Iowa Old Press
The Daily Democrat
Ottumwa, Iowa
Saturday, February 22, 1902
DAILY EXCEPT SUNDAY.
THE CITY.
--Fritz’s Manifesto 10c cigar.
--Try Daggetts’ funeral equipment.
--A marriage license has been issued to Oscar Mailere and Alice M. Ervin.
PERS
--Vanilla, chocolate, strawberry and tutti-frutti icecream, and don’t forget that we are now serving crushed fruits with ice cream soda. CLAUDE MYERS.
--Bring your pocketbooks to Harshman and Duncan’s and get some of those bargains offered by them.
--Trunks transferred by Daggetts’.
--Dress does not make the person. Nor does a clean exterior indicate a clean interior. To be well, all organs of the body must work in harmony. Rocky Mountain Tea does this work. Ask Sargent, the true druggest.
--The auction will continue this evening and all next week at Harshman & Duncan’s, 624 Church street.
--For hauling, order Daggetts’ drays.
--Constipation, bowel irregularity, headache, dyspepsia, torpid liver, bad kidneys, rheumatism, disorders incident to sedentary life positively cured by Rocky Mountain Tea, the greatest American Remedy. Ask Sargent, the true druggist.
--The funeral services over the remains of Rolla Houdyshell, the man who was found at the home of Eva Bliss in Smokey Row with a bullet wound in his head, were held this morning from the home of his sister, Mrs. Stella Bragg.
[transcribed by L.Z., Dec 2019]
Ottumwa Daily Democrat
February 24, 1902
EVA BLISS ACCUSED.
Held for the Murder of Rolla Houdyshell.
This afternoon in the court of Justice Ballard Eva Bliss, alias Eva Wright, was arraigned on the charge of murder.
The warrant under which she was arrested was sworn out by Constable E. M. Campbell and alleged that the defendant did on February 20, willfully and with malice aforethought shoot and kill a human being, to-wit: Rolla Houdyshell.
County attorney Emery appeared and asked time to secure evidence and prepare for the preliminary hearing. The case was set for Monday next. It will be remembered that it was in the home of this woman that Rolly Houdyshell, her alleged lover, was found last Thursday evening with a bullet hole in his head. The woman claims it was a case of suicide.
She showed no feeling of either emotion or fear in court this afternoon and spoke not a word until she had left the room for the county jail where she will be held until the hearing. She asked why they made her wait so long.
With her in the court room was the man, Wright, whom it is said was her former lover and also his son.
[transcribed by L.Z., Dec 2019]