Knife Fight - 1921

GARMOE, VAN WINKLE

Posted By: A.M.W. (email)
Date: 6/8/2004 at 19:23:18

Salem Weekly News – April 13, 1921

Fight With Knives

Mr. Pleasant News – Wed. 7—In a fight pulled off last night after dark on the farm of C. W. Van Winkle living four miles southwest of Salem, Byron Garmoe of the same neighborhood was severely stabbed on both shoulders while Van Winkle had a bad knife wound over one eye and a finger was badly cut. Each man claimed the other the aggressor.

It appears that Garmoe had some hounds which ran over Van Winkle’s farm and to which Van Winkle objected. Last night Van Winkle was out with a lantern looking for a cow and when approaching a fence was jumped on by Garmoe, who was for some reason behind the fence. Garmoe’s story is that Van Winkle was out with his lantern placing poison for the hounds and he was watching the proceedings. Both were in town today having their wounds dressed and calling on the county attorney.