People's Pilot, Volume 6, Number 7, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 6 August 1896 — Remington Notes. [ARTICLE]

Remington Notes.

Considerable excitement was created in the city on last Tuesday evening by the report that there nad been serious trouble between the notorious Dan Hart family and that of his not much less notorious brother-in-law, George McCabe, which occured on the old Charles Baker farm, two miles north of town on the gravel road. It seems that Hart and his wife, accompanied by old man from Benton county, and another old man from Remington, had gone to the McCabe place on the afternoon of August 4th, ail more or less under the influence of liquor. They had not long been there until Hart insulted his sister-in-law, Mrs. George McCabe, and to which insult McCabe took Exceptions, and he at once proceeded to lay Hurt out with a club, Hart was then moved to his home, one mile south-east of this city. His son, Simon Hart, procured a snot gun, and proceeded at once to the McCabe farm, with avowed intentions of doing George McCabe bodily harm, or any other person who would have the stamina to interfere with his previously prepared programme, arriving at the McCabe residence he stationed himself on the public highway and then awaited his opportunity to slay his intended victim neither McCabe nor any of the family deemed it advisable to show themselves for the time being, and while Hart was still on the quiet lookout for him, Prank Eck, who lives eight or ten miles north-west of Remington, passed by, and learned from young Hart the situation of affairs. Eck proceeded on to Remington, loaded himself full of strong beverages, and then besought himself that it was the duty of mankind to lend his good offices in restoring peace between the beligarant factions. He at once started to put his newly made resolution into execution, and arriving on the scene he besought young Hart to disperse and think the serious ordeal over, a thing which he was in no mood to consider at that moment, Eck ignored the threat made by Hart that if he entered the house he would shoot him, and proceeded to the house of McCabe. As Eck passed through the gate Hart tired at him from a distance of about twenty-five yards, filling his head, face, neck, arms and shoulders full of what is known as “chicken shot,” Dr. Landen was called to Eck’s aid and susceeded in removing a fraction of the shot from his anatomy, but could not secure all of theta. Eck was able to ride into town later that evening, and stated what he knew of the case to Deputy Prosecutor Yeoman, who wrote up an affidavit against Hart, changing' him with assult and battery with felonous intent, which was duly signed and filed with George F. Bloom, a justice of the peace, who at once issued a warrent for Hart’s arrest, and placed the same in the hands of gpecial Cons able George Haskell, Hascall has made a diligent search for the culprit, but at the pregent writing has been unable to place his hands on him. The general supposition that Hart skipped the country during the night. He is classed as a disreputable speciman of hiimanifcy, which is not strange, when we take into consideration his percentage, and at the influence which have sujnmcmed him all of his life. He will undoubtedly be apprehended.ift the course of a short tfm'e, and he will undoubtedly be sent W ttte penitentiary.