Daily Iowa State Democrat. [volume] (Davenport, Iowa) 1856-1859, 1859-02-16
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Tom Moore, or even Sylvanus Cobb I
st. Lou Republican.
Murder anA uuoesAo q Dsooklvns Pews
shlek County,

Murder onA oooe1Ao ae 0sook1vns ROwe.
sh1ek County,
tProm u Aoneesums nepublIesn Extra, Feb. Z ]
One Of the most hesrt-rending and Ia
mentable tragedies that was ever recorded
was enacted 1t Brooklyn. in the north east
part Of this county, last evenings TRACE
dy by which two persons, Mr.. b. N. Haws
Of thst place, and . man calling himself }.
b Roane, were instantly killed. The cir
cumstsnces, as near - we can learn them,
are % follows:
On the arrival Of the stage 1t Brooklyn
from Fl Des Moines, on Wednesday eve.
ming, gentleman got out Of it aud stated
that he was pursued by several persons who
designed numbering him for his money. He
asked If there was any person present who
would beiriend him and see that he was
not foully dealt with. Mr.. b. n Haws-
one of the best citizens { { the county-who
happened to be standing by at the time, re-
marked that he would see that he was not
hurt, and took him under his charge for the
night
Yesterday, Mr.. Haws, Mr.. Baker, and
other citizens, spent part OF the day with
him 1t DR.. Connoways hotel. 1t was no
ticed during the day that he was laboring
under some peculiar disease of the brain.
and that part of the time he was deliri-
Gus, while at other times he was perfectly
sane. He stated that he had been on q
drinking spree about week ago. and the
probability 10 that he was laboriDg under
. temporary fit of delirium tremens.
Some time during the day yesterday, he
sent the folio wing lote. post haste. to the
County Clerk. whose Office is at this place.
We give it verbatim, with the remark that
the hand writing 10 excellent:
The CLERK OF THE Court OF PowEsuIEK-
Dear Sir An officer of the army from
Fort Kearney is here, and has been followed
by assassins who intend ct tie first opPOr-
tunity to kill him. 1 am the individual.
and overheard the arrangements. There IL
NO Joke in this, and any assistance you can
render me, will be thankfully received
The bearer can give you all information.
In haste,
Yours most respectfully,
J. B. RoANE,
4th Artillery.
Last evening about o'clock, Mr.. J. b.
Roane, B. N. Haws, and Mr.. Putnam, were
in the bar-room of the Connoway House to-
gether. Mr.. Roane was walking the floor,
while Messrs Haws and Putnam were sit
ting by. Mr.. Roane, before any one was
aware of his designs, drew pistol and shot
Mr.. Haws dead, the ball entering the left
breast, and penetrating the heart. We be
lieve the deceased uttered but one sentence
after he was shot, which was, my God!'
Mr.. Putnam, who feared that he, too, might
meet with similar fate, caught Roane and
endeavored to hold him. During the time
they were struggling together, Roane at
tempted to shoot Putnam, and plead to be
released that he might shoot himse!f-
Watching an opportunity. Mr.. Putnam
showed him out of the door, when he
Roane-deliberately shot himself through
the head, and expired upon the spot. Thi'
affair has cast gloom over the entire CON-
munity-a gloom that will not soon be dis
pereed. Mr.. Hsws leaves q wife and one
child to mourn HE sad fate. He will be
buried tomorrow by the Odd Fellows.
1t may be that the above is not exactly
correct in every particular item We only
give it as it has come to US.