, 1869-12-13
TRAGEDY AT oTrUMWA, IOWA.
Two Mcn Wou1ded, Ono Mortality
Grim. Com ana It's Results,

From FAe CIkhWNl t4Gfa} LuuFhFt bec. 4Vs
IA.t night at about O'Clock, Linus s.. Barker.
3eaeller cong business IN Union Block, IN th!s
csty, atned MnEen with q revolver, aad
left hs store to 60 g,,dx 70 hss 1el1dsass
s.oa tnat be would mid osto Fraunoerg Generally
kIuWu as Jack, who keeps inc oar in tne Ballll.
gan HOteD IN ctiTtIA connection with hts wife,
"a he tad lo.k been le1 10 suspect Ter lnatelity
with JaCE. ftoJe certain suspicious c1rc1I5 ances,
and IRON reyelatious made u him BY
tte;r hired e!tl. Arriving at als house ne tooS n.s
nseeo7erecIthe guilty couples I'M each others
brmt: o%Ms. pefnaps, 70 seme s!t&as noise
ueB1, the 1rh,. were ins,abtly put o1t, when jack
rushed out OF the door and received from Barker'a
pt.tol an uRly ~oan1 IN lte abdomeu. neat the
nAyei;the bullet Rla1c!ng, came outiat .ae side.aud
lie ran doEn 10 the hotel and went to bed Dr.: fJ.
Douglass dlesstng tis K1nAd, and cutting from
ALB r. H.. when We last saw HIN, ne was IN to!-
eraty comfortable condition.
simultaneously Win tee tslns Of NarScr'a pls-
til, sack plunged ias{e bo knife into BAR
tl1g his .l,e,ales IN Shocking manner. BArker
ran Gown tle s1reet-p;r,aps to lied Doctor
with hts tntesuues protludlsg, aad which he
VIZ. Il ta.zer met HIN AID found him III 9 faint
ind conctlon. aud catried hi1 90 v 70 the store
Of H. L. Grpac. corner SecDuo ond Court stte.ts,
wEetetse Has tuEen IL and Laid On The 1oer totaay
Dr.. U,nsey, Lewis and Stewart ehortly after az
lised, and sewea Up bis .ntest nes, aad the. rent
Il aqe by Jack't kolie. Dr. HluacJ informed Ae.
| BARKER thlt hla wounds were necessarily fatal
| whsreupon Hetaan F. Graves Justice Of the
Peace, took the following ants psor.em Rtaseneot,
1 which cf1er being carefully read oreE WAS sEorn
to be correct By the victim:
| II Ind been told tnat, IN my absence East,
| otto Jacsi FraunberK slept with my wife every
| night l c1nlh Eot oeevc It. did Dot W21t TO
lel!cve IT, The GIRL who lived with Us tott inc II
| would witch coull see for myseIf. charged my
| vile With wnat had been told she denied 1t 90
positively .na1 partly bes.esed her. DO not
AIbw Il llu. made nc go to the house tonight.
ie!r So uueasg I thought ! must 90
iseled il through he!s ,a 5ae = ,,:s;5; III;
my VIE. must taye made se'ns nplac- Taey
stopped md locked around. Toere was some,
icy eIsaes sS5s as all s!ssesa qs as,s sSs
! l heard moremeht toward the back door. raa
| round and he then went TO xaed the front toor
l ran back. TnEy turned down the light. Jack
n ne as doPr cane apa 5ase 5asssa r5m n
BUCK door, 1sse sonetn.ng ort o. .hts
| pocket AS he came rushing st me nTe1, a-,f h
| abbcd me-alI at thu same Instant. think be
III eaanor % po.s,a,y II III ri mase tis s!atenen ten ri
~ ceftnn prospect Of DEATH l have no hope O.
| ligirE.
"11N o'cloes .. n, December .. lses,''
Attoiney WD. II. Fc:zer also dra7 up AMI
| ~, a,tsr ray,ng his debts, 10 hts two brother!
wife, Mary s. baker. Nj. Fred. Arthur wa
A The rfqnea. ct MI. Barker, the Rev. Il. Bros!
was sent fol, :who administered to toc dytoG maj
| the copsoiat9ona OF religion Subsequently h
! Haa renoyr.. up stairs into the ONCE Of Holden
Bradley. where hs nov !ies IN tae greates: agonI
/ crftR rABy. MIA sTI1Nt0mH being UOrc favorable.