Jasper County Democrat, Volume 2, Number 12, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 1 July 1899 — Trouble in Milroy Township. [ARTICLE]

Trouble in Milroy Township.

For some time, as alleged, A 1 May, a rich farmer residing north of Wolcott, has been missing corn from his crib. Last Friday morning he alleges to have tracked a wagon from his crib to the home of Joseph Dluzak, an aged German farmer of Milroy tp. May was accompanied by his son, and without any warrant or other process of law the two attempted to arrest Dluzak. The latter objected and the elder May hit him over the head with a hammer, and he was dumped into a wagon and hauled to Wolcott in a semi-un-conscious state, where he had his hearing before a justice of the peace and, it is said, proved his innocence and was promptly discharged. Young May, it is alleged, covered a son of Dluzak’s with a revolver during the fracas, another small boy who sought to protect his father was thrown several feet and badly bruised, while the wife, whom it is said will soon become a mother, is alleged to have been brutally kicked in the abdomen and is in a very serious condition. On the other hand, the Mays claim that Dluzak resisted arrest and came at them with a mowing machine sickle, etc. The case seems to be a bad one and the courts will decide upon the merits of the different allegations. It is reported at this writing that both Mr. and Mrs. Dluzak are in a serious condition, and that the Mays are under heavy bonds pending the result of their injuries.

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