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astounding KeveiatwnMade by Wife When She\Identifies the Dead BodyIx-battered Corpse Held as That of Macho ? Rocha Tarns Out to he that of Drug AddictTWho Has Been.Hunted lor the Murder of Rocha; Mexican Has Disappeared and May Not he Found; Wife of, Carry Has Asserted Since Discovery of Body that Her Husband Was Murdered. :SECONDDISTRICTi t - • tr T AP.RY CARRY, drug addict,, and not Macho Rocha, h-J Mexican shop employe, was murdered in Rocha’s j 11 river-front shanty. The ax-macerated corpse, which las beenTying in a local undertaking establishment since ts discovery Sunday morning, and over which an inquest s to be -held tonight, is that of*Carry, sought far and vide as Rocha’s murderer. - ,Rocha, the real slayer, who chopped Carry to death, s alive and at liberty. - •This astonishing revelation was made before police officials this morning when Mrs. Margaret Carry, wife of the murdered man, who has been held as a suspect since the nurder was brought to light, identified the body at the Cberfc mortuary, 614 Main-streetHer identification of her husband has been substantiated by Police Chief Charles Sehlueter and Police Captain ’’rank Lew. -- ^In the face of Mrs.. Carry’s discovery, Muriel Rodri-fuez, cousin of Rocha, still elaims that. the. body is that of tocha. There is no doubt, police say, that he is mistaken.Scene at Mortuary. ' v ■. u— 'X)BH-«t-tiie^*tisLdiaiBaiic scenesCongressman v Re-elected - with Pluralities in Four Counties.iiiiisiiiifiiiiiiiiuiiiifisiiiiiiiiiitiiifSHiiy.-a., .feitfj.jft'iCOOK MAKES FINE GAINClinton County ElectsNew Set of Enforce-■ • •meat Officials.SMITH BROOKHART U. S- -SenatorNATHAN E, KENDALL GovernorHARRY E. HULL CongressmanG. 0. P. County Ticketi thc: Iilitor/ot Ihe local police epartment ’occurred at themOTta-ry today when Mrs. Carr/, reco* red from the effects of morphine, as taKen to the basement room here the body lay.As soon as she glimpsed the face he rushed* towards it, crying and overing it with kisses.*‘0 pap3j^ she moaned; 0 papa!**Police Captain Lew and Assist-nt Countv Attorney Jobn-McSwig-an stood as if thunderstruck, heir silence was broken by Cftx-nee Ebert- proprietor of the mor-iary.“What did I tell your* he ex-laimetL ~I knew that man wasn't Mexican !“rCaptain Lew turned to the worn-mu. Who as he?** he asked.“IVs Harry!” she crieiL ”1 told enz he bad been killed* but you ouldn't believe me, Now you can ie lor yourself!“Yon thought I was crazy when told you that Rocha murdered'Reed Chosen Senator in MissouriMajority ! is, Expected to Reach Total of 50,000.am!”Confronted by the body, Rodrl/ tiez. Rocha's cousin, hesitated.'‘Cousin” Hesitant.Who is he?” Ca plain Lew asked ;ain.“Is it Rocha V Rodriguez asked liernlously.-You know that it Isn't Rocha!” Irs. Cany retorted angrily. ^IVs arry Carry', and you know 5i!~ Then, in the darkened basement, s air heavy with * a corpsclike 3or. Mrs. Cany told her first co-crenl story of occurred inocha's boxlt;a* shaniy Saturdayrening- - -“1 was sitting cm Harry’s lap.* ic said. “We had been together i the shanty all-CTcninp. and had itcn supper at RochaYs. There as no quarrcLOn Tiff Astficioied tre**.Si. Louis. Mo- Nov. s.