People's Pilot, Volume 3, Number 39, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 23 March 1894 — ENDED LIFE TOGETHER. [ARTICLE]

ENDED LIFE TOGETHER.

A Young Couple Crossed In Low Hang Themselves. Oskaloosa, la, March 22.—The bodI ies of John Reed and Etta Shaw were found late Monday night hanging to the limb of a tree in Adams township, I this county, where, it is supposed, they i had been since Sunday night. They were ; in love with each other and their parents ; refused to permit them to marry on acj count of their youth, neither being over 'lB years old. They were last seen at ■ 11 o’clock Sunday night driving near ■ this place where their bodies were ‘ found. They had unhitched the horses and tied a card to each giving direc- ' tions where they would be found, i Then, standing in the buggy, a rope i was thrown over a limb, one end tied around each of their necks, and both jumped into eternity. The horses on which the placards ’ had been placed announcing where the I two bodies could be found were turned ! loose. During Monday the workmen I in a field noticed the harnessed team wandering around and seeing the card caught the horses. The relatives were immediately notified and a company of five found the dead bodies hanging from the tree as giyen in the card of instructions. The bodies were taken down by the relatives and cared for at their homes. Letters on their bodies instructed their friends to bury them in coffins alike and have a double funeral. The requests were carried out and Monday morning the funeral occurred.