Quincy Daily Whig October 1, 1909
Tragic Ending of a Wild Debauch
Daughter Acted in Defense of Her Mother
Drink-Crazed Father Tried to Kill Both Homicide Declared Justifiable
Dubuque la., Oct. 1 —Henry Schaefer, aged 60, frenzied with liquor Friday night, attempted to kill his wife and daughter near Lamotte, Jackson county, 17 miles from Dubuque.
While defending her mother the daughter struck her father with a club, killing him.
The wife drove to Belleuve and notified the officers, returning Saturday night with the coroner, who found the body still lying in the barn-yard where Schaefer had died.
The coroner's jury exonerated the daughter
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