The Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1877-1885, 1882-03-22


in there. and I went straight on to TIL
shaft. I worked that day In the even
ing about 8 o'clock. on the Way home, {
went into Fricker's. I asked Mrs Fficke
/ n she had any herring, she said ayss." Il
then told her I wanted. c5 cents worth
She said fswe are eating supper, so sh
sent Mary, (Heilwagon's second daughter
cut in the store and told her TO- get me
quarters worth. The girl came out. pa
the herring in my dinner pail and then
started home. As soon as I came hom
my wife said. ssdidn't you hear any new
to-dayf" 1 told her no Then she. said.
ess DORA Is GoNE."sx1I r
I asked her where she was gone ana sh,
said, s mo enc knows She said sh.
thought Dora was up with her mother ana
she said she had sent q boy up but the,
said she was not there. They did senf
down to the store but she was not there,
asked my wife where her children were
and she said the two oldest ones were VI
to their grandmother's and the smalles
one was home / said that is a nice wa,
to run of and leave the children here
My wife said the old man was down ane
said he was hunting all over the brush fol
Dora. He thought she hung herself some
where or drowned herself. He left word
at home that when I came home that ]
should come up where he lived that he
wanted to see me. As soon as eat nv
supper went up to his house and we
were talking about Dora the, whole even
ing. and he said before left that we will
drive down to Rock river tomorrow and
see if we find something there. So went
home. / got up in the morning, the 7th OF
September, went over to Dora's house
looked everywhere around the place bat
could not see anything, SO went TO Mr..
Klinau's. They had not eaten breakfast
yet. I told him / would go up to the shaft
or to Mr.. Gerhart's and let them know
that could not come to work. I went
up, came to Mr. Fricker's place, he was
outside with some other men putting some
things on the wagon that was going to the
fair in Rapids City. was speaking to
him about Dora that morning, and he was
cutting up right away about Otto not
using her right. / went back to Mr. Ger
hart and spoke to him about it.-He said
he had heard about it last night, that Mrs.
klinau had been there and had been hunt
ing for Dora. told Mr.. Gerhart that /
aud Mr.. KlinAu and some others would 90
Town and hunt for her, and if we could
not find anything there, I would start off
with Frank Klinau and see If we.could find
of Otto. borrowed five dollars
IF Mr.. Gerhart and started down to Mr..
Einau's AS soon came there was some
more people there. They hitched up their
wagon and started down the HILL When
ge started Mr.. Altman came behind us In
his wagon. We came down to MIR. Mosher,s
ind turned to the left to Dora's house first
Ind got down from the wagon. We wanted
o GO inside the house. The front door
vas shut up. called my boys. They
we're down in the cornfield. told one of
hem to open the door, Johnny said the
ind door was not locked or the front
Ioor. They had just driven one nail in
o hold the door. He opened the door
nd we went in. Mrs. Klinau looked in
he drawers and trunks to see if she
ouh ind any letter. See thought that
Dora might have Ns
LEFT SOME LETTER, /
ut she could not find anything We
boxed all around outside but we could not |
nd anything there either. Frank Klinan |
aid if she had drowned herself the water |
you'd not give her up till three or four
avs had passed. The old man said she |
light have taken off something and left it |
2 k&4C VAIN. II A4SA bdk4tx IL Ol /
Sc fer as all going down there If
rank was willing to 90 for Otto we would
art right away. So Frank was willing. I
e said he would have to go home first, he
d not have any money with him. told
m that he did not need to 60 home had
cough money with me. told him that I
ould go home and change my. shirt and
Ints When I had changed, we drove
,wn to Bassto station. AS soon as we
me there we bought our tickets TO Rock
land. The train was there and we goti
and came to Rock Island. 1t was about
or II o'clock in the forenoon. Wei
emit over to Davenport, asking at differ
It places If they had seen anything of
ito. One of them said he saw him once
It he could not tell on which railroad he
Is working, we did not find him.
ext morning, Thursday, this 9th, 1881. as {
on as had my breakfast, j told my wife ]
at did not know what we shall do now |
e could not find out anything about the J
fair from one or the other. She said
to did tell Johnny where he could get
ork, and he told Johnny not to tell any-i
e where he was geing to work. asked 9
hnny on what road Otto was going to
,rk on, and he told me that Otto was go. /
: to work on that new road that runs '
t from Davenport. got sort of mad, I
d asked Johnny why he did not tell me
It before. He told me that Otto told {
n not to tell anyone. So started and
mt up to Mr.. Klinau's, and wanted to
!, If he did not want to go with me over b
Davenport, to look for Otto. Mr. v
inau said we want to go to Hampton d
It and see Squire Becker. Mr. Klinau a
d lie would see Squire Becker anyhow
put the furniture In Dora's house. He
d Bill Frell wanted the house empty on
the It'll of September. 1 "
aid not see what they wanted the house k
QUICK for. It seems to me that Bill d
ELL or some one else knew more about Fl
murder than did. Frell told me that Y
would not have Dora around his place Il
? more. If he had been in Otto's place
would have killed her long ago. So we O
rted to Hampton and saw Squire A
eker. / asked Becker what he thought a
,ut starting out and looking for her o
in. II Is the best way to take the train 81
GO down to Rock Island, and tell the q
riff about it. We were too late for 81
train, but we took Klinaus wagon and b
he down in that to Rock Island and put f
horses in John Miller's stable Frank sc
| started down to see the Sheriff / o.
Mr. Cropper on the way down. L di
ched him on the shoulder and told him al
ould like TO speak few words with I'll
/. He said: II have no time; I am in
"" He told me to wait moment. but Ii
as too long to wait, SO we went down I.
&c the Sheriff. &C
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