State v. Carlson

&emdash;On November 3, 1925, the grand jury of Dubuque County, Iowa, jointly indicted Harold Carlson, Donald Kerdell, Dorrance E. Lyons, and Henry Truda for the crime of murder. The act upon which the indictment is predicated -resulted in the death of Leo P. Hemmer, who was at the time the jailer of the Dubuque County jail.

It appears that, on the morning of October 12, 1925, about 35 prisoners were confined in said jail, including the defendants named in the instant indictment and one Earl Stearns, who fired .the shots causing the death'of Jailer Hemmer. The act giving rise tg the indictment…