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Leclaire Man Murdered - The Fate of Nelson VossNote: This article is reprinted courtesy of the author and the Friends of Leclaire. It first appeared in the October 2013 issue of the Friends of Leclaire Newsletter, Vol 23 No. 3.Nelson Henry Voss grew up*on a Madison County farm located in Pm Oak Township. He played the violin. attended Edwardsville High School and later worked for the Post Office. Nelson Voss was killed on July 13. 1933. Nelson Voss lived in my house.During the summer of 1933 Voss, 25. and his wife, the former Edna Dietz, lived at 214 West Hale Avenue in Leclaire His parents and sister had moved to Leclaire in 1930 and lived just down the street at 206 West Hale. Married for almost three years, Nelson and Edna enjoyed vis-• iting friends as well as hosting entertainment at their Leclaire home w ith games of bunco, luncheons and surprise parties. The outgoing couple had been involved in musical and theatrical productions since childhood.Edna, an Edwardsville native, worked as an operator for the Illinois Telephone Company. Nelson, who was hired at the Edwardsville Post Office in 1927, worked as a mail clerk. Fatefully, on July 1, 1933 he was assigned to work as a substitute carrier on Route 3 in Pin Oak t Township.The Christoff family operated a forty-acre truck farm in Pin Oak Township. Christ and Mary ChnstoffViorl thrpp rhilrlr^n- Stnnhia 1 7 •Above: A Senior portrait of Nelson Voss from the 1926 Edwardsville High School Tigers Yearbook.to pick gooseberries, but instead they secreted their father Shapleigh's King Nitro's 12-gauge shotgun and his .22 caliber Hamilton rifle from behind the house and went squirrel hunting Bearing two guns, three shotgun shells, a supply of .22 long and sort cartridges for the rifle, and their brother’s pocket knife, they set out on their hunt.About 10 a.m., Stella and Sophia were crossing a wagon bridge on land owned by William Holtgrave as Nelson Voss approached in his 1929 Ford Coupe They were nearStella Christoff at age 17. (Associated Press, August 8, 1933, From the Miami. Oklahoma Newsshotgun He turned to Stella , said Ouch, and fell into the creek Intending to shoot him a second time, Stella loaded the shotgun and aimed but the shotgun failed to explode Stella asked for the .22 rifle her sister held as she explained, I'm going to shoot him again. I want to kill him. She pointed the gun at Nelson Voss' already lifeless body and, aiming at his head, shot him in the left shoulder She then removed the exploded long cartridge from the rifle with the pocket knife and dropped both on the ground.
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