Jasper County Democrat, Volume 14, Number 30, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 5 August 1911 — A SERIOUS MIX-UP. [ARTICLE]

A SERIOUS MIX-UP.

Young Man Struck In Face With a Spade as Result of Quarrel. Russell Harmon and Roscoe Zeigler, who had been working with the Gunyon threshing outfit, mixed it up Wednesday afternoon at about 5 o’clock at the Werner miller farm north of town. It seems they had started a friendly scuffle the day before, and the latter was. not in a very good frame of mind vrver the outcome of the scuffle which ended in a fight; Wednesday afternoon Zeigler was shoveling some oats from his wagon with a spade, and when Harmon came along on his way to the blower, which he was operating, Zeigler struck him across the face without any provocation whatever on Harmon’s part, onlookers say, knocking him senseless to the ground, in which state he remained until he was attended by a physician after being brought to town by some of the crew. A warrant was issued for the arrest of Zeigler and Sheriff Hoover and, W. S. Parks went to the home of his parents, Mr. and Mrs. Noah Zeigler, of north of town, but young Zeigler had left for parts unknown. Unless serious complications set in Harmon’s injuries, which consist of several teeth knocked loose and a fracture of the bones of the nose, he will soon be in trim again, although his fac<i will probably be disfigured for life. Young Zeigler’s folks are as fine people as there are in Jasper county, ahd they are all broken up over the affair. The young man is said to have an ungovernable temper, and he no doubt now greatly regrets his act. His father is anxious to have him return and make the best of the affair. He does not like to have him run away to escape the consequences of his rash act.