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Picture this: It's December 31st 1889. You're in Clinton County Iowa. There's a big party tonight hosted by some of the richest and popular people in town. You don't have any issue with the hosts. But, there is one tiny hiccup.... Frans. Their loser son has his eyes on your 15 year old daughter. But you figure, "Wth! I'll go. It should be fine. Plus... A little party never killed nobody." Right? RIGHT?!? 

SOURCES:

http://genealogytrails.com/wash/whatcom/Bios/bios_we.html

https://iowacoldcases.org/homicides-up-through-1899/c-h-wessel-tombstone/

http://iowaunsolvedmurders.com/the-murders/thick-veil-of-mystery-on-new-years-eve-murder-of-c-h-wessell-1891/

https://peoplelegacy.com/c__h__wessel-1w3E13

• ☛ “A Heinous Crime,” Des Moines Daily News, May 5, 1899.
• ☛ “A Heinous Crime,” Humeston New Era, May 10, 1899.
• ☛ “Iowa Condensed Items,” Daily Courier, January 8, 1891.
• ☛ “Iowa Condensed Items,” Oelwein Register, January 8, 1891.
• ☛ “Neighbortown [sic] News,” Jackson Sentinel(reprinted from Clinton County Advertiser), January 8, 1891.
• ☛ “The Teeds Grove Murder,” Clinton Daily Herald, January 3, 1891 (transcribed for Iowa Old Press by K.W., July 2009).
• ☛S. Census.