Idaho County free press. [volume] (Grangeville, Idaho Territory) 1886-current, 1890-09-26
Foul Murder of an Omaha Man.


OTTAWA, ILL.,, June 26.-One of the
most diabolical murders ever committed
in La Sale county was perpetrated in
Ottawa last night. The discovery was
made at 6 o'clock this morning, when
Matte Brown, the ten-year-old son of
the tenant at Allen park, was sent out
to look for the cow. Some twenty
yards from the house, in the midst of
Allen park, the boy came upon the
lifeless, CORY body of a well-dressed
man.
The lad shrieked for assistance and
the police were soon on the scene The
body was that of stranger, but was
soon recognized by people from the
Clifton hotel as that of David Moore,
a travelling man from Omaha, Neb.,
employed by the j. b. Scott lumber
company of Merrill, Wis.
A terrible cash, nearly two inches
long, on the right temple, broken
jaw and five fearful gashes upon the
back of the head told the tale of MUIR
der most foul. Beside the dead man
lay a coupling pin of the kind used by
the Burlington railroad company. 1t
was covered with blood and matted
hair.
The person of the murdered man
showed that he had been struck from
behind, as he had evidently fallen
backward and had no warning of his
woman's purse containing $2O5, and
near this woman's hat pin. The
murdered man was minus watch, stud,
collar button and cuff buttons. He
carried fine gold watch and his stud
and collar button were first water dia-
monds. Nearly $3.50 pinned to the in
side pocket of the blood-soaked vest
had been overlooked by the murderers.
Shortly after the discovery of the
murder woman was seen at the cor
ner of Main and Laramie streets by
Charles Bowermaster, painter She
was busily engaged in tearing up a
paper. When she had walked away
Bowermaster, who had heard of the
murder picked up the scraps of pa
per and putting them together found
that the paper had originally been
the route' map of the murdered man.
He notified States Attorney Blake
of his find and the woman was prompt
ly arrested. Under severe pressure
she confessed that she was with
Moore, but refused to say who her
accomplices were.
Moore had been about the city all
day yesterday. He is known to have
visited well known resort on the west
side yesterday afternoon. He was
seen at about 10 o'clock last night
making his way over the Illinois river
bridge toward Allen park.
When the above facts had been COM
municated to the woman, and when she
was also informed that she was known
to have taken dinner with Moore on
Monday, she broke down utterly and
made a confession.
She said that her name was Kate
Weimar and that she was married to
Charles Ford of Spring Valley about
two weeks ago. She met Moore YES
terday afternoon and he agreed to meet
her at Allen park at 10 o'clock. She
noted his diamonds and told her hus-
band, who had been boarding with her
at the st. Nicholas hotel that she be-
lieved the man had money and that
they could work him.
Her husband and man named Barry,
living on the north side, followed when
she went to keep the appointment.
They went around the south side of
Allen park and got coupling pin
from the railroad track. She led
Moore to secluded spot near house
in the park and half hour later sue
ceeded in getting him into a quarrel
with her.
This was the signal for the murder
ers. Moore and the woman, arguing
in low tone, had stepped some five
PAGES apart, when one of the woman's
aides-just which she refuses to say
stepped from behind tree and dealt
Moore terrible blow on the back of
the head.
He staggered, and to complete the
work the assassin dealt him a dozen
different blows, any one of which would
have felled an OK. When the man was
perfectly still they turned his pockets
inside out and robbed him of his stud.
collar button and watch.