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IfARREST TWO FOR j(“iHalloween Frank Brings TroubleL?! | As ft result of a. Hallowe'en escapade ■, Earl and George Sterns of Carbon *■ jpeared before Mayor Haynes Monday 1 afternoon to answer to the charge of ‘ -assault with intent to commit great bodily injury. The .charge states that 1 the young men on the night of 0cfco-| ber 31, in Quinry township did Vtli-^ fully. unlawfully and feloneously mke an assault on Yard. Worstell and biruis-1 jed and wounded the said Vard WorsteU jwith fcyioe dangerous and deadly weflp-r ;ob2 The accused waived preliminary {hearing* and were bound over to theI j grand jury and released on *1,000 jlwiid each. ____.. . ; -] As tpld by the officers, Mr; WorstellII was v oh. the lookout for Hallowe’en ln-* j vaders wishing to protect 000 bushelsof apples which he had packed In has-kets ready for shipment Mr.: TYorsteil claimed he was damaged last year to .the amount of $150 and did not propose to have the hiss repeated- Aeeord-’ lug to the storyr these boys with .otherH j* drovo rrp to hts Jot an£ he climbed lt;m I ■/the running hbard of their ear and at!that, the boys .bached out to the road; The alleged uaiiilt took place tn the : road- When the sheriff and physician arrived the gang, which had not dispersed, were standing around n very ! subdued bnnch believing a man had been killed. When the sheriff asked who did it the two Sterns boys' stepped out and admitted their guilt. They were brought to towrv-asd pla^rf-^m jaif where they were held until Monday afternoon when th.fr hearing occurred, in tlie sheriffs office ubout 3 o’clock.- The victim ot the alleged assault was unconscious when the physi-sian and sheriff arrived naff remained[so for some time.. He is recovering but seems to haye had a close-eali; Ac-nr.cording to the statement of. the officers Mr. Worstell carried a shotgun.It Is said thefe wn« about thirty in the crowd and after the boys saw what they had done went: and notified The city marshal of Carbon who - phoned for idnn the Ibcal physlyiflik %-Vs: AJUdor;: being dway. The trouble pcctftmi. about midnight and It wwahofto;inBiVTiItmiHb wan taken to hfo home ku It whs ‘ fouhd Sift head was quite bfrdly injarcd ;*nd fee was also injured about the shoulders and cheat and having been allowed to lay in the road was very cold aad was unconscious and It was not for some time after the physician arrived that he showed signs of recovery but after being given medicalI ftttmUoiLapd-/-taken^ torfiT warm'rdomjhe'regairie(f consciousness about.ffe J j hours_R.ftcr_ !he^s^auttr^^ ‘ r^Therfi are a Hr kind*'of reports and rumors afieat, one being that Mr. Wor* atell shot a tall light out. of s csr.' The ^experience the gentleman encountered last year by having property destroyed made him cautious this year fend he was protecting bis property. The public expect boys to have innocent apart on Hallowe'en bat when f they destroy property they lose the!olt;? sympathy of the public. ' jw:Mr. Worstell is recoveriog but still:* confined to bis home. Just what he!'v was tffcruch with. Ik not known but there jlx IS was some glass found. on his clothe]and It is probable si brittle was used in ]C*W a i ananTOmlStldijsi*Mifiterfr:.erhnIflciithPt the assault, 2ttn oft pru’ ipnfi!IK
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Adams County Free Press
Corning, Iowa, US
Sat, Nov 08, 1924
Page 12
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