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oowAnpnr muanEn OF REV GEORGE c

MURDER OF REV. GEORGE q.
HADpocK, A LEADING sIoux CITY PRO-
HIBITIoN WORKER.
Sioux City Journal, 4th: Shortly
after 10 o'clock last evening q pistol shot
was heard in the vicinity of Fourth and
Water streets, and in a few minutes a
crowd OF men might have been noticed
gathering in that vicinity. A word of
inquiry as to the canse of the gathering
brought forth the information that Rev.
Geo. q, Haddock had been shot and was
lying dead In the gutter on the southwest
corner of the streets mentioned.
at about this hour the crowd at the
academy of music came out upon the
street at the end Of the performance
there. and the news was spread with
great rapidity throughout the city. A
Journal reporter found the street almost
black with men, ell OF whom were eager
to learn something of the tragedy.
Edging his way through the crowd, the
PROSTATE form was seen, covered with a
rubber blanket, and lying with the head
upon the sidewalk and the body in the
gutter.
Messengers were at once sent for
Coroner Commit, but a diligent search
did not reveal his whereabouts for
nearly two hours. when the body was
examined, and by order of Mrs. Haddock
to whom the awful news had been con-
veyed in as cautious o manner as pos-
sibIe by Mr.. and Mrs. Jerry Merrill, was
removed to the parsonage in the shadow
of the church where he had labored since
he came to Sioux City last October.
Stories of the crime were many and
conflicting, but from what could be
gathered in the darkness and rain of
midnight, it was ascertained that about
10 o'clock p. m. Mr.. Heddock and Rev. O.
@. Turner procured q horse and buggy
from Merrill's livery stable on Water
street, for the purpose of driving to
Greeuville, just across the Floyd, east
of the city. They were absent just an
hour, and at 10 O'Clock Mr.. Handbook
returned to the stable with the horse and
buggy, being alone at the time. After
delivering the animal to the hostler,
Tom Jarvis, Mr.. Haddock started to GO
out of the stable, but noticing
several men standing on the side
walk opposite, he turned and asked
Jarvis If anybody was laying for him.
laughing pleasantly as he asked the
question. Jarvis replied that he knew
of nc one who had any such intentions
At this Mr.. Haddock started out over
the crossing of Water street on the
south side of Fourth, q shot was heard,
and he dropped his cane, and stagger'
ing forward in q direction slightly south
of east, fell on the walk as above stated
John Ryan, superintendent OF markets
was standing in the door of Dan O'Con.
nells saloon when the shot was fired,
and saw Haddook, who was between
himself and the gaslight at the Columbia
house corner, stagger toward
the sidewalk. He at once
went to him. and although the wounded
man breathed at least five minutes after
he fell, he tdid not attempt to speak.
Ryan got some water and washed the
blood from his face, and was there when
the crowd began to collect. Ii is Mr.
Ryan's opinion that the party who fired
the shot stood on the sidewalk just be.
low Fourth street aud waited until the
unsuspecting victim was within twenty
FIVE feet of him before he sent the leaden
messenger on it's errand of death,
After the body had been taken to the
house search for the wound was made
and it was found that the ball entered
on the left side of the neck, about three
inches below and a little back of the ear
and passed entirely through, coming Out
under the chin on the right side. Thu
ball struck first far down on the shout
der, ana plowed along several inches be.
fore entering deep into the flesh.
From ell appearances the case is one o.
premeditated murder, and circumstance
go to SHOW that the parties were aware
of the trip taken by Mr.. Haddock an6
armed and stationed themselves in con
~venient positions to attack him on his
return. The shot was fred by some
one standing west and q little nortt
Of him, as the direction of the bullet in.
dictates.
Since the saloon injunction cases have
been brought, it is we'll know that q very
dangerous feeling against the temper
ance men has been engendered, and
against no one has 1T been so bitter OF
Rev. Geo. @. Haddock.
The dead man came here last October
Us pastor of the First M. e. church. and
was a little oyer So years of age. HI
has one son, Frank O., of the firm o
Houghton & Paddock, attorneys. a
Oshkosh, Wis.
DEAD BODIES FOUND.
Ashton, Oak, Aug. 3-This mornin;
Alphonzo Chezelmas, q farmer living
eight miles west, was found dead, hi
clothes scorched and o gun lying neal
1t is supposed to be case of suicide
He has no family here. The inquest vii
be held tomorrow.
Highmore, Oak, Aug. 3-Two young
men who were working on the ne,
Catholic church on township 100, rang
70, Hyde county, while hunting on Sun
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