Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1901-06-25
HIRED NAN ACCUSED
Henry Snider Charged With Be.
ing Accomplice in Mrs.
BUSHES Murder.
The Husband and snider Both in
Jail..strone Guard Main-
tanned.
Details OF the Shocking Crime
Brought to Light by the
Inquest.
Special to Times Republican.

Special to Times Republican.
Allison. June 25.-The result of the
DISAGREEMENT of Mrs BUSHES body
proves she was murdered. The head was
crushed evidently by an iron poker.
The cut in the throat was not deep
enough to nave caused death by bleed
ing. 1t proves to be double murder,
as the woman was three months with
child. German neighbors and friends
of the victim only await any miscar-
riage Of justice to take the law into
their own hands. The county attorney
is severely criticised for the verdict of
the first inquest An lS-month's child
Of Mrs. Bussie was on bed in an ad-
joining room and would have been
burned if the fire had not been eNtin-
guished by the neighbours.
Special TO Times Republican.
Allison. June 25- Little by little the
shocking details of the murder ot Mrs.
Bussie are coming to light. The hus-
band OF the woman and his hired man
are both in jail now and from the latter
| the authorities have gained some val
liable clews. AS the details are learned
the more evident does ii become that
Bussie is guilty of his wife's death. Bus
sic is charged with the murder and his
hired man. Henry Snider is accused as
an accomplice.
The woman was found dead In her
home last Tuesday With her throat cut
and her body partly burned.
The coroners jury rendered an open
verdict indicating that her death was
due TO suicide, but the county attorney
ordered the body taken up yesterday
and the autopsy developed THAI the
woman's skull had been crushed. The
particulars of the crime as they have
been Brought out from the hired man
SHOW that the family ate dinrer togetn-
er on the afternoon OF the murder and
that after dinner Bussie sent Sniier TO
q neigh bors 10 borrow a post hole
augur While the man was away. it is
alleged the husband entered the house.
struck his wife over the head with some
blunt instrument. and then Gu. her
threat with pocket knife. In order to
hide his deed, ii is alleged. he saturated
the wornan's clothIns and the floor with
kerosene, carried feather bed and sew
erai feather pillows from an upstairs
room piled them on top of her and then
set fire to the whole mass. having uon-.
this the man Wen. cooliy out to where
his hired man was digging post holes
ard began helping him a. his work.
a brother of Bussie. living half mile
distant. discovered the fire, and hasten
ing over threw d couple Of pals of water
on it and extinsuished the biaze, but not
until ali the clothing had been burned
from the woman and one leg burned
away at the knee
Bussie and Snider are in Jail az ALI
son and are strongly guarded TO prevent
possible violence by the mans aeigh-
bors BGssie is a years old and his wife
was 26. They We're married six months
ago and she was isusi.ie second w.Ie,
His two children, aged . and 6 years
were safe in the barn.
Lou Busaie. is middle aged man and
considered we!l-to-do. having a fine
farm ard improvements that are hard
to beat. He has always been known
/ as a hard laboring man.and man that
used liquor quite excessively. but no
leviGence came before the jury that they
ever auarreled In any way. He in years
gone by was known as a very quarrel
Some man. and was always looking for
trouble and usually came out on top in
every instance He is sandy complex
Toned and will weigh close to 200 pounds
In talking about the matter or in view
ling the surroundings of his dead wife,
he did not seem to be in. any way
worked up OF sorry about the case His
friends We're very few in the immediate
vicinity in which ne lives and stories are
lafoat in surrounding territory that he
Imisused his first wife. Whether this is
true or not, can not be stated now.
Everything goes to show that unless
something develops in the case before
the week is over, some desperate steps
win be taken by the nearby farmers
The dead woman's maiden name was
Lena Cassnan and it was about three
years ago that she sued one Charley
Bell. of Washington township for s., 500
for seduction and got judgment to this
amount She was married to Lou Busse
| December IS. 1900 and now has child
that is eighteen months old. This was
Mr. Busse's second adventure in the
matrimonial tide of life and from his
and one girl, whose ages are and re-
spectively AT the time of the trouble
lit was stated that the children were
with the men folks at the barn, or near
| by the barn. While the infant child was
at the house with its mother.
The deceased has a father, one sis
| ter and two brothers, who reside in
and near Ackley. The two brothers ar
rived on the farm the night before the
interment took place and are so broken
up over the matter that they would
have nothing to say for publication,
whether they proposed to take the mat
ter up or not.
1t has been ascertained that some
difficulty has existed for some time in
regard to money matters and that the
case will be looked into without de-
lay.
IOWA ZINC MINES.
Lee County Prospectors Claim to
Have Located the Metal.
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