Northern Wisconsin advertiser. [volume] (Wabeno, Wis.) 1898-1925, 1904-02-25
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Shallow Grave Is Found.
About 100 yards from the road. in
TINS dense timber, was seen a little
mound Protruding from it were seen
the white hands of a human. Mem
Ders OF the searching party were sum,
moned and the body was uncovered.
1t was that of Alice Maude Henninger
Her face was distorted; the forehead
was gashed and her skull fractured.
The body was wrapped in a horse
blanket. The dirt had been carefully
pied upon her and then leaves spread
over the grave to prevent detection.
The body was exhumed, taken to the
home of her parents. The coroner
conducted an inquest. Five physicisAs
examined the body and reported that
the young woman had been the victim
OF an unprintable crime. The cor
oners, jury recommended that Fred
Strube be held for the murder with
out bail.
! Officers in FIVE states were notified
OF the murder. A search was made of
the community in which the crime was
committed, many believing that Strube
had surely killed himself also. Five
days later it was learned that Strube
mad been seen early Sunday morning
driving twenty miles south of Havana.
Nothing was heard of his trail until
fourteen days later, when it was learn
ed he crossed the Illinois river at
quincy He was traced to Edna. Mo.
for there he sold his horse and buggy.
1t was at Quincy that Strube procured
a newspaper and learned that the
body OF the girl whom he had MUIR
dered had been found and that officers
were on his trail. He went from Edi-
ma to kirksville, Mo-, from there to
Macon, Mo-, and went out to the farm
OF Aaron Achton and worked there
five days. Fearful that officers would
locate him. he went to Macon on the
morning of December 1, intending to
take train for the west While
standing on the platform he was
recognized by Chief of Police Woods
and placed under arrest He acknowl-
edged his guilt. The next day Sheriff
Brooker of Mason county, H., arrived
in Macon and took charge of the
prisoner. On the train Strube made
the following confession, which is a
narrowing account of the most
atrocious crime:
b Murderer Makes Confession.
'tMen, tell you 1 killed her. The
woman got my love and she had been
promising me for four months to let
me know whether she was going to
marry me or not. She had been put
ting me off from Sunday to Sunday.
and finally 1 made up my mind she
had to tell me. So that Saturday
night, after we drove from the
Dieffenbacher schoolhouse to her
fathers house, drove east and turned
the corner and started to talk to
Alice. I told her how much loved
her. said to her: Alice, are you
going to marry me or not? She didn't
say yes or no. She hesitated for a
while and then said she didn't know.
II said: Alice, do you know what
ought to be done to you for this p
She sneered and snickered and said:
No 1 don't We'll, you ought to have
your brains knocked out
Then we began to quarrel.
picked up a wrench which l had in
the buggy and lifted it up and in my
rage struck her in the head. We
fought, and both Of us fell out of the
buggy. She said: My God, Fred;
don't. I'll marry you'll This hap
pened about one-eighth of mile from
the woods where buried her. hit
her over the head several more times.
l picked her up and put her into the
buggy. She was not breathing then.
1 drove into the timber and dug a
grave for her. dug the grave with
an old shovel that was lying around
the barn, which had thrown in the
buggy that afternoon. After I dug the
grave l committed an act which I
don't want you to print it. l then put
her in the grave and covered up, but
wrapped her in a horse blanket before
burying her.
Il drove away then, going through
Havana and into Chandlerville There
| asked Rev. Schaefer the road to
; coStNoso"h. dt Iue jdIIcT
place. | bought a shirt, for my white
shirt was covered in blood. | drove
on and reached Quincy Tuesday morn
ing. There is where | first saw the
papers. knew that the body had
heen found. I crossed the Mississippi
river. and Wednesday morning | ar
rived In Edna, Mo-, and there sold my
horse and buggy. From there l went
to Kirksville, then to Macon. | APP.
piled at the Macon shear works for
work and was told | could have a. job
but | thought l could do better on a
farm. went out to Aaron Actions
farm and got job husking corn, but
l thought I'd better leave, because
every time I picked up a paper I saw
they were following me. | went to
Macon, intending 10 go west, but there
is where | made my mistake
BIames Victims Sister.
81 loved Alice Henninger and
know she loved me. I am sorry that
killed her. l did it in a moment when