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Am interested in more information regarding the following:
"The next murder was that for which Samuel Butler was indicted at the September term of court (1856), for the killing of Patrick O'Connor. The deed was committed Oct. 8. 1855. There had existed some difficulty between these parties for a long time, growing out of a dispute over a quantity of corn. On the 8th of October, the men met on a public highway in Buffalo Township. A quarrel ensued, terminating in a struggle. Butler struck O'Connor over the head with a gun, fracturing his skull and killing him instantly. Butler's trial came on at a special term. November, 1856. Nathaniel G. Hubbard prosecuted, and Preston & Cook defended. During the progress of the trial one of the jurors became so ill that the court dismissed the panel and ordered a new jury into the box. The trial occupied four days, and resulted in a verdict of not guilty."
Information came from "Linn County, Iowa, History to 1878." Patrick O'Connor was my gggrandfather's brother and am interested in finding court records, additional records about Patrick's death.
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