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FARM A PLACE OF HORRORMRS. HOFFMAN WILL NOT RETURN TO HER HOME.High* K#i1te«, All th. Surpoiod Victims of utorr ■mi«i b»». ltce* t'n-«itk*d anJ It I* Thought Ho Hurt Still Oilioi Victims.Clinton, Don. 1* —(Spoelnl.)—With her mil’.: larturtd with tbc Etueioroe lr.ado by her husband, wllllom Hoffman, who 11% tt: on the Jiaatlnn farn in Rock 3Mr.ni! county, Illinois. Mrs. Hod man de-flat i.s tHo will never return to Her home dc/iin. onrt os a result indication! arc tliat the home ot Henry Baatian. multl-murdvrer. who killed eight men during o period of a few ycira ena buried litj irm.Uns *i»out the premises. win soon bs lonely r.nit dcrericd- A fen days sen. -ASillc doing some excavating near the home Hoffman due up tho remains ot a matt supposed to have been those o( AU-Pitl Jcl.nr.on, the eighth known victim of istlsn The rrrralns were nearly decomposed. however. only enough clothing clinging to Ibfl body to Identify it. Mr. lloflman says he will also leave the tertian terra und seek a home cmld moro pleasant surroundings.Tnc known list ot Bastlan’s victim* Includes the following: Frwd Kuechmann. Fil'd Krtentcn. John LaudCThacb. Mur-ehtill Lewis. Axel Sternberg, Hugh Mo-Calterty. Ernert Mlir and August John-emu There 1» good routim to b.lieva that other bodies lio crumbling in tho oirth of the Itaotmn form, us oilier men mys-tcrlouely disappear*! whit* working for Eastlnn tind It i! thought he murdered them just as he did eight other persons who were ot different limes employed by him. In fact. 8 neighbor who lives near the farm snys he know* where another body Is going to decay on the bloodstained farm, but rays he will not dls-o*c the whereabouts of the remain? for ar of being involved In the criro* BaaUan In id his pinna wen. Jfe employed men not well known in the vicinity, lie’paid them no warm, op-mislng them money after they had worked several month*. Instead of paving Ikb nwn he muttered thrm and burled the bodies at different pla-** on the farm. About three yinr-i ago the temnln? of Ernest Miller wire found along the read near Bastion’* frnn. At llrrt it was thought he had fallen from a hnvve and broken Ms neck. TJ.'w-vir. an Inve'tlRelten developed the feet that Milter had been killed with a club. Tuittiliii »«e luspectod. wn» uircrtcd und rl-ecd n jail. The dtenpprarnnce of tho otlpr firm hand* or HmtSan war com-taented on. The iberlff made an examination of tho premises and found two do-compcsed. bodies, ona under a nog pen floor, the other under n hrmh pile. When Bastian learned these tact* he coniinitted filicide. fflcte then five bodies lui%v been accidentally discovered on the form, and every time Hartman digs a iw*i liolo fra fears he will turn up the fkul! of a human being.*n»nre» bnt liar* JTiit Indicl.sionx city. nee. l*.-(Special-The grand jury Invertlgatlons of the county officers hni closed 1n rather :i farcical way. Member* or the Jury intimated all niong ttrst they knew of ungi»slioncd crookedness and criiniual Iikibc.ii.-v i:i tho transactions of the board of Mipcrvisors. and perhaps other officials, but Us report made last evening censures no one In particular and merely apeak* of general condition* The report wji» lt;in*,itt*rnctory to cue Juror. A. J. Jones, who declared that tt did not go for enough. For several bour yesterday the report was delayed became he refused to sign it He !nti»nyl that there should bo no mincing of matters, but that the names of the officials who had been tranaactinc bu*l-nn In a iiucsUonablc way should be mentioned. as also the Instances of ibeir loosencsn. The report finds:First—That many hundreds of bills were cllov-ed by the supervisors without being signed or even sworn to, ao Tuti'Jircd by law, and that some were unjust und without merit.Sectmfl—That bills worn allowed without being Itemised, «* required by law.Third—Thai tome official* have not ms.de reports according to law.Fourth—That the supervisors have not kept a hrtitgo record, a* required byFifth—That aupMvisors file claims and receive pay fur divers pertOllf.Ijlxth—That individual supervisor? transact Important business without Liking 11 before the entlro board.Doyle-llnra* Case.Council Bluffs. Dec. 14.