Jasper County Democrat, Volume 18, Number 96, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 1 March 1916 — Scrap to Be Aired in Court. [ARTICLE]

Scrap to Be Aired in Court.

From all reports there was quite a merry scrap Saturday evening at the house occupied by Sam Duvall. It seems to be generally accepted that Sam and his wife have parted for keeps. They were married not quite two years ago—an elopement following a high school romance — and she is now supposed to be with relatives at or near Evansville, her father accompanying her there recently. Sam is updorstood to nave gone down tnere several days ago and was gone from here some three days. Whether he saw his wife or not we are unable to state, but when he came back he decided to sell off his household goods and give up the house he was occupying. It is understood that N. C. Shafer has bought the residence property of the owner and he purchased a part of the household furniture from Sam, just how much is a mooted question. Sam had removed some furniture Saturday and w r ent to the house again Saturday evening to take some of the light fixtures which he claimed. In the meantime Shafer had se-. cured Louie Muster to go down and put another lock on the door, and when Sam reached there he found Mr. and Mrs. Shafer and Muster in the house. A quarrel ensued and finally Shafer and Duvall came to blows. Mrs. Shafer ran to the Shafer garage, it is reported, and Shafer’s father, A. E. Shafer, went to the scene. The two Shafers an,d Sam mixed and in the melee some".blood was spilled, although no one was seriously hurt. The quarrelling and scrapping is said to have lasted about an hour and a half, and now affidavits charging the Shafers with assault and battery will be filed by Duvall, we are informed. No doubt the question as to the rights of the contending parties on the premises and whether or not Duvall sold to Shafer any of the property removed or attempted to be removed will be determined at the trial to follow.