seducer, and that Shafer was victimized to get the matter out of the way. Ryan, it secnis, denounced the proceedingand Ward, who seemed to take a personal interest in the affair,charged Ryan wit.li attempting to impede the course of justice. Words grew severe..and Ward drew a pistol upon Ryan.— Ryan sprang at him to seize the pistol, and received the charge in his thigh, making a severe wound. No arrests were made, S. G. Rose, the justice, refusing to issue warrants.P. S. We have it from another source, that Ryan was one of a party who went there to rescue the prisoner, and that the shooting of Ryan by Ward was in self-defense, and that three of the parties, Asa Ryan, Samuel Ryan, and Ward were arrested, and that Shaffer is really the guilty party
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Chariton Democrat
Chariton, Iowa, US
Sat, Jun 27, 1868
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