Rensselaer Semi-Weekly Republican, Volume 19, Number 53, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 8 March 1898 — A Case From Hanging Grove. [ARTICLE]

A Case From Hanging Grove.

Thursday afternoon Squire Burnham had a state case from Hanging Grove. It seems that on Feb. 23rd an old quarrel between Wm. Kendall and C. W. Bussell culminated in a declaration of active hostilities. In the mix-np which ensued Bussell got Kendall down and was in a fair way of administering a severe punishment, when Kendall called his son Howard to his assistance. The young man had n hatohet in his hand and with this he struck Bussell several times on the head,, with the edge, cutting through his head and inflicting a number of cuts in the scalp. He also pasted Bussell with the hammer end of the hatchet several times, on the back and shoulders. Bussell was pretty well used up, for a week or so. Yesterday the two Kendalls were tried for assault and battery and the Squire fined each of them $5 and costs, amounting in all to übout S2O for each. They stayed the fines for 90 days.