The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1897-09-28

CARROLL. Iowa, Sept. N.-The
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dren occurred at the nome ol 'ohH
Boecker a farmer living eight miles
northwest ~ bera Iast niSht Aftarward
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father, at whose hands they died, COM
pleted his bloody work by sending bull
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wound The famiiy were prosperous
Germans and as far as is known lived
bannIly. No motive for the tragedy has
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wife and these chlldren' caroline aseu
fourteen; Christine, aged nine; Henry,
oosd otoht. IIzzia aped slx. John. aged
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three ana an infant All "Te ueAu Ou'
Henry, and the latter cannot recover
from his wounds.
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neighoor thresh thls morning ahu oh MS
not putting IN an appearance, his brother
Henry who lives about twenty rods
ewav, went about Q O'Clock 10 zee why he
Ala no, come The doors Of the Boecker
honss were locked and there were no
sIrns or Me obout. Henry tried to get
In the bnnse but met no response. and
finally he Kicked in the door and came
unnn n borrlble scene. Boecker with his
wife and baby slept I'm a back room, and
tba thrsa cnrpses IAy on one he'd. The
VIE had been shot in the neck with a
shot gnn which stood IN the corner the
hahv had hesn shot and It's head crushed
wifi the hntt Of n revolver. The man,
s,iiI hreathing had bullet hole high up
on The forehead, and by his side was q
Smith G Wasson eIx shoner with two
chambers emntv
T,ba Rnac,rars; home A A story and half
frame house, and upstalrs Henry and
IJzzie law on n he'd with bullet holes In
Tho fnrehsad the latter dead the bow still
alive In the onnosIte corner OF the same
,onn, Caroiine CbrIstIne and John were
dead zach with n bullet hole IN the fore
bsa5 Though Caroline had two.
T,s,a thJs aSternoon the bodies were
s,fIl untnuched. the sheriff and coroner
being occunJed in arranging for the in
0usst and other nrelIminariAs. The in
S,,Iry viii he pushed Tomorrow by the
coroner's inrv
II IA undnubtpdly case of murder and
s,tc,Je Tba indicatIons nre that Boeck-
or arst dtenat tched his wife with The shot
snn sboo,tno her In tho neck then used
tbs revolvar an the baby, flrst shootinn
II ana tbsn knnckina ouf its brains with
the bntt Rnacker then went upstairs
WHORE the f,ve children were sleepIng
and kt,,sd tbem He must have used a
IIgbt for his aim was efTectIye, each VIC
tim being shot in Inc forehead. All but
two children met with instant death. for
the bInnd cIots were undsr their heads
ond tyo Law nc calmly reposed as ~ in
sIaen All srcept Henry who Il NOT vel
Jsod were attIred in night robes Boeck.
or baT reloaded his weapon while up-
stoirs and evIdantlv sent the second hui
Ia Irto tha oldest gIrI's brain inst before
leaving the room Going down stairs he
s,rstcSad btrnsaIf beside the corpse of his
,viSc and shot himself HIS right hand
,yns burnt bv tbn nowder showing the
r,n,d REQ NJ tbs reyoIvpr The weapoi,
he had borrowed from, hIs hroiber Henry
iost Tbursdav Tnmnrklnp tbat he want
adj n N LJlI rota an The cellar, II is now
,scaI,sd tbat Roecker mad since then
n-,o,tcsd target shooting with N
Roscter was thjrtv.four Years old and