The Oskaloosa herald. (Oskaloosa, Mahaska County, Iowa) 1885-1919, 1915-12-09
|THE COUNTRY SCHOOLS THE M'D0N0UGH CASE|E
Auto Belonging to Murdered Woman
Located at Moline. .-

Another chapter has been added
. the murder of Mrs. Anna McDonr
ough of 0skaloosa who was killed
near Muscatine and the body dumped
into a cellar beneath a farm house
where it was found not long since.
The missing automobile has been To-
Gated and returned to Oskaloosa.
The car was left at the garage of
the Tri-City Motor Company In Mo.
line on the night of November or 6,
by man who stated that he wished
to leave the car for few days, that
he desired to have it overhauled,
whatever repairs we're needing to be
made in the meantime.
But the car was in comparatively
perfect order. Nothing was out of re-
pair and it needed no attention.
When the owner did not return in the
specified time, nothing was thought
of the occurrence and not until the
car was left at the garage consider
able time did the non-appearance of
the owner excite comment. Then
the garage manager took steps to
locate the owner and wrote to the of
fee Of the secretary of state at Des
Moines to ascertain the name of the
person to whom the license number
was issued. Receiving the informa-
ton that Mrs. Anna McDonough, of
Oskaloosa was the, name of the per.
son registering the property the gar.
age vote to the address in Oskaloosa
stating that the car was at Moline
with shelter and storage fees due
from November G.. and asking for
disposition.
This letter to Mrs. McDonough was
delivered to the hand of the daugh.
ter, Mrs. George Haber. Mr.. and
Mrs. Haber went to Moline Saturday
evening, claimed and settled for the
property and drove the car to Oska-
loosa arriving home Sunday night.
They were unable to obtain any
description of the man who left the
car. The man at the garage when
the car brought in was an extra
hand" and his whereabouts at this
time were unknown to the owners.
They had no knowledge of the fellow
or his appearance. Neither had the
fact that the name of the car owner
was connected with that of the wom-
an murdered near Muscatine occur.
red to the garage operators.
They stated that the car was left
with them during the night of the
fifth of November, Friday. The driver
gave no name but said he would, be
back for the car the next Thursday.
AS the car was new machine the
workmen thought it rather strange
repairs should be called for when
nothing was wrong with it. Some one
suggested that it might be a stolen
car when the driver did not call for
it and this prompted the action to
investigate the registry name
through the state department.
Upon poper identification of Mr.
and Mrs. Haber and signing or re-
lease the property was turned over to
them and they returned to Oskaloosa.
Mrs. MCDonough and her son John
we're in Oskaloosa Wednesday No.
.vember 3. They were both seen here
on that date and transacted business
and Mrs. McDonough was known to
have had a large sum of money on
her person on that date. She also
told delivery boy that she was 60.
ing away that day, possibly for two
or three weeks. On this date also
she made preparations to be away
from her home, among other things
transferring her chickens to the home
of her daughter for care.
/ But the chain of circumstances
tending to locate the perpetrators of
the murder is again left incomplete
in the failure to obtain description of
the party leaving the car at the. gar
age and the solution of the mystery
is a far from determination as before.