Clinton County IA Archives News.....Bulgarian Laborer Mortally Wounded In Fight July 30, 1914
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Lost Nation Press July 30, 1914
The Lost Nation Press, July 30, 1914 

BULGARIAN LABORER MORTALLY WOUNDED IN FIGHT 

ELWOOD, IOWA, August 28. Special. 

This otherwise quiet and peaceful neighborhood was startled Tuesday morning 
when two shots rang out on the morning air at the section car on the railway 
tracks and the report became current that a laborer had been shot in a quarrel 
by one of his fellow workmen. The injured man proved to be Peter Cortese and 
the man who did the shooting is known as "Joe." The men had been engaged in a 
wordy altercation and Pete finally kicked his bunkmate "Joe" out of the car. 
The latter retaliated by drawing a gun which he discharged point blank at his 
assailant. The bullet entered the victim's lower bowel region and it was at 
once apparent the wound was a serious one. The injured man was placed aboard 
No. 10 and hurried to a hospital in Clinton. In the meantime "Joe" the gunman 
was taken into custody and after a preliminary examination before Justice 
Cornish, was committed to the County Jail in Clinton. It is a sad sequel to a 
petty quarrel and the gun was all too handy. Human life is cheap when such 
fellows lose self control. 




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