Jasper County Democrat, Volume 12, Number 6, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 21 April 1909 — A HAIR PULLING AT ROSELAWN. [ARTICLE]

A HAIR PULLING AT ROSELAWN.

Attorneys Jlonan and Halleck were called to Roselawn Sunday afternoon on an assault and battery case, in which four women were concerned. The fracas took place Saturday evening, and seems to have originated over stories that are alleged to have been told by Mrs. Gundy, wife of Milt Gundy, the township trustee of Lincoln tp.» who is said to be insanely jealous of her husband. She had been talking about a daughter of Mrs. Steel of that place, it is alleged, and Saturday evening Mrs. steel, Mrs.. Nevit, her daughter, and Mrs. Fuller met Mrs. Gundy while on their way home from town where they had been doing some shopping. Mrs. Steel took Mrs. Gundy to task for the stories she had told about Mrs. Nevit, when, it seems, she grabbed the latter by the hair and begun tearing it out in handfuls. Mrs. Steel and Mrs. Fuller tried to get her to desist, but she would not, and Mrs. Steel picked up a stick and hit the beligerent over the head with it, knocking her down and out. Affidavits were filed by Mrs. Gundy against all three women, charging assault and battery with attempt to kill. At .. the preliminary hearing it was shown that Mrs. Fuller simply acted in the capacity of peace-maker, or attempted peacemaker, and she was discharged, but the other two women were bound over under SIOO bonds to the Newton circuit court.