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Weekly Record September 16 , 1953
NIGHT MARSHAL IS CRITICALLY INJURED IN SHOOTING HERE:
Doyne Lindsey Is Shot Four Times; Assailant Unknown

Doyne Lindsey, New Madrid City night marshal, is in critical condition at Delta Community Hospital at Sikeston as a result of having been shot by an as yet
Unknown assailant early  Wednesday evening. Lindsey was hit four  times by small caliber pellets probably .22 or .25 two
of them having been in the abdomen, one in the leg and one in the foot. At the hospital it was said one of the pellets had punctured the liver and another
had entered the spine and considerable blood was lost internally.
 
Within a few minutes after the shooting, officers of the State Patrol, the New Madrid County Sheriff's office and the New Madrid Police Department,
together with a large group of local citizens set up a search for the unknown man, but he apparently made his escape.
 
The police officer was taken to the hospital immediately following the shooting and blood transfusions were given at once, several persons from here going
to the hospital to give blood.
 
Although Lindsey's pistol had been fired give times, it was thought that none of his shots had been effective, since he was shot first and was probably
knocked down before he could get into position to shoot.
 
A tentative description of the assailant is that he is between forty and fifty years old, about five feet and eight inches tall and weighs approximately
165 pounds. He was dressed in overalls with a light blue ar gray sweater and wore a light high crowned cap.
 
The shooting occurred in the residential section of the city, in the yard of Mrs. W.E. Copeland at the corner of Mitchell and Pinnell Streets, and it was
in the Copeland rear drive-way that Lindsey was felled.
 
Start of the incident was when police were notified of a loiterer in the yard of  F.B. Hunter at 680 Main, but when Lindsey, who was accompanied by Punkie
Fields, arrived at the Hunter residence the man had gone. Driving through Pinnell, Lindsey spotted the man near the Copeland home on Mitchell and stopped
the  police car and got out to question the loiterer.
 
The man ran into the rear of the Copeland yard and, according to Fields, when Lindsey caught him and took hold of his arm, the assailant pulled a gun from
his back pocket and began firing.
 
Fields who is not a police officer, but was with Lindsey for company, ran to the home of Mayor T.F. Hunter, next door, and sought help for Lindsey. It was
while he was advising the mayor of the trouble that shots from Lindsey's gun were heard.
 
Mayor Hunter and some friends ran to the scene, a distance of only about a hundred feet, found Lindsey on the ground and believe they saw the unknown
assailant running West on Pinnell Street, and they immediately notified officers and unsuccessful chase for the offender was started.
 
No Clue To Identity
Officer Lindsey told Mayor Hunter that he did not recognize his  assailant and neither did Mrs. F.S. Hunter, who first saw him in her yard, nor Fields.
 
Since he was not recognized he apparently is not a resident of the area and that leaves little clew as to his identity.Tips to officers and other searchers
Wednesday evening were varied and had no apparent connection. One man reported seeing a person fitting the assailant's description hitching a ride
in a car headed south on Highway 61 a few miles south of New Madrid about an hour after the incident.  Also reported was the theft of an automobile at La Forge, five
miles north of New Madrid, some time between 11:30 p.m. and 4:00a.m. following the shooting and the man could have walked that distance in fields without
being observed.

The Weekly Record   September 25, 1953
No Trace Found OF KILLER OF MADRID NIGHT MARSHAL
Several Persons are Questioned By Police Since Fatal Shooting

Although several persons have been questioned by police no trace of the killer of  Doyne Lindsey, New Madrid night office who was fatally shot early last
Wednesday night, has been found.
 
Best prospect of officers was a man arrested at Cairo Ill., who fit the general description of the man wanted here. He was arrested by Caro police as a
prowler Saturday and told a story, having been to Memphis on Tuesday. Investigation of the Sheriffs office and Police Department determined that the
man had a Perfect alibi in that he was picking cotton both Wednesday and Thursday near Dorena.
 
Officers have also questioned others who were acting suspiciously or had some resemblance to the New Madrid officer's assailant, but each of them has been
released.
 
A car which was stolen near LaForge some hours after the shooting was discovered near cairo the next day. It is though the killer may have taken the car
in making his escape from the large crowd of police officers and other searching for him Wednesday night.

September 25, 1953
CITY NIGHT MARSHAL DIES FROM WOUNDS;
Funeral Rites Here Monday; Killed by Unknown Prowler

Doyne E. Lindsey, New Madrid night policeman who was shot four times by an unknown assailant early last Wednesday night succumbed at Delta Community
Hospital in Sikeston at about 3:30 Saturday  afternoon.
Funeral services for the young officer were held at the Methodist Church in New Madrid at 2 0'clock Monday afternoon, with Rev. J.R. Bullington, pastor
of  the church officiating, and burial was in Evergreen Cemetery following the rites. With Richards Funeral Service in charge.
 
The body was at the Richards parlor until noon Monday and the large crowd paying last respects there and at the church services gave evidence of the high
esteem in which the man was held. Business houses of the city closed during the time of the services out of respect for the officer who gave his life in the
performance of his duty.
 
Doyne Everett Lindsey, a son of the late Herman Lindsey and Mrs. Ida Lindsey, was born near Near New Madrid October 2, 1918 and at his untimely death was
aged 34 years, 11 Months and 17 days
 
On July 7, 1938 he married Artie May Rust of East Prairie, and to this union two children were born. Both of them Jerry Davis Lindsey 13, and Melba Sue
Lindsey 12, survive as does his widow.
 
Others surviving relatives include his mother; six sisters, Mrs. Frank Henry of Flint, Mich., Mrs. Frank Hale of East Prairie, Mrs. Dennis Horton of New
Madrid. Mrs. J.T. Carter of East Prairei, Mrs. Jackie Norris of Flint, Mich, and Miss Geraldine Lindsey of East Prairie; and two brothers, Shirley Lindsey and
Billy Lindsey, both of Kansas City, Mo
 
 
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