—JudgeGreen's court room was filled to it? capacity when he convened court today. There were present prominent attorneys and jurist? Irom Omaha nnd this city to hear the opening argument by Charles J. Hughes of Denver for the plaintiff in the Doyle-Btirps mining suit for a large block of stock in the Portland Mining company.Mr. Hughes began with rx preliminary statement of thanks to the court and JOry for the patience displayed through tho ten and a half weeks of the trial. He then took up the history of jhi early partnership of Jam*-* Doyle aul James O. Burns. Ho eaiil there war. do claim made by Doyle that ihcrc was abusiness partnership, but that the men had aharod their ups and downs, as all ' mitiero tlo in making locations, and when their nuccets waa assuted th.it , both were entitled to equal shares In thclr rortunos.High behix.l DetuatM.Sioux Cily. Dec. H.-(S«illl.1-A Joint debate betveen the S»oux City and Council lilufl* high scliools U new fully ns-aori'iv. Tli' bti.iiv (Tty ■who'll has rc-crived an acc“t«t.‘Dce of its recent challenge nnd omy tho dal- and nthor detail* remain to be arranged. The conlc«t Is to b« held in Sioux City. Council ftluffi Is to caoosc the question and Sioux City the side It will take. The judges ore to be rnmeil b Council Blufl*. »ub.*et to the confirmation of Sioux City The at* urinative i* to have a total of to minutes for Us dl/cn'lon. Including rebuttal, and , the negetlvo 40 m'nutts. 'fois will be the record, rtcbatu fur Ui* Sioux City high ; school. H defeated West Des Mouses i high school tao jcuru ago.Ca»l»l fur bhriiff Kniln,Missouri Valley. D-r II —The conle?-. fm the ofben of snonff in Harrison county between Swelton. detoocraile nominee, and fiimin. rcpitbiican. ended yc*ierlt;!ay :n a vbili rv Icr fixe)ton. the cnmmbrlou awarding him the office for fcurteon vote:.Fattier Leal**,, IVo'ii.Marshalltown. Dec. 11. -Right R*v. T. M. Lcnigan, ifshnp of Cheyenne. Wyoming. wild has bv-n III here r!x week*. It much uotve tonight nnd h not ox|i?ctwl to .ive moir than a few days.?trik»r« A«Ic fm Arbi.ration.SprlngficM. III., Dee. 14.—The slrikrrs at Ihe bats lev Plow factory today dac.il-ed to submit tbclr case to the Mat; board of arbllraLod for Invevligutlon. K. W. Job of I’C’.cnco, chairman, and Vf. A. Mathis of Ciuiton. members of the bourn. have been hsro in cnnfrrence with the rtrlkers ant! with officer* of the company. The latter have declined to Join In the proporiUon for arbllratKxi. I'odcr the law. tne arbitration board, upon the petition of sllber party to a labor JU-pute. may conduct an Inquiry and make rcuoianMiniiatteni. with a view to effecting an nduetnscat. tt* derisions arc not binding, however. onic*t both ►■lt;« Join In the proceeding The vital question Involved ill the Sattley strike ir the recognition Of Hi? plow workers’ union.Very iow rates to lat-rnatter.nl Llvo Stock ExnoMUon at Chicago, ill, via tho Northwotero line TieVer* will b* iold at one fare, plus 'I. for round Irlp Do-eemher i s and S. imltsd ro return until December J, inclusive. Apply to un-nu Chlcigo Ncriotutttcrn -Allway.
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Des Moines Daily Leader
Des Moines, Iowa, US
Sun, Dec 15, 1901
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