The Tipton advertiser. [volume] (Tipton, Cedar Co., Iowa) 1856-1962, 1875-08-05

About two o'clock Monday morn
ing Mr.. g. Grsuthausen. . farmer
farming on oae Of Mr.. Thompson's
farms about six miles north of Durant,
was shot and instantly killed by .
harvest hand named Charles Moore,at
the house Of Mr.. Hargen, on an ad-
joining farm. The particulars as near
- We could gather them from the
parties present when the shooting was
done, are about as follows: Mr.. Har-
gen had procured quantity Of whis-
KY and a keg Of beer, and on Sunday
evening sent invitations to his neigh
bors and their hands to come to his
house and drink. Some twelve or fif-
teen persons came, principally haryes-
ters, and remained until about two
o'clock in the morning. Drinking,
singing, and one or two little "skir-
images" was the character Of the EN-
tertainment until st the hour men,
toned, when drinks were refused to
young German named Ellis, and
companion who refused to pay for
their drinks, and on being refused,
threatened to turn Hargen out Of the
house. Hargen went to his granary,
where his hands were sleeping, and
called upon them to go the house and
put the disturbers out. Three Of the
men, one named Charles Moore and
two brothers BY the name Of Day,
went out. Moore drew his revolver
and went half way to the road to
meet parties who were in the yard
fronting the house. When he arriv
ed at point about half way from the
house to the road he met Granthausen
and fired upon him killing him almost
instantly, his body falling by the side
of fence leading from the house to
the road. As soon rs the act was
done Moore went to the granary and
taking his valise, after asking for his
pay aud being refused, left aud has
not since been seen. No effort was
made to have the murderer arrested,
and none seemed to know what should
be done. Early in the morning q
coffin WAS procured, and it seems that
il was the intention Of the German
friends to bury the deceased, and let
the matter drop, but some one sug-
gestcd that IN examination was nee
essary before they could do SO. A
man was then sent for Mr.. Morgan
Stevens, Justice Of the Peace, who
sent for DR.. Bills, Of Durant, to be in
attendance. About noon we arrived
in company with DIR. Hobby, Of Will
ton. Found DR.. Bills and some eight
or nine Germans present, who were
waiting for the Justice, and who had
to wait until about three p. IN. When
the Justice arrived q jury was impan-
eled and = post mortem ordered. DR..
Bills, assisted BY DR.. Hobby, then
made an examination and reported
the following facts:
There WAS . wound in the right
bresst about two inches to the right
of the middle line, somewhat triangu-
lar in shape through which very
,msll quantity Of blood had escaped.
Upon opening the body it was found
that the ball had fractured the third
rib, and passing backwards and lit
lie dcwnwards, passing throug b the
upper base of the middle and lower
obes Of the right lung, opening in its
course the right pulmonary artery
from which very large quantity OF
blood had escaped into the pleural
cavity. Tracing the ball farther, its
course vas found through the eighth
rib behind, about three inches from
the spinal column,then upwards about
three or four inches where the ball
was removed from the cellular tissue
beneath the muscles of the back
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