Iowa Old Press
The Fonda Times
Fonda, Pocahontas co., Iowa
December 21, 1905
PRISON FOR IOWA DUELLIST
Duels are forbidden in Iowa, declared the supreme court
at Des Moines Friday in affirming the conviction of Fenton
Whitnah, of Page County, for killing Charles Middaugh. The two
men quarreled while drunk, and agreed to fight it out with their
fists. Middaugh was killed by a blow on the jugular vein. Whitnah
must serve ten years in prison.
[transcribed by L.Z., June 2017]