Salt Lake Herald-Republican | 1920-02-27 | Page 6 | Dalrymple Lost Chance for Fight

DALRYMPLE LOST CHANCE FOR Had He Taken McDonough j Hero Iron County's C Capture Planned Iron River Mich Feb It G. It v. v Vas s learned t tonight that n n. party of or one one opo onehundred hundred miners wood woodsmen men and rind gathered yesterday near Stambaugh h. h a n. amile mile from here prep prepared to capture the tho prohibition raiders train had federal p Major aJor Dalrymple carried out his t t tto to arrest District Attorney In tho the prohibition enforcement fracas sy The They said they intended to take toko Mc- Mc c from front Dalrymple and Donough awa away leave o the tho federal a agents front a stranded In their railroad coaches Mr Ir McDonough h a young lawyer who vho the war as a captain of ser served cd d during Infantry Is the most popular man In Iron count county He was elected prosecuting attorney I when ivhon he was 21 1 years ol of ago and has R I served ell several cral terms at various times Umes since Ho Is now 31 ye years E rs old A A. few I years ago Iron county count voted dry dry the the first county count in the upper peninsula uL to take that action Tho The saloons failed to close after aCter losing their licenses and several more moro opened McDonough ran for states state's attorney on a plank declarIng declaring Ing he ho would close o tho the outlawed saloons saloons sa sn- loons In Sn fort forty eight ht hours Ho lIo was elected and made good his promise b McDonough McDonough Mc- Mc Ic- Ic Among AmonI the messages received ell by from prominent prominent prom prom- Donough today were man many irH nt men In nil all parts of ot the tho country country Swann Swano district attorney o of oC Now York county count wired wired- Permit me meto meto meto to congratulate you ou on your our courageous stand against Dalrymple's theatrical effort to attain notoriety for himself by grossly exaggerating an unfortunate unfortunate nate incident George Georgo i Ii F. Cummerford special a agent ent of nt the tho department of ot Justice reached Iron River at 11 o'clock tonight to Investigate in investigate In- In the disturbance