Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1910-09-26
WILLIAM BOSTON, coLoRED, is
GROUND UNDER TRAIN WHILE
ATTEMPTING TO ESCAPE.
FIRST SHOT SWEETHEART
BECAUSE OF JEALOUSY
Miss Susie Losson, HIS Victim, Prob
ably Will Die-Received Attention
From Too Many suitors-Parties to
Tragedy Reside at Cricket, Mahaska
Mining Village.

Special to Times-Republican.
Oskaloosa, Sept. 26-William Bos-
ton, a young colored miner aged 80
Cricket Coal and Mining Company, is
dead and Miss Susie Losson, a young
colored woman Of about the same age,
will die, the outcome Of jealousy and
woman's persistent attentions to and
entertainment of several lovers. Boston
was insanely jealous of the woman to
whom he is said to have been engaged.
He shot her with shot gun intending
to kill her outright He made his es-
cape into the night and a short time
afterwards was himself killed while
Attempting to board a train to make his
escape.
Young Boston and the Losson girl
have been keeping company" for sew
eral months and an agreement to
marry has been understood between
them. For this reason Boston thought
that Susie should not entertain other
men. But Susie liked attentions and
also enjoyed making her friends jeal-
Gus one of another and tormented her
suitors in various ways.
Finds Rival on Scene.
Saturday evening, by mutual I'M
Outstanding, belonged to Boston. When
he went to the home of his girl some
what tardily Saturday might to find his
place pre-empted by a rival suitor,
Boston was suflAn and furious and
Susie appeared to favor the early
conner. Boston stayed at the house for
a while and then departed and pro-
cured a shotgun. He returned to the
Losson home about 1920 o'clock and
went into the room where Susie and
the rival were still engaged in conver-
sation. Boston sat down, and COM
menced Gliding the girl about her
treatment Of him He had the gun
across his lap The woman said that
she leaned toward Boston to take the
gun from him or to shove the barrel
out Of line with her body just as the
Infatuated man pulled the trigger. The
charge tore away a part of an arm
and thigh nearest the muzzle. Some
of the charge tore across the abdomen
and disemboweled the girl. She was
actually blown from her seat by the
force of the shot Boston dropped the
gun and fed thru the open door into
the darkness and took to the woods.
He was pursued by the other lover
who had witnessed the shooting but
was soon lost in the night. A posse was
organized and went in search of the
negro who was known to be unarmed.
Murder Meets Death.
Within less than an hour the dying
negro, mangled by the wheels of a
Northwestern coal train which he at
tempted to board while the cars were
in rapid motion, was picked up along
the side of the track, bleeding and un-
conscious. He died soon afterwards
and the unwaYanted shooting of the
woman was quickly avenged.
The girl is still alive but has no
chance for recovery The intestines
were perforated in many places and
the abdominal wall was shot away
Susie Losson has figured In other low
ers' quarrels and has been the subject
of numerous conflicts and contests. She
has carried bullet fired at her ten
years before by rejected sutton. Susie
formerly lived at old Muckakinoek and
was considered the belle of the camp
by the black beaux
When the surgeon was endeavoring
to gather the shreds of the torn and
mangled body together and dress the
wounds he was surprised to come upon
bullet in the tangle of torn and
bleeding flesh. He was surprised and
mystified until the relatives told Of the
shooting at Muchakinock several years
before when the efforts Of physicians
to probe and locate the ball had been
unsuccessful.