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HOLD FORMER OTTUMWAN FOR SLAYING MANHowell Brewer Accused ol Slabbing Chicagoan in Fightat Davenport.CARD GAME STARTED ROWHowell Brewer, formorlv of tliih lt;itv, stabbed aiul killed Arthur Trainer ef rhieaf»o in Davenport ’ast ni*ilit, in a fight over a card game, .‘iceordi ng to a United Press dispatch to lay. Biowor was assaulting John Hughes of Davi n-port, aged tit,.when Trainer intervened, and Brewer turned on Tiaiuor ,n;.d stab bed him to the heart with a o’aickenpicker’s knife, the dispatch says.Brewer was the second ol four broth era who were well known to man.* OttiunwaiiH. Howell Brewer was a mem her of the Ottumwa lire department ra 11)02 and li)o;, hoforc the dopsirtmen* u a a placed under el % il »ei vice. Vithe death of his wife, a few years later, lie moved to Davenport, ami \vm eiu played by tlie Burlington rail ron 1 on a derrick ear, and was employed l,v t'1*1't • •company for main yea is.He was captured a short time after the crime was committed and pieced in the jail.The Davenport dispatch follov : Davenport, la., Oct. li:;. Arthur Trainer of Chicago was slabbed and in stantlv kiled last night by How«dl Brewer of this city in a light ov« i a card game. Brewer is mm ex-pr'ue lighter ami was assaulting John ll.ighes, aged 64, when Trainer intervened. Tuiii-ing on Trainer. Brewer stald«‘d lii•«t ni the heart with a chicken picker 's knife. He was captured.
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Ottumwa Daily Review
Ottumwa, Iowa, US
Mon, Oct 23, 1916
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