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Special Agent O. PExonerated by Coroner’sJury0. P. Perry, Burlington railroad special agent, who shot and killed Paul MeFadden of Rockford, 111., at -McCook, Neb., last Friday, is a son of Mr. and Mrs. Barn S. Perry Of 808 West Grimes street, Fairfield.Following is a complete account of the incident, and of Perry’s exoneration by a coroner’s jury, taken from the McCookFiCliniw!ertetyniMBinewspaper:Shooting assertedly to save hisown life, Burlington Special Agent 0. P. Perry this morning shot and killed a youth identified as Paul MeFadden of Rockford, III. 'The gunplay was staged boxcar attached to freight No. 7t in the yards at ubout 9:00o'clock and was witnessed byWilliam S, Jackson. Atlanta, (la.,whose version of the affray coincides with the one related bythe special officer.Perry was making his round* of the yards when he came toPictured above is Mile. Fran-coise May, daughter of the Belgian 'Ambassador to*theUnited States, who has been chosen Queen of the famous Apple Blossom Festival held annually in Winchester, Va„ in the month of May.ieUtewolcltlin atrainthisguysaw. He had to or would have got him.Perry was alt nervous and I was scared to death. He musthave thought I was the man's buddy because he swung his gun in my direction and ordered me to stick ’em up and i did. Then he sized me up and we called the slierff.”aii.ieiV*dcam*ihe open freight car. He peeredin and could see nothing but a.jb .bundle which indicated that thecar was occupied.The officer entered and as hedid so he saw a figure crouched in a dark corner farthest from the door.“Come on over here,”commanded.The man stepped into plainer view and the officer saw that he hadLooking For WalkerThe two travelers exchanged muttered greetings when McFad-uotlsctlden crowded into t lie car. Theyouth said he had slept in a mail car here during the night, justbefore Perry came in he toldwas looking for aon .1 ttiPerryfta hand in the pocket of lib frayed overcoat.\imth Fulls Gun««Get yourpocket,” saidthe samewrist ofd out of your Perry sharply, at time reaching man.MeFadden pilled away and doing so brought a .38 revolver into sight. When he saw this, Perry ducked, pulled his own gun j and fired. The bullet struck the man in the abdomen and turned him lialf-around. He jutain ihmjU*hisJack sou ii»*guy named Walker, w ho used to be tiie yard bull here. Heshot at me once.Officers believe he may have been looking for for Special Agent. R. F. Walker who was transferred to Lincoln from.here. The youth hud dum dum bullets - sliced at the nose to spread when striking a target—in hisfor the!revolver. ^\-,;SIlfSC■$$££i;,,••”1 believe him and Walker hadhad trouble sometime before,Jackson said. Mebbie he thought Perry was him.”MeFadden was a tail, brownIt?}* i !* evt ii vuutl» hv\ w etoi€CV0VcI*ilt;at8\Ito levelagaingun on theand Perry fired again. This tthe bullet struck the man on tin*wasgrey-eyed20 and 2f». He weighed about ahundred and 90 pounds. He was!officer dressed in a frayed topcoat, akhaki shirt, laced boots and overalls. His hair was long andIIhisaidbrkige of the nose, killingthe instant it penetrated brain.“It was either him or me afterhe pulled that gun.” Perryafterwards. I shot the first time without taking aim. Tin* second time, with him Retting set for a good shot, f had to take aim too. 1 don’t like it. It’s bad business, but it hud to he done. ’him badly unkept.Is ExoneratedFpecial Paul M.fense wHe Hint To ShootDeputy Sheriff Ed. Fiestermnn, who was called to investigate and Chief of Police George Traphagannodded in agreement jto this. They saw no other way out” for theBurlington TheAgent 0. P. Perry shot MeFadden in self de-e following his lineof duty, a coroner’s jury decidedMa a— i—«i »—»a*^,—— »i ai 11,1 ** — *•■”•'*»•*■ a ■this afternoon after an inquiry into the fatal shooting of a young Rockford, 111., man. Thefound he was slain at 9:Oh a. in., in the Burlington yardsIlt;IiV*(ij*!same story was told by WUUam Jackson.“I had been in the boxcar a-liout five minutes, lie related, “when this man crawled in. IP* looked hard at me und I was thinking .about getting out ofthere to save tny watch whenthe officer showed 1 was scareanother corner. Jpull his gun und I mw ihe officer make the fastest draw I eveiItup.I got back intosaw the mani,nd that he forced the officer toshoot him when he menaced him with a gun.The hearing was conducted by County Attorney K. E. Spencer at the Gregg Hermann Funeral Home. No other verdict was possible, it was the general opinion of the crowd.The testimony of WilliamJackson, an Atlanta, (la., manwho witnessed the shooting und of the special agent was that Paul M. MeFadden drew a on Perry when the other officer questioned him. The officer firedI\iito save his ownftUse T^edcer classified sds
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Fairfield Daily Ledger
Fairfield, Iowa, US
Tue, May 02, 1933
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