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Wood Firocl Twivp at Attorney Struck Ahnvo Anklo.State Affricnilural College Opens This Week at Ames—Pay S7AJ0 Debt on Hospital.Carlton S. Wood, 55 years old, a Lyle, Aliiin.r farmer and former singer in the choir of the Congregational church at Elilcra, is In the county jntl following the shooting at S a. lu., Thursday of Aymor B. Davis, 58 years old, prominent EUloru attorney.Davis is in n hospital at Eldora with his k'ft Xinkle shattered as the resi'dt of the shooting, which occurred w'ithin a block of his home. Physicians at the hospital state that it may ho necessary to anijnitato Davis* left leg above the injured nnkle.Quarrel Over Estate,A qunvrol over the settlement of the estate of Wood’s father is said to have led up to the shooting. Davis is conncctod, as hu attorney, with the settling of the estate.According to witnesses, who say they saw the shooting from behind b e ri room window curtains, Wood stopped his antomobilo along thu route that Davis lakes e^'ery morning from his home to his office.AY lion Davis pa s.'s od, Wood 5 s saidto have called to him to stop. When Davis refused to stop. Wood 5s alleged to have iiuHocI a shotgun from beside him on I lie car seat and shot the attorney saying:‘‘You are not going to run away from me this time.*’First Shn( blissed.Wood fired two shots, the first one missing altogether, and the second striking Davis in the ankle, according to witnesses.Hildegarde Stilow, Davis* stenographer, lt;ioclaretl that Wood had tlircat-ened the attorney many time.s in the lost year.AVood gave himself up to a deputy sheriff at the county Jail at Eldora after the shooting. The only comment he would make on the shooting was: *'He had some of our money and wasn’t square.”
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Ackley World Journal
Ackley, Iowa, US
Thu, Sep 27, 1928
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