Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1910-03-19
BLOOMFIELD HAS
SOL we'd M STERY
ARREST OF ELDERLY SINGLE
WOMEN FOLLOWS RECENT
DISTURBANCES.

Bloomfield, March 1S.-(Spec-
II ial.)- Evidence secured today
points to Hattie and Ella Miller,
the two women sent to the asylum
last night, as the assailants of
Mrs. Jack Noble, who was badly
n burned by carbolic acid some time Z
| ago. The women We're arrested
through mailing a threatening let
ter to Marshal Harvey. The post
master saw the women mail the
| letter and notified the marshal. A
comparison showed that the hand
4 writing was practically the same
as that on the anonymous letters
4 received by Mr.. and Mrs. Noble
before and after the recent attack.
Bloomfield, March IS. - Misses
Hattie and Ella Miller, two elderly
women, living alone in the eastern
| part of the city, were arrested by the
sheriff and placed before the insane
commissioners of Davis county, late
yesterday afterioon. They were de-
clared insane and removed to Mount
Pleasant late in the evening.
It is thought that these two old Ia
dies were the cause Of all the night
prowling and mysterious visits which
have troubled the ladies of this town
for some time. Only circumstantial
evidence was used in declaring these
women the mysterious persons. They
were seen by neighbors to leave their
cottage every evening, dressed in
black with shawls over their heads
and go somewhere. The ladies were
suspected for some time, but no direct
clue or evidence can be placed against
them.
nocence of night prowling. They have
lived alone in their cottage for many
years and have acted rather queer, es-
pecially in the last few months.
Between the hours Of Z and 8 o'clock
each evening there appeared on the
streets of Bloomfield, a strange spectre
in the guise of woman. 1t might
have been a woman, or it might have
been man dressed in feminine attire,
anu it might have been something else,
but fake or no fake, the women Of the
city were becoming alarmed. The OBJ
ject is CARRIED in black, a shawl Of the
same hue thrown over her head. 1T
has frightened three women, Mrs.
James Warrington, Mrs. L. L. Pitman,
and Mrs. Benjamin Garwood. Anony-
nous letters have been dropped here
and there promiscuously, some of them
being addressed to the most promi-
nent citizens.
About month ago carbolic acid was
thrown generously over Mrs. Jack
Noble, whose face and right eye still
bear scars. All kinds Of stories were
heard, but no definite evidence was
admitted by anyone. No one seemed to
be sure of the real cause of all the
trouble abroad.
caot. Boeardus again hits the Bulls
Eye.
This world famous rifle lot who
holds the championship record Of 100
pigeons in 100 consecutive shots isliv- |
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he says: Il have suffered long time !
with kidney and bladder trouble and |
have used several we'll known kidney |
medicines all of which gave me no re-
lief until ! started taking Foleys Kid.
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suppression and oftentimes a cloudy |
voiding. While upon arising in the |
I would get dull headaches. |
Now I have taken three bottles Of |
Foley's Kidney Pills and fell 100 per |
cent better. am never bothered with
my kidneys or bladder, and once more
feel like my own self. All this I owe |
solely to Foley's Kidney Pills and al
ways recommend them to my fellow |
sufferers. Swenson's Drug Store;
Clarks Drug Store.