Think It a Case of Murder-Joseph Clinton-1895

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Date: 4/2/2020 at 19:19:32

Cascade Pioneer, published in Cascade, Iowa on Friday, August 2nd, 1895

Think It a Case of Murder
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Joseph Clinton, of Carlisle, was found dead on a railway bridge a few miles southeast of Des Moines. He had been having trouble with his wife. The deceased had $2,000 life insurance in the Odd Fellows’ Lodge at Martinsburg. It was suspected he was murdered and laid on the tracks to conceal traces of the crime.