The Burlington weekly hawk-eye. [volume] (Burlington [Iowa]) 1860-1876, 1860-04-07

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=. a,re uoehing farther q consequence
=. i a. nysterioas murder q Ottumva.- :
II arrested hsrs Friday night was on
s..,,.d till Satariay ncrning, whom ic was .,
rrcr IT, testimony Of : gentleman WI
80 The txo men with the girl At Ottu,aw.
ss...;,h.sAading this tessiaey we fss suilt
III. escspcd ~. y g' s nv
~. i sIlin, che 70 the na,nes or rcssdsnc
-. nurderetl girl and her nnrderera She
,..,.ea = about sixteen years Old, very goo
,ar.s j. appears that the party, IN . wagon
-, tro horses, staid one night q Ottusnw,
\. a scceediag night ~ Eddyvillc. Will
raa,,lie, = we'll q Ottssawa, one Of the nes
- ,he same room With the gin, and tha,
-. Ga saned place two gentle,ncn occupy
!. :. adjoining room overheard enough Of theil
-.,..i;su 10 indicate that the girl had been
',.,.s ma inveigled from her home, wlerevcs
:, \. kecIn. probable that her rcmonstrances
.,.arssies we're such q TO induce these vii,
n. y ,srn Lack upon the pretense Of taking
{. -. Anais would scem probable that 70
~ uD their villainies they murdered her. The
..,.s,ous marks Of violence, tho skull being
LEN n 4 horrible manner. - veil ~ the post
stem examination, chow that the girl was
,s.d before her body VAS thrown in the river.
as 10 6il the chapter Of horrors it seems that
-, .he vlaee where the body Of the nurdered
n ~ issaa and on the same morning (Fiday)
!. eu,,.ss vi committed upon Z girl some
,,e,,, ysss I'D BY asiliain, who is also un-
tDosn. The child vas going to the river or to
spriss near BY for water. 't9
L.rfs-We obtained from persons CO the
Esrn cara Saturday evening, further partic-
,as Il tAs terrible affair. II appears that this
,rur vas fra seen q aOskaloosa, where tl,src
~ thsc men instead Of two in the wagon with
y. Gr.--one Of them . 0crman. From Oska-
~ ,hev travelled TO Ottumwa, but when they
rived there the German was missing. They
cid one nigh. at O.tumwa and then left for Ed
iva!e. where they staid one night leaving just
sSre dark the following day, taking the back
nck. They we're met several miles from Eddy
lle on sac Ottumws road, at 10 or II o'clock
Thursday night M h
II sppcars thas about one mile from Ottuwwa
". took the gin from the wagon into field
base they murdered her, removing the body to
wagon siterward Here an oak board WAS
snd some two or three feet long and six inches
ir covered with blood aud hair, indicating
" ihey had struck her on the head with it,
spsteIy crushing one side Of the skull. A
gs pool of blood was discovered where the
|siy had ain
Aesa.ele o'clock at night wagon was no.
csa lalng into the Des Noines at Ottumwa.
as tnrnan hailed it to know If they wish.
skry They replied no,-drove to tic CEN \
dIde river, remained short time and then
isaea This, it is supposed, was the 0agon
ssinng the mur,lercrs, and from which the |
~ dthe girl was thrown into the river.
hs supposed that the murderers have gone
Js< The County Judge Of WapeIlo county re-
vi to DO anything, or offer any reward, aud
Rn x4s 10 effort to make an arrest until Sat.
pay sten contributions were made by citizens
fosumua, ana apaty started on the trail.
It seems that the young woman answered to
name Of Dora-that from conversation at
sas a Il j. probable that she was from Rock.
Illinois. she was Of fair complexion, good
sking hair auburn or sandy, tive feet two or
see iashcs high, eighteen or nineteen years old
VI souid probably weigh l4O lbs-hands indi.
piiag that she bd not been accustomed to 4
fh labor 0ne OF the Een gave his name,
artaaily, as Moore.