The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1909-12-03
TERRIBLE CRIME
COMES TO Light
Unknown Man Found This Morning In
an Ice Wagon at Ninth and
Johnson With a Knife
Through Him.
POLICE ARE BAFFLED
Have no Tangible clew on Which
to Work as Victims Identity is
Unknown to Any
Here.
POLICE ARE BAFFLED

From time to time, the police have
been startled by the atrocious as
saQlts and murders which have OCCUR
red in this city and terror has been
struck in the hearts Of the bravest
citizens. A wave Of crime seems to
be passing over the community and
the officers have been baffled In their
every attempt to check the foul and
CHASTITY murders which have taken
place in the past several months and
| all realize that something must be
done Immediately and steps taken to
protect the lives of helpless citizens
and lead into the clutches of the law,
the miscreants who have caused fear
to arise by their murderous work.
The latest of the many crimes OF
late and one which has again startled
the city from end to end, was the foul
murder OF an unknown man whose
body was found this morning at Ave
O'clock in an Ice wagon at the large
ice sheds at Ninth and Johnson
streets. The discovery was made by
the owner and several employees of the
ice company and the police at once
notified of the CHASTITY find.
The body was in terrible condi-
ton, large gashes, some two and three
inches being found In the abdomen OF
the unknown man and most horrible
| of all, heavy steel knife eight inches
in length and with the sharpness OF a
razor, being stuck through that part
80 thn jrop Il fofo III oIN
heart.
The sun had not vet risen when
the mans body was found and the
| place about the ice plant was dark
and good place for murder, such
as the one which has been brought to
! light today. The employees Of the ice
packing plant had gone to work at
the usual morning hour and it was by
chance when one of them had stepped
into the rear of the large covered
wagon that he found the knitted body
lying with the head towards the drlv.
ers seat and with pool OF blood
which had CONCEALED in the bed Of the
wagon. The body when found show.
ed that life had been extinct for at
least four hours.
No clew as to the mans identity
has been found but the police officers
are putting forth every effort and by
night may have found some evidence
Of the perpetrator of this terrible
crime.
Later.
1 The man found this morning in the
Azinger ice wagon at Ninth and
Johnson streets is not known. That
he is man is made plain from the
fact that he wore bakers clothes
1 the white trousers, apron, cap and
shoes of the dough mixer and was
none other than dummy which ha6
been rugged up to brighten the EN-
ployees of the ice company when they
came to work before sun up.
The whole thing was planned and
carried out in hair raising style by a
number of willy bakers who are used
to playing such pranks and who wish
ed to have little fun. They had
their fun for the men who surrounded
the ice wagon thought that some aw
full crime had been committed when
one of them discovered that the mar
in the wagon was no more or less
than a red faced, starey-eyed dummy
put there to frighten them.
This is not the first time the bak
ers have played a trick on unsuspect
ing ones as the other day, dummy
contrived by them was dropped
from the bakery roof while the multi
tudes were passing to their work after
the noon hour.
What they will do next is moi
known but series of good ones is
promised for the coming winter
months When q baker is full of yeast
foam and raisins. there's no telling
what he will do.
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