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Iowa History: High School Boys Kill Town Marshal in 1930 Shootout

By Cheryl Mullenbach/Iowa History | November 26, 2016

Officer Down! The call went out to law officers throughout northeast Iowa. Vigilantes were called out. Everyone was on the lookout for two young men who had shot and killed the Dyersville town marshal on Saturday, March 15, 1930.

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