Wyant, Rose - assault
Source: Crawfordsville Weekly Journal Friday 7 June 1901
Rose Wyant, residing near Bowers, this county, was arrested last Thursday morning by the officers of Boone County, charged with assault and battery with intent to murder. It is alleged that she shot at Mrs. Eva Lawler as the latter came out of Austin Woodard’s house, the Wyant woman being in a buggy, driving along the road at the time. When the shot was fired, the Wyant woman is alleged to have remarked: “Now I’ve got you.” The shot went wild. Mrs. Lawler claims she saved herself and the child that was in her arms, by falling to the ground. Rosa Wyant, it is said, attempted to fire a second time but Austin Woodard, who was at hand, prevented. She was arrested and taken to Thorntown, where she gave bond in sum of $200 for her appearance in a justice of the peace court next Wednesday.
Rosa Wyant declares she never fired a shot, although she had a revolver which she claims she carried on advice of her lawyer. She further says that the entire Woodward family and Mrs. Lawler were concealed behind some shrubbery awaiting an opportunity to assault her as she passed by, and says that Austin Woodard flourished his revolver and threatened to shoot her.
The present trouble is said to have been the result of bad blood between the Woodards and Wyants, which has existed for some time