Shooting Scrape

COKER, CARRINGTON

Posted By: Ken Wright (email)
Date: 4/17/2010 at 08:12:49

Maquoketa Excelsior-Record, Maquoketa, Iowa, October 25, 1918

Shooting Scrape-

Too much booze caused a bad shooting scrape at Oxford Mills last Friday evening. George Coker, who runs a small store at the Mills, while under the influence of booze, shot, and perhaps fatally wounded John Carrington. A lady who lives at Wyoming called at the store and said she wanted to use the telephone. After she had used the phone she discovered she had no money with her and told Mr. Coker so, but he told her that would not go. Mr. Carrington, who was sitting outside the store offered to pay the fee for the lady, but this seemed to intensify Mr. Coker’s anger and he drew a revolver and fired two bullets into Mr. Carrington’s body. The man was alive last night, but he is seriously injured. Mr. Coker has been placed under arrest.-Olin Recorder