Cedar Falls gazette. [volume] (Cedar Falls, Iowa) 1860-1895, 1866-03-16
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Weather. Lively Day-Murders-Tht
First BOat-An AiYcctiOnate
Husband.
FROM ST. JOE.

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Correspondence Of the Cedar Falls Gazette.
ST. JOE, Mo-. March 4th, 1866.
Saturday, January Goth, and Wednes'
day, February l4th, were the coldest
days of the past winter months in st.
Joe, the thermometer indicating respect.
lively Is and II degrees below zero.
The 22d of February was a lively and
exciting day here although the weather
was dreary and disagreeable enough
The first performance, worthy of note
took place about 8 o'clock A. NJ. A big
drunken negro caught a boy-a son oi
an old citizen-and boxed him to his
satisfaction. The boy was "pluck, ,
and swore if he ever got out of the mig
gers clutches he'd have satisfaction ,
The negro let go, and the lad let fly &
rock SO soon after that said darkey wa:
left in an insensible condition for abou,
three hours upon the sidewalk.
About noon q fire broke out in Hyde
& Ashbaugh's livery stable, which re.
suited in the entire destruction of the
stable, together with Lyons boarding
house and a saloon. It is said that but
for the prompt action of the " Rescue
Hook and Ladder" boys and Turner's
"Water Witch numerous other build
ings must have gone to ashes. Twas on
hand and saw some things-saw the
4" Rescue (?) boys chopping down all
the trees in the neighborhood, saw them
rush through the windows of nearly
every house in sight and fling out look
ing glasses, pianos, and empty bottles
saw the Water Witch !" squirting u
muddy fluid wherever the best dressed
individuals happened to stand. This
observation made ME look at my "Sun-
day suit +" and immediately concluded
to travel. The stock of the stable was
saved and so was the furniture of the
boarding house-if you'd call heap of
torn bedding and broken chairs, stoves,
chinaware, tables, &C., &C., sared.
In the afternoon there was a grand
parade of the Fire Companies of st. Jo-
scph. =
1st came Roseublat's Brass Band sur
rounded by ten thousand-or less--boys
of every shade and color under the sun.
I'd, Steam Engine st. Joseph, No. H."
drawn by six bay horses, Colonel John
Pingar commanding. ~ .
3rd, Turnverein Company with "Wa-
ter Witch and hose cart, Capt. Lund
commanding.
4th, Rescue Hook and Ladder, No.
l." Capt. John L. Lyon commanding.
They floundered through mud on
nearly every street in town, finally
came to a halt, took a drink preparatory
for the grand ball, and all night they
% went in 1.-THE "Water Witch" boys
at Turner's Hall and the Steam Engine
gents at Corby's.
Sometime last December, a man by
name Jacob Kuhn, living few miles
east of town was robbed of $500 and
foully murdered. He left home one
morning to 60 into his timber, get
oad of wood, take it to st. Joe, and re-
turn that day. As he did not get home
according to agreement, his wife start
I'd on the next day to hunt him up
First she went to tho woods, fearing all
The while that some accident had befal-
en him there, but not finding him she
started, with her children, ON the road
TO st. Joe. Not far from the house, in
some brush, she discovered his team
litched to a tree, and close by the hogs
we're tearing topieces the remains of her
husband. An examination of the body
showed that it had been cut with an ak
and his skull broken. This remained
4 mystery.
In January man was found, just out
'f town, in field and partially covered
with ice, whose body bore unmistakable
'igns that he had been murdered; but
he had friends in town and they were
IN the lookout, until one day negro boy
was seen using knife that was known
70 have been in the possession Of Lohr
the murdered man. The boy was ar
rested and at once confessed to having
aand in the murder of John LOhr, and
gave the name of his accomplice, Green
Willis, colored man who lived in the
country near the residence of Jacob
Kuhn. Willis was arrested and both
lodged in Jail. On trial they plead gull
~, and Willis acknowledged, TO have got
into Kuhn's wagon, in st. Joe, on such
= day, and rode with him to the brush
near his house and there murdered him
for what money he had-$25.00. He
(Willis) said he had an eye on Lohr in
the city and saw that he had plenty Of
but was afraid to try for 1t alone,
70 he talked the l,oy-C Clark-into help
Ing him. They followed Lohr out and
stabbed him with . knife, but only got
. bottle of whisky and . pocket knife
he having deposited his money in the
bank. Clark was sentenced to the PEN
for 90 years and Willis to be