—United States Senator James IL Reed, who was repudiated by the Democratic party in state convention two years ago and who was denied a scat at the Democratic national conventionNearly 'complete Returns from the Second district indicate there-election of Congressman HarryE. Hull by a plurality of about2,000 votes'.Wayne Cook. Democratic candidate, carried Scott and Johnsin counties, his faorae county*- giving him a plurality of 1.033.Hull pluralities in the ^counties J whose returns were complete at this writing were Clinton 957, Iowaii9p Muscatine 939.HullScott................€907Clinton............G42SIowa....... 2921Muscatine......... 4233Jackson ..... r T,, 24GSSweeps in, BrookhartWins by 2,253 Votes'Johnson3915Cook794054712143335419434104Democratic Candidate for Congress, Only Democrat to Win in CouH^,^Throws Big Scare Into Hull Camp When He Carries Scott by 1,033 Ballots— 58 Per Cent Vote Cast.Total .7...........26.930. 24,934‘Three precincts missing.26,8^0 24,93-1Clinton'County.Clinton. Ja.. Nov. S.—Democratic gains marked the election here, the wet and dry Issue resulting in the election of Emmett P. Delaney. Denw as county attorney. Horace Ingwersen, Dem_ as sheriff, and T. Matthiesen as representative.• Wayne G. Cook, Democratic candidate for congress, swept Scott county in yesterday’s election, carrying his home bailiwicks by 1,033, the only Democrat to win in the county; The rest of-the ticket was decisively beaten by the Republicans, the G. O. P. , candidates in each instance having about 2,000 or more votes to the good.Cook’s strength in his home county,was evident as soon,; as the first precinct came in, and he maintained his lead by: a comfortable margin thruout the checking in'of the 39; precincts- His showing threw* a big scare into the camp of j Congressman Harry E. Hull and had the Republicans badly! worried until the count was completed in Muscatine county j this morning. Then the pendulum began to swing back to j Hull, and as the up-state country precincts, late in report-jittff hotran fn nnmp in Wnll’c Ir^fiH hhramA nrvHr-^si’hla lt;ELECTED:iiig, began to come in, Hull’s lead became noticeable.Not Scratching Enough. twill begin bis fourth term.?Lh£i!aa(;,-SCO- re^lw-\l0d otl! ingwersen soccceds C. L. Ramsay, the Democratic i,ckct yesterday. ] ]OBSiime Republican sheriff. Ip ^ arS tawa County-. ™r' K-pobnran’ K,}1 3p-1 Marengo. la.. Nov. S.-Kwa coun-F ; tr in Tuesday's election cave Hull by both the Democrats and the coa-iEir.ilCoL Smith Brookhart. againstoi •Schrocder. Republican clerk court, also came back by a decis- jHULL WINS IN-bom a hot fight M been «g«lli—• liAtn f b/ Tlaw rw«—lt;#** *Ir» tAs regards strength. 51. J. Malloy ♦next to Wavue G. Cook 1THE CLINTONRURAL REGION14 i9 plurality over Cook for congress. J j^rvatire Kcpabliauis. surprised ;jam! elected the Republican ticket I everyone hT his strength, carrying j ... r h„iiollt;t riVf^^ i Herrin-iIS3ST’ - scHcor;r v ™L. Hcrnns. Tbere was MU* j liarry- 1Vard ^ 0f the |doab - about his strength as soon . tic supcn.5sor candidates Henry Ias a few precincts rrerc in. He vasiS(,]lrM(!er raadc the best run bull weaker here than .n other parts of i fc„ .0„0 TOlcs ^hind John RcailrjV®, * ^ af^IarJv«*CT ,5jan Cov.]ias. Ule 3owcst of ^ Republicans, i RcDdal], vho ran exceptTon- ■ iuaynv hJ* 400 votes in the strong and dcteatcd Ray Fi]lt;*s.: Bonus Carries Overwhelmingly. !J Jackson County.! Maquoketa, Ja^ Nov. $.