Evening Republican, Volume 15, Number 190, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 12 August 1911 — FIGHT AT ROSELAWN WAS VIEWED BY PASSENGERS. [ARTICLE]

FIGHT AT ROSELAWN WAS VIEWED BY PASSENGERS.

Defendant in Divorce Suit Hits Man Seen With His Wife and Lively Scrap Followed. Passengers on Monon* train No. 5 this Saturday morning Saw a lively scrap on the depot platform at Roselawn. The principals were James H. Cox, whose wife, Mendora Alice Cox, has just, sued for divorce on the grounds of drunkenness, desertion and failure to provide, and “Bill” .Snyder, who was accompanying Mrs. Cox to Rensselaer to procure a marriage license for her daughter, Hazel Mary Cox, 16 years of age, who wanted to marry Robert Jones, aged 23, of Hamlet. According to Snyder he has lived for many years in the Cox family and has helped Mrs. Cox care for the farm since her husband left home. He said that he was waiting at the depot platform at Roselawn for the train and when it pulled in, “Jim” Cox, who was supposed to be in Illinois, stepped off and grabbed him by the shoulder with his left hand. He had a big bump over the eye where he had been hit. He stated that he had been told several times that Cox was going to kill him, and he set in to defend himself, and hit Cox four times in the face and hbad, but failed to knock him down. They grappled and fell, Snyder on top. Cox had Snyder’s arms pinned so that he could not do very much, but he managed to strike Cox one or two times. When the train started to pull out, Snyder jerked loose and came on to Rensselaer. Aside from the bump over his eye and a badly bruised fist, which had been damaged on Cox’s head, he was not badly hurt. He talked about the fight freel-y to the reporter and said that he was_not at all afraid of Cox, although the latter was much the larger. He said there was no reason for Cox to feel sore at him, as he had given him no right to be. Snyder’s description of the fight was borne out by several passengers who witnessed the scrap. Mrs. Cox procured the license for her daughter and her intended and all returned to Keener township by the wiay of Roselawn. The wedding was to take place to eight. If Cox remains at Roselawn he may try to get at Snyder when he returns this afternoon.