Evening Republican, Volume 59, Number 63, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 5 April 1917 — Goodland Junk Dealer la Stabbed—May Die. [ARTICLE]

Goodland Junk Dealer la Stabbed—May Die.

Goodland, Ind., April 4.—Absalom Stevenson, 55, a junk buyer, was per-haps-fatally injured here last night when he was struck in the head with a railroad coupling pin and stabbet with a knife. He accuses Mrs. Pearl Bird as his assailant. Stevenson came here a few months ago from Attica and engaged in the junk business. He was quite successful and it is said had a little money saved up. Last Monday D. K. Bird, his wife, Pearl Bird, and their daughter, Mary Bird, arrived from Attica. They were taken in by Stevenson. A young man from Attica arrived in town yesterday and located the Birds at Stevenson’s home. It is said he came to see Mar- Bird.

When Stevenson found the sitranger at his home he ordered him out. It was then .the fight started'. -Stevenson was struck in the back of the head with the coupling pin and was afterward stabbed in-the back of the neck and in the right leg with a butcher knife. Stevenson was found in a semi-conscious condition and was rushed to the offiec of a physician. At 2 o’clock this morning he had not recovered form-the anesthetic and it is thought that his chances for recovery are very slight. Following the removal of Stevenson the Birds hitched 1 up their horse to a junk wagon and flew. Warrants ‘were issued for them and the marshal started in pursuit. At a late hour this morning they were still at liberty.