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me iniii iiiMi in ikii pursuit. aim i«*r me first time (Gardner learned that a brutal murder had been committed at Polk City, and that he liad unconsciously driven the murderers to rover. Directly scores of armed men arrived from Audubon. Kxira, Drayton, Atlantic and Avoea. and from the surrounding country, and they proceeded to search the grove.Porhnp* at this point it is necessary to give a hrief description ofKI.KHORN lt;. Ito V K.It is shaped something like a flatiron, the j»oint toward the northwest. Around it are cultivated farms. It is at least a mile long, and |»erhaps average* from a quarter to a hal^ mile wide. It is hounded on the east by a highway, on the south by a road with a small wheat field between, on the west by a large open fold. Commencing at the northeast corner is a bridge across Indian creek, on the road leading south. The creek runs in a south-westerly direef ion, being somewhat erooked, pas-ing through and leaving small ortions of the grove on the north and finallyp leaving it at the southeast corner or point on the ea^t side, and about half way frorn the bridge to where the road turns west, is a small church standing four or five rods to the right and in the timb*r, and is really the only building therein. The grove consists of a very few scattering tail trees and considerable second growth timln-r. the entire ground surface being covered with an almost im|H*netra-ble thicket of undergrow th, consisting of hazel, grajwand gooselerr\ bushes, interwovenXVTK He is it youn He is of slin pounds. He alias Smith. Missouri. 1 Simpson Ta\confesses to ^ ing killed Cl at the killingsavs that nei•with the kill ford shot Cli that the man lv. He is a the matter ccanv who call♦The IMv name iDennison, T* no home; ha three weeks; ah*.ut two ye with me was Dennison, T« have heen toj City about tv bv the name City Mondav 1 was at a fai of l*.»lk City Jennings she that Jenning that lt;iates di since vesterd morning. J* is of dark iv years old, ah weight ahout Cates shot In I will not sa; murder uni**-
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Fairfield Tribune
Fairfield, Iowa, US
Thu, Jul 19, 1883
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