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BOISTEROUS BOrS if! J6SHLT OFFICEf!Mlsh.'s)ilt;*dea.inirotj in iFaJrbank. Ia., May 18.—(Special) —-In an altercation on the streets of this town, shortly after midnight Friday, Marshal Peter MeOunnfs tir- I ed his revolver Into a crowd of boys j whom he attempting to dis-jperse and seriously wounded John|,in Duffy, the hall taking: effect near the proin and then is thought to have taken an upward course. Thr missile has not been located. In the melee Marshal MoCunniss received a broken collar bone and several ribs I di a wore broken, beside the inflicting nf Jehu numerous .severe bruises. McCunnjss A. submitted to a X-ray examination at Aui Oelwein yesterday.After Duffy was wounded Ihe gang of young men separated and wont to their homos. Duffy walked about, ft mile into the country, when his sufferings became so great that he was compelled to arouse a farmer, Ji'ui who summoned a physician to attend in* the injured man’s wounds.It is said that parties of young tnen from Fairhank had visited Ool-1y* vein and Waterloo the dny bofore j v,‘h* the light and that when they met on J their return a quarrel ‘was started, ' s and the marshal attempted to restore j peace and nuiet. with the result that he was attacked hv the entire bunch.The officer was thrown to the ground and unmercifully pummeled and his club taken, away. MeCunniss, who is about r6 years of ape is still of powerful build and active, and he succeeded in drawing his gun to protect himself. It is believed the boys had heretofore felt the strong arm »f the law and the altercation with the mar-1 shal may have be^n the culmination bad of a well iaid plan to cot even for Jru agined gr:ova n f'es .M cru n niss was marshal of Fairbank for 2d years until about two vars ago, and a l-' ; year ago last spring he was again jarn placed in office.Two or three of the younc men supposed to have been onsraeod in the fight have been arrested and it was rumored that the sheriff (if Buchanan county planned a visit to the town this afternoon and that wholesale arrests would result.ma Tu . ./1 *h Tv. mm Kbr I *«'r I {.•‘.siThehult;f i ‘S'n
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Waterloo Evening Courier
Waterloo, Iowa, US
Sat, May 18, 1912
Page 6
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Robert S.
USA 13 Feb 2018
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