Listed as J. J. Luser, age 45 in the cemetery records.
January 1894 - local newpaper
EIGHT PERSONS CREMATED
A Sickening Tragedy
The Disaster at the County Insane Asylum.
The most horrible tragedy that ever occurred in the limits of Boone county took place Tuesday night of last week when the county insane asylum burned down. Of the nine inmates of the place, eight were burned to death, roasted alive, meeting a fate that makes one shudder. The horrible death roll, which has been published all over the country and created a cry of indignation wherever read is as follows:
Anderson, Christiana, aged 28
Sniggs, Johanna, aged 55
Cregg, Joseph, (sic) aged 81
Lesser, Thomas, aged 45
Peterson, Christian, (sic) aged 87
Scott, Sarah, aged 82
Soderburg, Anna, aged 38
Tucker, Mercy, (sic) aged 48
The county insane asylum was located on the poor farm. The poor farm is on the old Fort Dodge road seven miles directly north of Boone and a mile and a half south of Mineral Ridge. Henry Holcomb is steward of the poor farm and had charge of the insane also. The insane asylum was a two-story frame building put up about 60 feet from the poor house proper. It was erected six or eight years ago, when Boone county took charge of its incurable insane, taking care of them at home instead of the state institutions. This was originally done because there was not room in the state institutions and the counties were required to take care of the harmless incurables as best they could. Of late years, since the state facilities have been increased, the county has kept up the local asylum as a matter of economy.
January 1894 - local newpaper
EIGHT PERSONS CREMATED
A Sickening Tragedy
The Disaster at the County Insane Asylum.
The most horrible tragedy that ever occurred in the limits of Boone county took place Tuesday night of last week when the county insane asylum burned down. Of the nine inmates of the place, eight were burned to death, roasted alive, meeting a fate that makes one shudder. The horrible death roll, which has been published all over the country and created a cry of indignation wherever read is as follows:
Anderson, Christiana, aged 28
Sniggs, Johanna, aged 55
Cregg, Joseph, (sic) aged 81
Lesser, Thomas, aged 45
Peterson, Christian, (sic) aged 87
Scott, Sarah, aged 82
Soderburg, Anna, aged 38
Tucker, Mercy, (sic) aged 48
The county insane asylum was located on the poor farm. The poor farm is on the old Fort Dodge road seven miles directly north of Boone and a mile and a half south of Mineral Ridge. Henry Holcomb is steward of the poor farm and had charge of the insane also. The insane asylum was a two-story frame building put up about 60 feet from the poor house proper. It was erected six or eight years ago, when Boone county took charge of its incurable insane, taking care of them at home instead of the state institutions. This was originally done because there was not room in the state institutions and the counties were required to take care of the harmless incurables as best they could. Of late years, since the state facilities have been increased, the county has kept up the local asylum as a matter of economy.
Listed as J. J. Luser, age 45 in the cemetery records.
January 1894 - local newpaper
EIGHT PERSONS CREMATED
A Sickening Tragedy
The Disaster at the County Insane Asylum.
The most horrible tragedy that ever occurred in the limits of Boone county took place Tuesday night of last week when the county insane asylum burned down. Of the nine inmates of the place, eight were burned to death, roasted alive, meeting a fate that makes one shudder. The horrible death roll, which has been published all over the country and created a cry of indignation wherever read is as follows:
Anderson, Christiana, aged 28
Sniggs, Johanna, aged 55
Cregg, Joseph, (sic) aged 81
Lesser, Thomas, aged 45
Peterson, Christian, (sic) aged 87
Scott, Sarah, aged 82
Soderburg, Anna, aged 38
Tucker, Mercy, (sic) aged 48
The county insane asylum was located on the poor farm. The poor farm is on the old Fort Dodge road seven miles directly north of Boone and a mile and a half south of Mineral Ridge. Henry Holcomb is steward of the poor farm and had charge of the insane also. The insane asylum was a two-story frame building put up about 60 feet from the poor house proper. It was erected six or eight years ago, when Boone county took charge of its incurable insane, taking care of them at home instead of the state institutions. This was originally done because there was not room in the state institutions and the counties were required to take care of the harmless incurables as best they could. Of late years, since the state facilities have been increased, the county has kept up the local asylum as a matter of economy.
January 1894 - local newpaper
EIGHT PERSONS CREMATED
A Sickening Tragedy
The Disaster at the County Insane Asylum.
The most horrible tragedy that ever occurred in the limits of Boone county took place Tuesday night of last week when the county insane asylum burned down. Of the nine inmates of the place, eight were burned to death, roasted alive, meeting a fate that makes one shudder. The horrible death roll, which has been published all over the country and created a cry of indignation wherever read is as follows:
Anderson, Christiana, aged 28
Sniggs, Johanna, aged 55
Cregg, Joseph, (sic) aged 81
Lesser, Thomas, aged 45
Peterson, Christian, (sic) aged 87
Scott, Sarah, aged 82
Soderburg, Anna, aged 38
Tucker, Mercy, (sic) aged 48
The county insane asylum was located on the poor farm. The poor farm is on the old Fort Dodge road seven miles directly north of Boone and a mile and a half south of Mineral Ridge. Henry Holcomb is steward of the poor farm and had charge of the insane also. The insane asylum was a two-story frame building put up about 60 feet from the poor house proper. It was erected six or eight years ago, when Boone county took charge of its incurable insane, taking care of them at home instead of the state institutions. This was originally done because there was not room in the state institutions and the counties were required to take care of the harmless incurables as best they could. Of late years, since the state facilities have been increased, the county has kept up the local asylum as a matter of economy.
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