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Drunkenness in the Salt Lake Herald: 1880-1900

FATHER BEATEN; SON IS ACCUSED

Item

Title
FATHER BEATEN; SON IS ACCUSED
Source
The Seattle Star [WA]
Date
12/15/19
page
18
Identifier
https://tile.loc.gov/storage-services/service/ndnp/wa/batch_wa_bainbridge_ver01/data/sn87093407/00200290823/1919121501/0023.pdf
Crime
Assault
Subject
hit
Gender of alleged offender
male alleged offender
Gender of alleged victim
male alleged victim
Stage of the Legal System
trial
Location
In state; Seattle
Length of story
101
Description
Aged Victim in Hospital With Broken Rib - Charged with beating his 65-year-old father, a second degree assault complaint was issued against Casper Koester, of Maple Valley, in Justice Otis W. Brinker's court Monday. The father is in the Renton hospital with a broken rib, and may be confined there for 10 days, according to Dr. C. I. Diem, of Renton. The alleged assault took place in the home of the Koesters, near Maple Valley, December 13. Koester, his father, brother, and three sisters, live in the house. They all are said to have told Dalton that the assault was without provocation.