The copper country evening news. [volume] (Calumet, Mich.) 18??-1907, 1896-12-15
saw HIS son KILLED.
Murder of an Iowa Farmer by a
Burglar.
SHOT TWICE THROUGH THE HEART

After the Murder the Burglar Leaps
Through a Window, Carry Sash and All,
and Makes His Escape-Bioody Twenty
Four Hours Record I'm Chicago Three
Cases of Murder and Several Shooting
ARRAYS.
Marshalltown, Ia. Dec. 15.-Andrew
Hart, aged 25 unmarried, and son of
Andrew Hart. a pioneer farmer of this
county, was shot dead at 6 o'clock Sun
day morning in the home of his father,
eight miles southwest Of this city and
half mile north of the county farm.
The crime was done by an unknown
man, who, it is supposed, entered the
house for the purpose of robbery, short
ly before the hour named. The young
man, who slept with his elder brother,
upstairs, had just arisen, dressed HIM
self and descended to the lower floor
to start the morning fires. He first en-
tered the front parlor, and although
the room was in semi-darkness, he was
enabled to discern the form of stran-
ger prowling about the room. He asked
the intruder what he was doing there,
and advanced toward him. The next
instant the two men grappled and
deadly struggle ensued. A moment Ia
ter the report of a pistol shot was
heard. This and the noise Of the strug-
gle awakened the other members OF the
family father, mother, brother, and
two sisters, who hurried to the scene.
Saw the Fatal Shot.
The father was first to arrive, and
as he opened the parlor door he saw
binding flash, heard another report
| and deep groan, and saw his son sink
| TO the floor. At the same time he saw
| the assailant leap through a front
window, earring both sash and glass
with him, and cutting himself severely
on the shattered panes. The half-dis-
tracted father jumped through the
broken window after the murderer. but
the desperado was too agile for him.
and vaulted over a high board fence
| inclosing the yard, darted through a
small aperture in hedgerow and made
his escape into a cornfield, leaving q
bloody trail. Upon examination 1T was
found that the young man had beer
shot twice through the heart His
mother is nearly crazed over the az
fair. The elder son left the house a few
minutes after the shooting and alarmed
lrhe neighbors and an attendant at th'
county poor farm. Searching parties
were quickly organized. and Sheriff
Mills and the police of this city wer'
notified by telephone from LaMoiI
within an hour after the murder.
Securing the Country.
The sheriff sent a posse of fifty mel
to the scene without delay, and they
in addition to hundreds of farmers AM
citizens from near by towns, armed
and mounted, have been scoring th
country in every direction, but at |
late hour the fugitive had not been ap
pretended. Several bloodhounds hav'
been on The trail. Sheriff Mills tele
graphed information of a reward of$5O
for the capture of the murderer to al
stations within a radius of 100 miles
The Harts are among the most highl.
respected families in the community
Neighbors threaten to lynch the mur
derer as soon as he is caught. ant
should he offer the slightest resistance
when found he will be shot. A late re
port says the fellow has been corralle'
in the woods near LaMoille, but
lacks confirmation.