The Denison review. [volume] (Denison, Iowa) 1867-current, 1901-03-05
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IS ALIVE
Not Murdered as Sup
posed Friday.
So. SIS Buried Treasure is
Found According to Warns
Directions.

Found According 10 warn 5
Directions.
The later Developments have cleared
up what promised at first to be great
mystery as to the death of Henry
Warn The tragedy was simply the
act of an insane man, executed with
all the cunning and foresight OF in
sanity. Taking up the story where the
Review left it on Friday, the day of the
the further developments have
been, first. the return OF the boy, Viii
liam, who was at that time supposediso
ing of letter showing that the fire
was planned and telling where Warns
money could be found, and third, the
recovery of the money amounting to
1886.
4 From the evidence submitted at the
coroneris inquest held yesterday it APP
pears according to the testimony OF
William Warn. that his father acted
queerly the night before and that at
O'Clock he arose and left the house be-
ing gone about three hours. 1t is sup
posed that at this time he wrote the
letter which was found pinned on the
inner side of the lid of a feed box in
Mr.. Mic Oldrog's barn, and told where
the money which Warn had hid might
be found Returning to the house
| William testiies that his father con-
tinued to act in wild and threatening
manner, pacing the floor, revolver in
hand, and finally announcing his in
tenting to destroy the place by fire.
In the boy's presence he started some
of the fires, and when the boy remon-
strated and wanted TO let the cattle
and horses out Warn told him that if
he did not leave the place. Or that if
he went to warn any of the neighbors.
he would kill him. At this. the boy
was so frightened that he ran away
and hid in straw stack on farm
some two miles distant. He testified
that be 1~-erss-.es leep and did nonawake.
until evening. when he naus nls Nay
to the home of his sister, Mrs. Oldrbg.
The. balance OF the testimony given be-
fore the jury, which consisted of
Messrs. r. Knaul, E. Gulick and I'll. F.
Schwartz was almost identical with the
information published in the Review
on Friday.
Mr.. G. NJ Russell testified to to find
ing the building on fire and to the ra,s
cue of a portion of tho stock, he also
testified, that Warn could not have
been in the lower part of the bar
when he, Russell, first came on t
scene, and it is supposed from this t.
Warn must have climbed to the hI
loft after setting the last fire.
The additional testimony concerneS
the finding of the letter and the
recovery of the money by Mr.. Oldrog.
The letter found in the barn as above
described, was written on two envelope
with an indelible lead pencil. The le
ter is queer mixture of high and Id
German and was evidently writti
while the writer was under the pr
sure of strong emotion. The letter W.
evidently addressed to his daughter
Mrs. Oldrog, and contains many thin
which show that he had deep atft
ton for her! THE money! the LETT
states was buried on Mr.. Wendt's IL
east from his house, where two pc
were set close together. 1t stated tt
: the furniture and other things M
Oidrog had already received were
to be considered as a part of the est
but simply as pay for years of faij
labor for him. This letter and the
a ther fact that all of his daughter
!; tha's belongings were taken from ,
9 house and saved from the flames. s j,
a that Warn had much affection inG
n heart for his.children. The directi
!. given in the letter as to the fndindes
the money were observed and in thl
place indicated the sum of 1886 wfs
found in tin pail buried just a litts
/. below the surface OF the ground Til
If money was in currency and was securf
i. packed in the Tin paint can. tied up
J. rolls of supposedly $500 each and 4
= curely covered from the weather.
III Cashier M. e. Jones of the Crawfq 4
t. County State Bank, testified that,auN
il short time ago he paid Warn oil
siderable sum in gold and this has IL
as yet been accounted for, althoughl9
course. Warn may have had it chandS
"A for currency.
The following was the verdict of
coroner's jury:
We, the jury, find that Henry WI
a came to his death by his own handN
s setting fire to all his own buildiSl
: also barn, which was set afire by N
.I3I:sst, and entering same, barricaAj
y doors, SO as not to admit anyone, tfgs
= by perishing with the stock, which,
VI consumed by the fire. Two cartrit
of the revolver were discharged,I
Il whether he took his life by firearkl
knife the remains were so disfguY l
fire that we are unable to decide VI
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