Ottumwa weekly courier. (Ottumwa, Wapello County, Iowa) 1872-1899, 1876-06-07

Full Account Of the Murder
Near Sac City, Iowa.
A Ma4uekets Woman who Deserves
. Pension.
Special Dispatch to the Dubuque Times.

NEWELL, Iowa, May D.-Tha per
petrator Of the murder four mile
{ west of Sac City, on Friday nigh
last, has been brought to this city fo
trial and safc-kceping. He has mad
La confession substantially as follows
His name, he says, is Louis Monroe
His home of late has been in Boon,
county, Iowa, where he has wifi
residing. A few days ago he started
from home in search of employment
i After walking few miles he wa
Iovertaken by Frank Eugene Carr. d
Riverside, Washington county, who
| with team and wagon, was goins
in the direction Monroe, intended Il
travel. Carr invited him to ride, ant
the two soon agreed to travel together
each furnishing half the provisions
&c. When they had reached -four
miles west Of Sac City, some difficult
ty arose between the two, I'M tht
course of which Carr threw, bucke1
of water over Monroe. This dispute
was settled in some way and the two
started on, ...a.
Before leaving Boone, Monroe had
purchased pint Of whisky, but
drank none of It until Friday night
The two left Sac City late Friday aft.
ernoon, and on reaching Little Indian
Creek, four miles west, concluded to
camp for the night. After supper
Carr lay down on the ground, with
tho board which had served for a
wagon seat under him, Monroe
climbed into the wagon and lay down,
and then concluded the time had
come to test that whisky, and accord
ingly drank nearly the whole with
in SHORT time. It took effect imme-
diatcly, and Monroe says he felt as If
no must" hit somebody" He got out
of the wagon and walked down the
road and back two or three times,
growing more and moro intoxicated
and furious every moment. At last,
as he came back, he saw Carr reclin-
ing on the seat and the gun near by.
He thought oyer the difficulty they
had had a few honrs before, and
found himself exceedingly angry at
Carr; and before he knew what he
was doing or had done he had seized
the gun aud shot Carr in the back of
the head, standing only foot away.
tho stock ~ tho 1,n h.oaL;n~ AZ III
weanon IN nleces and orr, sh;nS she
murdered mans head to a ie1lv Not
having much money himself he rifled
Carr's pockets and took all he could
find, which amounted to 8ll.20 and
his watch. He then knew that he
must get away from there rs speedily
as possible, and started for the near-
ING unacnua;nted With the cnn,t.v Nv" ="
and II ha1n a. n;nh+ 'ond ha S.;,, .,,,.s.s,
the ;nt,nence nf tho ;n,nn,s @ u s.n, ant;t. anutr
Of l;nnnr ho hod dromL No 4"s i"at hi,
wav.Iwapderad d. tno % f"n - ~ The ivs. ,;aht s
ma hrnmmi,t M ~ Md .n,s @ .:i
east ~ NewoIlF Inaua 81 a, ~ eu. m,,.as ,,.ies
q railroad t;crat Ia IA ~ h;Eac h;Essu
tho trosn ,han ' "na was . wNS Ioi
thren n'nloci IL ~ tha VI aman,n aov.
off,carS who hoI ' ~ VIZ
him aimee tho @ n,,.do.od % n,a,s ~ aasm nan VI
had hean d;Sooua.od 1" IT, .hn h"n ,nipse
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THE MAQUoKETA SHOOTING.
C,Yurox No, 90 Aaa,.;o,
t;cnlars 49, ~ 10, .Au.lo"al ,aa1:n9 pni
nf n So't,,.;e' u ~ ,Ta my
annkats hv M.s H,,,nho..sn,,, Hhw.sn, .. La WA
room he ;nvaaad at m';d.;nt' ' "n"se
tha cnrnnor,s M ;manos. fni. Mna II =. IN
vice of her a,tn!na.1 ia ~ .o4;s. Ds
n was nrnyan hv o;har "'u ,,;.ma,1a ..0a .os.s .
Tho deceoSoJ ,vos o' ne .,.:o .s:.s n 80 .la'
and work ed ~ y ~ the 90 r,.;a "e shnn -;
Mr. Harris hrnthar 81 th. 'd"p doao, %
od hnord;n@ o+ h;s hnusn. @ ,ho. otoa Is
ceased was at t;mes % verw ;ns",,;mr % @
and ;ndecant ~ b;s lan"n.no - Ne
IT.. who wantai her h.nthe. ~ 5;
miss him which ha oaread to a. as
soon as he Uot hacL What w.s ow;a
him TINT decea | sad had Ito ~ "n " thronmS
Mrs. H's. room In nrdor to roach S;s
own. thot Wrs TT o III W .o,s 'o IN. nls
the day before the shooting, that de.
ceased had the night before come to
her bed and made insulting propo-
sails; that when SouthwicE started
for bed Friday night he was heard by
another workman in the factory and
boarder in the house to stop at Mrs.
HIS bed and talk very loud, inter-
his conversation with oaths.
though what he said could not be
but she was heard In
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