—Tbo the j Democratic ticket in Jackson coua*It made a clean sweep on all county contests, Harry Hull leadsSMITH W. BROOKHART, _R. U. 3. SenatorNATHAN E. KENDALL.....R.Govemor *HARRY E\ HULL...........R.IT. S* CongTC5smatiD. W. KIMBERLY,. - R.State Senator DU. FRANK \Y. ELLIOTT. .IL State Representative JOHN HANSEN.............R.State RepresentativeJOE WAGNER..............R.County Auditor HARRY SANDER I R_TreasurerEMIL SCHROEDEIL........R-ClerkW5L BREHMER............R.SheriffA. E. LINDQUIST JLRecorderJOHN WEIR. ..............R.Attorney DR. J. D. CANTWELL..... .R.CoronerHENRY JAGER.............R.SupervisorJOHN READING............JLSupervisorHERMAN KROEGER........R_Supervisor ITerm Beginning Jan. 2r 1924.)i county. The Republican stete •\ ticket won by about voles. - 14 ^$ votes.Dcinorratjc standard bearer, byCounty GaveTpiural .** Statement byily of 957.74f TV^kh.Clinton, la. Nov. S.-Ointon county rural prcHm-Os and thlt;* (Wi» strength of the bends of the Re-’ paWican ■ stat-c ticket avfirtcfl a (TfeaWciay R«to ?wl W aafl Dnaoaatn: lander. 5a the count-, The bonvs carried by an over- j j ivhelinang vote, surprising: every- 3 IX. W. Kimberly, for ^tafe sen’?-;one. ex-senice men included. II saor. tepped his ticket with S.Stfs: carried here about the same aslPlurality for Lodge, 1,945CTVCoL Brookharti voles, even nanning ahead of Gcv. I thruout the stete. In only aKendal] and showing why the !cm- J precincls it defeated and there Democratic Opponent Isocrals had decided it was useless the vote was very close while in to nominate against him. most of the prcriocls. city and jThe vote was light, a litUe beltercat out the back door. In a HUte. bile he came in thru the front' iw. He had an iron belL and he it Harry with atin y^tercays election. CHnten city !2rTOorratlr for nil offices Ire-' low the slate ticket but the rural-5 prcrincte «vcd some oj the officesThat Reaction-ary Republicanism JsDead in Iowa.county alikt. th* nocs w^rc far in ] Hie minority. 3n ;3i? county th£Expected to Ask for Recount.j ijhan half jhe total. U was 5f per ocnt of the vote castdentin 1 eleetiOTi ol two,Y^^days total vot-c was 15.4Wayj,c Cool; a cornier-!.’72 d - the vote two years ago was • 1Ti.77€.in the presi* bonm eanied three te enc. The ] o vcars ago. •■'ote was: Yes—7.tS2: No—2,7€l. it!p 7e l+*eciotrJ ITt rc*.Cw rv Cr**Borton. Nov. 5.—Senator Hear?fa! wd.Tscra^t m hi? hotac p7Q- j 'ta,c’t Lc’3'-' ro^lortca oroi . einct nt Kuffslo. overwhelming (A. Ga^ott, Democrat, ye? The espceted slashing down of j Congressman Hull \h^re. His won*!terda?\ by a plumlity of 1,945. Tht the RepuhHe.in supervisors and ef.iacrial fight against hi g lt;dds. carry-' ” Harry naught hold of an ax that j fw present office holders.as in the shanty, and rushed iwards Rocha. Rocha grabbed ic ax from him and hit him with4c Killed H^trry and Ran Away;Mrs. Cany saJd that Rocha did rescmbter her husband—that echa was Tnnch larger, ^nd slirat-M_ She declared them w/tuld ho; n chan ne for a mistake.Stetk to Story.Ks-or jui-nce her anresT Fen day.'lt;“^rr?' has hem proilt;*rf3na tOwt. was tKT htjsband. and not RcrhiLi wt hut hrr loty;fth^.7to Errcrt vrriflitedL ns sbp was, rider nhr unflumre ntf tdmgfi. Whm-rjt. stpittFlipnfC she iflai-nd Nha!* !iTr?' ’Cnrr?' had hefn Udffofl. tnrt [tt stoty was so Itieohlt;Tm1 Ihiit it m noL tK-Dct’od.fhis mennitig sho was bronchi to e pohec* station and safhjortefl to icflihtT exanrtoi 15 on. Hit !f;rion w'fls the same n?, she had D'te V fore. Thfu rbe w-as taltfm i the 7nof1«»T?‘ ihc.1 she tnighlEven CengresFinan Harry HnR had a narrow escape, hut carried the wmy €fl2S 1e 547! on the ciim-jvete of the slate complete w-as:Wasbinslon. 