Jasper County Democrat, Volume 12, Number 6, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 21 April 1909 — JOSEPH ZOBROSKI DROWNED. [ARTICLE]

JOSEPH ZOBROSKI DROWNED.

Joseph Zobroski, an aged resident of Newton county, was found, dead from drowning two miles east of Morocco Friday night, about 11 o’clock. He had been to Morocco to make a few' purchases, and, as was his custom, had been drinking hard all day. He left town late in the evening but his family was not alarmed for his safety until the horse he had been driving came home without him. The family immediately & began a search for him, retracing the road which he would have traveled and discovered his dead body, face downward in a mud puddle. The supposition is that Zobroski was thrown from the buggy when it struck the low spot in the road, and being so under the influence of liquor was unable to raise himself and was drowned in scarcely three inches of water. Mr. Zobroski was a veteran of the civil war and at one time was worth considerable money. And Morocco is supposed to be a "dry” town, too.