Salt Lake Telegram | 1932-07-14 | Page 1 | 25 Members of Carnival Trouble Shot

25 MEMBERS ERS OF CARNIVAL TROUPE SHOT Three Carloads of Armed Men Pour Pour- Bullets Into Tent lent Show FOUR BADLY WO WOUNDED ND D Enraged Farmers Are Given Blame B Br United Pren MECHANICSVILLE Md July 14 Twenty five persons members ofa of ofa a carnival troupe which folded its tents here early today were shot last night from ambush Three are critically critically crit crit- wounded in Casualty hospital Washington Another pitchman cut down Saturday with three slugs in his stomach may die in Leonardtown Leonardtown Leonard Leonard- town hospital State troopers claim the thc shooting was done by enraged farmers who had lost heavily on the rigged wheels and raffles rallIes the carnival folk operated Three automobile loads of ot men drove past the carnival grounds last night it was reported and poured a blistering fire tire into the grouped workers who were pr preparing paring to leave for Leesburg Pa Pac State Troopers Harold Serman and J. J R. R Miller of the Waldorf substation said they learned trouble had been brewing between the farmers and the carnival folk ever since the show arrived arrived arrived ar ar- ar- ar rived in jn town There was a brief flare up Saturday followed follow d by the definite ambushing last night In Leonardtown hospital is William William Wil Wit liam Stanley who ran a raffle raIe board Doctors say he may die Clarence V. V Hill 28 Frank Blizzard Blizzard Bliz Bliz- zard 32 and his wife Anna 22 are in Casualty hospital All AlI are badly wounded Mrs Blizzard wo wounded in the head and upper body tossed her infant d daughter daughter- to safety when the shoot shooting ing started Th The child j jarred and scratched by its fall into a a nearby I bush was not hit by slugs At least 11 of those wounded r re received received re- re serious hurts the hurts the sta stafe stae e troop troop- troopers ers said although only four could b be located in hospitals They would They would not talk tails