3a_ Xw. X—“Rtac-i**1® bouw: ofllrial* i iaj; jot rouuly whcti lhlt;* «itirr;-i,ttettaiy Kepuhllcanistn is -dead j failed to ntaterialir.e, the cnunt not j county tirket went K^imblican by Jowa and 3 Intend to continue itii2lc^P riose in nny instance. Of a H; plurriity^is regarded eTery-cX-crt my ever?* effort to see that it court house officers Joe W-ttg- j^ ^ —3^ ner ran high with £.412 tries nnd 1never a comeback.” saidrook:plete xet-urRF lt;7. BhAtr. Rtpubll- IV, Brookhart when informedcan. was te The stele veoate.i cbM Associated rotara* as*Pra Kurt Aacnifkc. hrc ^ him of at vinery of atpprosi-Oanwalic opponent. John «0-snnJ 375.W majnrily crer Cljriew'ps 3C-eterte'd but Dr.: - — his RcrtWh^d team; jttfliC. ran ffrarth in his j^ce for re*elt^ciion. 35, C. i^etn octalbeing tin mod te m creed Rrtrrcscnl*-rivc Fmith. John T BrenTWTi. Detn* -tkt-tL v.sip ihlrd in theJCft-nSlmefl oo Pabc4CuotlntJ£i5 on Parc Elrvtm.1^created iKripuTlisati ^mity lt;di.7s, j/ccktec r^clDriion. nre ffliwiff 4. L. KnfiTusf*?*. vsbe loft lo l^rrKKHs jL Oticwiasen. 3iftnoej!at: • tVutJiy Alt rrme?* W. 3^- 'I'hlTd^. «de-by HbTOwrtit r. Dclaneyt Fu-JJohn liljen, to lie sneceftfl-•ed by K. J. •Quigley. U^tmhliftFiTts re^lr,c1od are Ornniy Aufltl’Pr JFolmL. F-lemag Wy e3clt;^tioti is n vdfi-ory for ihc tetmer-K. labor. ^oldier-R. jitid i mrdbtfs of Iowa, who defied me upon 8he jrrcigrani 3 have ^nnounc* I e-d in my primary cjittipcigUa If! ■ $thc Re^mhlbuu parly te win :Democrats Lead in House With 25 StatesA recount of ihc vote for senatci undoubtedly will be asked by Col end Gaston, his associates said.Reported; Iowa is Only One Solidly RepublicanTHOMPSON TICKET MEETS DEFEAT IN COOK COUNTYdn future 11 muM m np- \•on ipliiifotuiuH to sbait upon ’w hiib 3. have stood srm*j ^ihe nn-; jrforpt’CTut'TJt of my •cmndidacyrJTk 7t»f‘ t •w'^lcdnff 7***.New YhwJl Xdv. Al «DtrjR Earfern tiirnc^ 4-oda?\ 2o ...... _ ..........ihalt;3 comp3e^et3 lt;heir efmjrrcssi-oiial electa dr returns. jJJrfls WdnrsiTigfent Rcitticr RepiaWiPiLTif; dot Bcfnocrat1; ^iad progrc^wd ! mayor’s -formal aTmouncelt;hicAgo. Xnv. S.—‘IVilliam 34alc Thompson, ending his serondx-ror sercti^c icrm ns Republican may-i-rt* of Chicago. 4n-oouncerl c-ariy lo. jffsy that he w-ob]Q “Sc a candidal-r next srrriTJg for a th'.rd tf-m. or tb* coadliioTj that smtFtfdnjI 7iumb?TTsi' sim the pledgeRALSTON HAS further toward ronlr-c*l of Hie house of rcpfesenta- ;-77r'r!l(-u,''TriY?n f'»7 pf JcT™1A BIG LEAD - *.4^^- f(Tr 11lf* ^Hro RetmbDrnn count?Saves. The vote at thff hour stood. ^ ^ f,sr.tTt}^ rfFte-Jim, Trcasiu-fT Y- V. Sor-tmsca J InflJaTjaT'Dhs, Ind., Nnv. —Re- \ ncpubiicaui ................................................. 185 . rm^T Fft-er Hoffman, nan did ateCharles J. uud 'from 2,rmf 'Of DeliiiX'fis ........... 187■ \lt;rx Sh'-'riff-rrttit'T Murry l\V Andrews. Ct^rwjfT! HnrHii tei Indiuun ‘for t'nlled FtJitcs ■/ 1•r. P. K^’Horris and Fni'rtvifinrl trh-f*;'fteff rg n M r 11 in l r»pii« Democrats,■ssteo %‘vrti i e-rioL'k*d.S74.««7i nerprtteK XfliffbUcM. i .A majority to ooutrol js 23S. 3owa wap the only ftatcf ic«i fheir lives in -the TtciTiy mine-3.Mi.Tii; sotdiiUfft, 575, J which has relumed a solid KepuoJiciiR delegation. j disaster at Fpangicr. ra. •
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Davenport Democrat and Leader
Davenport, Iowa, US
Wed, Nov 08, 1922
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