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THE BAST I AN PREMISES.The Notorious Farmstead Transformed Into a Well Kept Farm.The Argus of Rock Island which during the past mouths of early spring did such meritorious work in ; making the investigation o£ the Bus- j, J* [ tian premises m Black Hawk township [, a necessity has the following to say concerning the present aspect of the premises.The Batian farm which was made notorious through the revelation of the series of murders committed by the hand of Henry Bastian. has been transformed from the rough looking farm of the past to one of the roost beautiful spots for miles around. The old cow Shed in which Kitsch mans met his fate is a thing of the past as well as the old chicken coop, coal shed, high board fence and cattle racss. The ground ^ where these stood has been leveled and a garden covers the spot. Where the unfortunate Lauderbach was found a heavy cron of weeds and grass has grown. The orchard p sc seats a splendid sight, the trees bending with the weight of apples, and the fields of com and potatoes are also looking well. The steep road leading to the fax*m has been r. j graded and a number of other Improve-r I meats taken place. H. S. Meyers, who 6 1 has leased the place, came here from t j Spokane. Wash., with his three children e | a short time ago and in dune he mar-s j ried his second wife Miss Clara Robb, i j Mrs. Meyers has changed the appear-5: ance of the rooms in the house a great -1 deal. The walls arc hung with paint-r j ings. the work of her own hands and 1 i everything presents an appearance of e {neatness. Mr. Meyers will make other ? j improvements in a short time.. I We cannot refrain from cred'ting the- j Rock Island newspaper with the great l * work of rectifying the records of Rock | i J Island county in the persistency of its- j demands which made the re-opecing of -1 the Kuschmanu inquest a matter of ? | urgent duty. The faithfulness of the r reports of the investigations made at i the BastSan premises as submitted to its ?; readers by that worthy and rcprasenta-s j live paper, has been a journalistic- i triumph. The Argu3 was read and r | quoted as an authority on the matter -1 by the press of four states. Not for anI instant did it cease in its advocacy of \ what it thought was right until the in-^’ quest was reopened and the fullest in-j! vesugation was made. Now that the j j Argus is able to chronicle the transfor-c i tnaxion of the famous premises into an . ; ordinary well kept farm the readers of * tri-city paper? w:l! ;\M that j,' no more horrors will startle ike'r peace- ? tI j ful lives. It is proper that the quiet J of an ordinary farm ^;a3I supplant its ^sensational uses as a show place andII a museum of horrors.
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Davenport Weekly Leader
Davenport, Iowa, US
Tue, Sep 01, 1896
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