Evening Republican, Volume 19, Number 57, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 9 March 1915 — Shooting at Earl Park. [ARTICLE]

Shooting at Earl Park.

Otto Mosier, a farmer living near Earl Park, is near death at his home as a result of a bullet wound inflicted by his son. Signer Mosier, the son, occupies a cell in the Benton county jail at Fowler, charged with attempt to kill. The tragedy was the culmination of an argument arising over the wages young Mosier was to receive. Mrs. Mosier interfered in the argument and young Mosier left home without eating his dinner. About daybreak the elder Mosier assaulted his wife, beating her over the head. The three sons interfered and succeeded in quieting their father. He attacked the boys later and broke away, going to the kitchen to get a butcher knife. He attacked them with a pocket knife instead and Sidney grabbed the gun away from his

younger brother and fired. The bullet lodged in his father’s brain. There is scant hope of recovery.