Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1911-05-03
CRIMES SIMILAR
70 GUINNESS CAS['
WEALTHY INDIANA PANMRN Aps
MiTs MURDER REvgALGo "
FINDING BODY.
CLAIMS FARM HANDS DEAT1s
WAS DUE TO ACCIDENT
confsssien Follows Arsse % JelsN
Poole. Who Once Escaped Punish-
mont For Crime Dy Pleading lasaa.,
y Bodies Of othsrs Az Dsins.
Sought.

Chicago. May s-Ths unearthing Of
the dismembered trunk ana shattered
| skull Of . man on tho farm OF John
Poole. a wealthy Indiana agraculturist.
has persuaded tho authorities OF
Fowles, Ind. that they arc on the trail
OF murder mystery similar In detail
to the wholsesale assassinations based
on the murder farm of Mrs. Belle
Guinness at Laports. Ind. about three
years ago.
was an inmate Of an insane asylum.
The body Is supposed to be that OF
Joseph Kemper. OF Chicago. who dia-
appeared Dec. IL. 1910. whilo employed
as farmland by Poole.
Other men are said to have disAp-
peared In q similar manner while In
Poole's emplay. Two of these missing
farm hands are Charles Clark and
Charles Mack.
Searching parties arc digging In
fields on the farm and In other places
| nearer tho house. Poole was arrested
on one OF hts farms near Wclcott, Ind.
soon after Kemper's body was found,
He Is being guarded by y strong de-
tachment OF deputies In the Benton
county jail at Fowler. Thrcats OF vto-
lencs have been made against htTu.
Sheriff SacsIeton and Marshal John.
Bowman. who arrested him, have him
In charge.
Pools's Son Makes First Charges.
Tho exposure OF tho alleged murder
Of Kemper was made by Poole,s is-
year-old son. Emory. who says his
mother and sister have had coSnizanca
Of his fathers connection with tho
mems disappcarance. but have henn re-
! strained from making their knowledge
public by threats OF dAeth from ths
elder Poole. The dnuEhtAr. Grace
| Poole, IL q student at tho Englewood
| business college. 6.s3 South Halsted
| street.
Emory Poole first made known his
| suspicion that Kempor had been MUIR
| dered several weeks ago. He visited
| Indianapolis and interested . detective
agency there In his story. with the re-
suit that an investigation was made and
the elder PooIe was arrested March rs.
| when n midnight search for the body
was conducted. The work OF cxcaya-
ton was continued thruout the follow
, Ing day, but without result, and Poole
| was released.
Persistent Search Reveals Body.
| Undaunted by his first failure. young
Poole conducted a quiet search OF the
farm. which resulted In the discovery
| of Kemper's body In q corn field. &h 1t!e
quarter OF mile from the house. II
| had been buried at n depth OF several
feet and had been covered with bones
! and other waste products from sevcrnl
hogs. which were butcherrd on the
farm the day after kenlpers disap-
| pearuncc.
! The body was virtually disnensberri.
only one arm remaining connected "a
| the torso. while the skull was shattered.
| Several pieces OF bone bore evidencs
| that a charge of buckshot had been
| fred into the victims head ut short
range.
| Kemper Is supposed Ia have bey n
murdered in the Poole home on Dec. 2.
! 1910, during the absence from homo
| OF all members OF the family, except
! the father. when no others returned
| to the house they found blood satur-
ating a piece OF carpet and spnttered
on the walls OF the living room. but
Poole explained this. the son asserts.
by saying he had been dressing rab-
| bits in the house.
! Pleaded Insanity to Escape Prison.
Poole was once tried on n charge OF
shooting a neighbor, but escaped the
| penitentiary thru a plea OF insanity.
He was sent to an asylum, and was re-
| leased on parole few years ago For
this reason, it Is said, the only proceed
ings that can be brought against him
In connection with the death OF Kem-
per will be such as would tnprison him
| again In the asylum.
| Thi, Is the reason threats OF lynching
have been so persistent In Fowler. The
lawless element Is wrought up 60 .
high pitch OF excitement. and many
men who knew Kemper are loud II
their demands for vengeance.
Fowler. Ind. May 3.--John Poole. ths
wealthy farmer In Jail here. accused u
| the murder OF his farm hand. Joseph
Kempcr. whose body was found on the
Poole farm yesterday. today admitted
killing Kemper. but contcnded It was
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