Jasper County Democrat, Volume 8, Number 4, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 29 April 1905 — SHOOTING AFFRAY AT BROOK. [ARTICLE]

SHOOTING AFFRAY AT BROOK.

John Horn, a Feather Renovator flan, Shoots James Portwood—Victim Reported Dying. Brook was the scerfe of a probably fatal shooting affray Wednesday afternoon. John Horn, a traveling feather renovator man, and James Portwood, a laborer, married, and about twenty-six years of age, had been on a drunk for several days, it is reported, and had been frequently quarreling. Wednesday afternoon they met in Spitler’s restaurant and Portwood is said to have opened fire on Horn with a revolver, but the shots did not take effect. The latter returned the fire and sent three bullets into Portwood’s body, one taking effect in the mouth and one in the shoulder. Horn was arrested and bound over to the circuit court. His victim is reported dying at this writing. Take your eggs to Murray’s store.