Pearl P. Turner 1869-1921

TURNER

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Date: 9/6/2014 at 17:32:17

 PEARL P. TURNER
1869 - 1921
 
DIED FROM HIS WOUNDS.
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Pearl P. Turner, Victim of Murderous Assault,
Brought Here for Burial Yesterday.
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Pearl P. Turner, former Red Oak man died at 3 o’clock Monday afternoon at Indianola, Nebraska, from a gunshot wound received Nov. 9. Mr. and Mrs. Turner were driving home in their car, after a visit to Indianola, when Mrs. Turner’s brother, Geo. Morris, stepped out of the long grass armed with a shotgun. He stepped around behind the car and told Turner he was going to get him,

Turner threw up his arm and the charge of the shot struck the underside of his upper arm and entered the left side of his chest.

Martin Morris then appeared with a revolver, asked his brother whether he had done the job. Mrs. Turner’s screams brought Pearl out of a faint and he stepped on the starter and drove the car a mile to his home. There was difficulty in getting a doctor, and he lay for three hours without attention other than that which Mrs. Turner and neighbors could give him. The Morris boys are in jail, charged with murder, and the community is all excitement. Turner and Morris had some difficulty last spring while Morris was living at the Turner place, but there had been no trouble since.

The funeral was held at the home of Mr. Turner’s father, H. Turner, 607 Valley-st., yesterday (Thursday) afternoon at 2:30 o’clock. Rev. L. P. Goodwin preached the sermon and the pallbearers were C.C. Ingmand, L.C. Haldeman, W.A. Umphrey, W.E. Zimmerman, O.F. Hallcock and Frank Beeson. Burial was in Red Oak Evergreen cemetery.

Pearl Turner was born at Indianola, Iowa, April 15, 1869, and came to this county with his parents when four years old. He farmed for several years, then moved to Red Oak. He was married here, June 11, 1907, to Valda Starr, who died in 1909. Three years ago he moved to Nebraska, and a year later was married to Miss Morris, who survives him. Other surviving relatives are his father, H. Turner, and two brothers, Clarence C. Turner, of Red Oak, and Robert Turner of Laramie, Wyoming.

 
THE SUN, Red Oak, Iowa, Friday, December 2, 1921.