Rensselaer Union, Volume 11, Number 26, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 13 March 1879 — A Friendly Witness. [ARTICLE]

A Friendly Witness.

From Crown Point Star. It is' reported that the people of Rensselaer are somewhat excited over the sudden death of Dr. Moes a few days ago. Suspicion of foul play is so strong that the citizens of that place are demanding an examination ofjthe body. JDr. Moss, if we mistake not, about eight years ago resided here for six months, then moved to Brookston, and from thence to Rensselaer.— Segir ter. Injustice to Dr. G. A. Moss and his estimable wife, the parent* of the Dr. Moss above mentioned, we desire to say that the allusions made in the above article, are entirely false. An intimate acquaintance of nearly 15 years standing with this family has taught us that they are entirely incapable of the crime above alluded to, and would shrink from the very thought of it with horror. The deceased Dr. Moss has been sick for nearly two years with rheumatism of the heart, which had brought on epilepsy, and the last time the writer met him, he was a mere living skeleton”, ready to drop into the grave. Some dastardly scoundrel started the story in the Chicago Times, for what purpose, is not known. No one in Rensselaer bears more irreproachable characters than Dr. and Mrs. Moss. They have lived there for twenty five years or more, and would be the last people to be suspected of such a crime. Jon Printing neatly, cheaply and promptly done by James A Cissel, proprietors of Tub Umog office, _ .