Kruger, William J. 1846 - 1909

KRUGER

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Date: 8/22/2019 at 15:16:36

Source: Twice-A-Week Plain Dealer Feb. 19, 1909, LP, C7

Wealthy Farmer Murdered.
Portsmouth, Ia., Feb. 12.—W. J. Kruger, a wealthy farmer, aged 60, living on the outskirts of town, was murdered and robbed near his home. It is not known how much money was secured and there is no clew{sic} to the murderer. Kruger’s skull was crushed by a blow with a heavy bludgeon.

Source: Twice-A-Week Plain Dealer Feb. 19, 1909, 2, C3

Farmer Was Not Murdered.
A coroner’s jury decided that the dedath{sic} of William J. Kruger was accidental. Kruger, who was a wealthy farmer living near Portsmouth, was found dead half a mile from home with an ugly cut on the head. Evidence given at the inquest indicated that Kruger was subject to fainting spells and that he had fallen in a faint and broken his nose and skull.

Transcriber’s Note: Find a Grave shows he is buried in Saint Mary’s Cemetery and was born in 1846 and died February 10, 1909.