The Iowa plain dealer. [volume] (New Oregon, Howard County, Iowa) 1867-1895, 1890-11-06

| less attitude. Ills arms we're spread out
ward and one knee bent; while his eyes
were Enclosed, and, although covered
| by the CLASSY film OF death. seemed to
gaze upward with wild, weird stare.
| Every thing pointed to q cruel, sudden
| and unexpected end.
Who has not at one time or another
| experienced the awful. inexplicable
sensation which now held full sway
over simple-minded Anton? Even at
quiet bed-sides. where those whom We
| have loved and cherished lie cold in
death after long and tedious sickness
when we stand in the presence OF the
| King OF Terrors. after we have been.
| perhaps. sadly waiting his arrival for
| many days-cyen then we are prone to
ask: ''Can this be our friend sleeping
| his last sleep? Can this be he who
| took our hand and spoke 50 cheerily but
few days since?" And sudden death
only intensifies this dreadful inability
to grasp and comprehend what is, alas,
SO sternly true.
Yesterday, Mario Delaro. in the warm
glow OF perfect healthy manhood: to-
day, soullcss corpse. CHASTITY and
liyid!
| 1t took Anton some moments to re-
cover from tho shock, but when he did,
his first thought was to look for the
cause OF this terrible spectacle.
| He examined the breast OF the dead
man. but found no wound; then he
| noticed that the blood had flowed from
beneath the left shoulder and he knew
that Mario Delaro. the beloved Of all
who knew him, the man who never
feared to face his enemy, had been
struck from behind.
He was mystified, and the terror with
which his soul was filled prevented him
| from action. so that for many moments
he knelt staring at the corpse. as
though he expected to see it come to
life.
At last, however. he awakened to the
necessity Of the hour and arose to look
around. There was not being in
sight, SO without stopping for further
reflection he FASTENED in the direction
Of the cellars. the entrance to which
! was scarcelya stones throw from where
he stood. There he expected he would
1 find some one. He was not disappointed,
for two Of the cellar-men soon appeared
and in short time he had told them
the dreadful news. as we'll as his ex-
cited state would permit, and they all
three made their way to the victim Of a
foul and. at present mysterious crime.
They were all Germans and with
natural Teutonic caution each refused
to touch the corpse until some person
OF authority was present. One OF them
was an old man who had worked around
the other a tall. gaunt young fellow who
was recent acquisition to the place.
Neither Of the three could advance
any reasonable theories. The old man
knew everybody for miles around. but
could not remember that Mario had an
enemy. Anton had known the dead
man for more than two years. and had
never heard bitter word spoken Of
him. while the youngest man OF the
three only knew that during the short
time he had been there he had received
his pay regularly. and had heard his en-
ployer spoken of as good fellow.
The other two looked to Anton for
some suggestion, and he gave the
only one Of which he could think. 1t
was that the young man should make
all haste into the town of San Paola
and inform the authorities of what had
happened. without letting any more
people know OF it than was absolutely
necessary.
The messenger was hardly out Of sigh,
when the two watchers fell TO talking
Of the excellent qualities in the char.
acter of him who had met with such .
violent death.
With tears in his eyes and voice
thick with emotion, Anton told Of the
tender regard he had for his dead EN-
ployer: he mentioned the many little
kindnesses he had received from Delaro
and said that he had seldom heard ;
! harsh or unkind word from him since thu
first day they had met.
J The old man could go further bacl
into Mario's history than Anton, and he
| told Of deeds and acts Of charity which
all redounded To the credit Of the vim
tager.
1t seemed as though neither OF then
| would ever tire Of talking about him
, and when they ceased for momen
: endeavor to speculate on the probable
| cause Of the murder. but no tangibl,
| theory presented itself TO either Of thei
minds In the space Of half an hour tn,
| messenger was seen returning up TIT
r road followed by two uniformed officer
the only two of which the little towl
I could boastl accompanied by anothe
man in civilians clothes.
, As they neared the spot where tn,
, dead man lay. they were overtaken b.
doctor who had received instruction
to follow them and had done SO, calm,
: into service the wagon and horse OF
grocer, with the grocer's boy for driver
> The sight of these people gave Anton
infinite relief, and he breathed mor'
) easily when he felt that the care OF hi
CHASTITY charge was being shared b,
others
The first Of the officers to approach the
body was the marshal He took care
full survey OF the surroundings, bu
found nothing that aroused his curiosit,
in an unusual degree; nothing tina
would serve as a clew, or indicate tina
there had been a struggle. The doctor
with the assistance OF the others, ex
amlned the body. and found only tn
one wound Immediately below the lef
shoulder blade, though that was evident
ly very deep
Plainly the blow had been struck b.
a strong arm and hand, which had no
: erred in its purpose. twas useless t
surmise; there was nothing to say i
! the matter except the plain, horribl
truth that it was cold-blooded mul
der. though whose hand had dealt tn
. blow no person could imagine
The officers noted all the particular
which they possibly could. and the dot
tor. having taken a diagram Of the es
: act position Of tho body, there wa
$ nothing left to DO but to remove it.
J. They carefully carried the remains I
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