The history of Clinton County, Iowa, containing a history of the county, its cities, towns &c., biographical sketches of citizens . lung into the swift, deep pool below the bridge, led tothe river bottom being fruitlessly explored by a diver. The relatives of themissing man were evidently firmly convinced that he had then and there methis death by foul play. Nothing in his pleasant domestic surroundings or tem-perament encouraged the belief that he had imitated Hawthorns morbid manand deserted his farcily under such cruel circumstances. No attempt has yetbeen made to collect a heavy insurance
The history of Clinton County, Iowa, containing a history of the county, its cities, towns &c., biographical sketches of citizens . lung into the swift, deep pool below the bridge, led tothe river bottom being fruitlessly explored by a diver. The relatives of themissing man were evidently firmly convinced that he had then and there methis death by foul play. Nothing in his pleasant domestic surroundings or tem-perament encouraged the belief that he had imitated Hawthorns morbid manand deserted his farcily under such cruel circumstances. No attempt has yetbeen made to collect a heavy insurance policy on his life, and the case thus farbids fair to remain an impenetrable mystery. On the night of August 2, 1879, one of the bridge watchmen, while tight-ening a screw on the eastern diaw-pier, was thrown off his balance by thewrench slipping and fell headlong into the river. Fortunately, being a stoutswimmer, notwithstanding his clothing, he kept afloat in the raging eddies andcurrent till rescued in a state of utter exhaustion, off W. J. Youngs lowermill, just in time to prevent being swept into the broad channel
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