, 1873-05-17
THE IOWA TRAGED DY.

Further Particulars OF tho wn1ltng-
ford Suictt1cs-..2O0,00OA Acres OF Lind
! Sold on Forged Observation-Disclosures OF
the WalItngfordA. !. i,
pnrticnlers Of the suicides Of tue Wallangfor1s
1t Bonnparto. It Is estmated that goo. 900 acres
OF laud In Iowa hayo boon sold on forged doods.
: Tho odtor Of tho Democrat Waited tho sconc
Of the tragedy, and says Of It: :, -. .,-, -,
overything around it and the proiiHos in tho best
Of repair. Tho suicide was committed in tho
bedroom In which tho docoaaod usually slept;
tho bodteH lay n:hed In their Usual night-robos.
Both lay with their hands CROSSED oyor thoir
breasta, aud both woro in precisely tho aamo
positions: Thore wns no distortion Of foHturcB,
tho eyes wore closed, and tho bodies lad tho hp-
poaranoo Of having boon laid out for tho grave"
:. The following is the dying statement I, ct IT. tho
~ seifaY 8. Is7S..gFor tho bonoat Of my friends,
writo these lines, as my wife and anyself have
como to tho conclusion to bid farewell to this
world OF Bin md RorroW:
~ The CAUSE Of tits WAS brought about by a
don OF thioveB, and as I anl now going to leayo
all bo1ind, RI will giYo list Of tlom as far as
know then. Tho loaders arc William Rhodes
1shole1, and Janl6s ia tho aa,isor. Tho old MN
hoqoberry and all hie boys, Scott ct Belfast.
George Ball is tho man Tint sold tho sllano land.
George Rhodes got him to do it, Those stato-
;nonta arc true. was drawn into tho 1irat By
George Rhodoa and by john with thcpromipeth TINT
they would tnko Afonjar and his girl away mud
cloar mo. Toll Mir. South TINT Goorgo nhoaes
got his two plowB md blind money. saw thom
at Ills house. Bill Rhodes made the Shame dood
got tho seal at snnrp's onleG: oroaap's 1sea ;s
This Is tho nan, j. II. Baker. He killed a girl
in Olark County, Mo. Tliis Is The fret bud doetl
that ever was hrought into, thank God I
never Aeaucoa Afonjar"s sIrM2 M59tssronn nattio,
"GANA1s WA1LzNaVoRD."
Tho Do,nocra. gives ilo following biographical
sketch Of tllo victims Of tho tragcdy:
''Harriaon Wallngford, the principal IN thiH
| old. md was born near Washington, Kontuclty.
| IIo left Ko1lt,lcky with His stop-fathor when
| quito young, and removed to, near Monmouth,
H. Sy asG 9 re nwy ffG o his n
! keo}-bohtB oyor the rapids. He wont back to
Monmouth. married, and removed to Dos Moinea
| County in this Stato, whoro htHwife died, md le
was married aecoi1d time to Alias SARAH B. l!il-
+! From thoro he, removed to Mt. Pleasant, lived
,thero about yenr, and then ~ron1oYed to this
county, whore lio Inns resided for tho past Hix
! years. He MAS 1nan OF aonae means. Lad alt
acres of oxccllont laid Oh hin homo farin and
l79 acrss near by, aud was probably worth. s15'"
Mrs. Walliugf 2sl was the aiator OF s. D. Hill
man. EBq, Of this county, and 10 sais' to hive
aud was respected by everybody. They also hai
q very nno fa.nily Of three boys AMI ono aaugh'
ter,-tllo two oldest of whom are married"
| Tho Dubuque Times Gays: :: !;
"T4e n,ystory connected with, tho death o1
Mrs, Wallingford is still unsolyod.. She is salt
| to have beon q woman Of exceiiont character, 4
fayorte in hor. negLborl,ool, and woman O
more tllau ordinary intellectual attainnonts
was d uoarao,. rough man, and dissolute in hil
habits. Tho h11niar girl II was ono who l,at
brought suit against him for seduction, whicl
iho Compromised" It. is' Thought by some tin
:Wallingford had made confession Of his mis-
;deetls to his wife; and tint: tlioy had mutuall,
agreed to suicide. :Othcrs. suppose that ho I'D
ministorod a deadly drug to her without be
!: knowledge, aud then drank tho fatal CUP him