Evening Republican, Volume 23, Number 202, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 21 August 1920 — FOWLER YOUTH SHOT; BELIEVED SERIOUSLY HURT [ARTICLE]

FOWLER YOUTH SHOT; BELIEVED SERIOUSLY HURT

Linden Martin, 17 years old, was seriously injured in Fowler this week when he was shot in the left leg by Jerry Stanfield. It is said Stanfil-ld thought Martin was one of a gang of boys who had been stealing fruit from his place on Fifth street. There were five or six other boys in the group and when Stanfield came out of his home, all ran except Martin. When the charge of shot from the gun used by Stanfield hit Martin he fell to the ground. It is said he called out, “Mister, you have shot me,” and that Sanfield replied, “Keep still or I’ll blow your head off—that’s what I intended to do the first time,” or words to the same effect. The injured boy was attended by Dr.. Mavity, of Fowler. —Fowler Tribune.