The weekly Oskaloosa herald. [volume] (Oskaloosa, Iowa) 1855-1885, 1875-02-25
, pfrrCrlyr's STORY.

and the papers were full ef it Th'
Journals we're divided Ia their npinlpnr
about the matter, SOME maintaining tha
Il waa simple ease OF suicide pthera Ia
cllned 10 the belief that there had heei
foul play aud still othefa arguing Ia favel
of death from natural, though unknown
oauaes Indeed, Il would appear Ut ilta
sight ~ II the latter we're the true auppn
altlon, aud the majority of superficial read
era and thinkorn, who talked over the mat
ter NJ home of In the streets. the nexI
lay, seemed 10 have very little trouble h
arriving ~ the aaine conclusion
All that was known waa thial An ba
teeined citizen n man OF wealth and
high station had retired 10 fpHt tho night
before, apparently In aound health aud
spirits, aud NJ two o'clock the follawinl
morning had been found dead Ia bod, with
ont ono visible mark OF violence uppn hii
person Ilia son who had returned from
u pleasure pnfty NJ that hour, had entefed
his fathers chamber % deposit the ffqnl
door key there, and had made tho horrible
discovery This young mar, atoady
amiaile aud degpot church member aud
Sabbath school toaehef, then aroused tlie
house aud communicated the III nowe ta
the terror stricken family.
Az the emoner'n inqnent I was present
and there tho aon after repeating sub
stantally what han been above. and called
tho attention Of the jury 10 the f6lloWini
mtaut facts That on entering tlt
chamber he had found everything undia
tnfbe1 a0d na usnm that tho bad ol6thini
was not fnmpled, and that the position ii
the deceased, M he lay, WIS 80 natpfa
and easy, that il was moi until he had no
ticed the absence Of the deep aud regnlsi
breathing ~ The sleeper that he had aas
peeted for an instant, that anything Wae
wrong
! was not on the jury, bat VAS there Al
tho request of the family, in my official
capacity as murder detective, and IL IA
needless ~ say that subjected the body
and its surroundings b, the closest sefaH
NJ I could discover hDweyer, nothi1p
tbat appeared IN tho least suspicious "a
f0Dl play The post morten examination
failed equally 70 sahsfy, and Developed
no Indications ~ pois1n ~ ilie sysLem
But one thing IL DID develops apd tIiat wss
np b the time II death The internal oygans
~ the deeeasei bad bsen ~ 4 state u
healthy md gjg6rmis action.
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