The Bad Lands Cow Boy

Another Murder in Iowa.

At Bellevue a station about twenty five miles south of Dubuque. David Seeley stage driver between Bellevue and Maquoketa entered a saloon and tavern kept by Mrs. Anna Schelder. While hitching the horses before entering, some hard words were exchanged between him and a fellow named Billy Horin, which was the outcome of an old feud. The two entered the tavern, continuing their threatening language. While they were eating supper the conversation grew too hot for the landlady, and she ordered them out. Seeley was the first to go and was closely followed by Horin who evidently wanted to force the fighting. Scarcely had they stepped from the door when they became engaged in a rough and tumble fight during the course of which Seeley drew a revolver and fired, the bullet going completely through his opponent's heart and lodging in his clothing. He fell to the ground and died instantly. As soon as Seeley realized what he had done he fled. Horin was known as a man about town. He was bold, careless and frequently drank to excess. He was thirty five years old and single. The murderer was generally regarded as a peaceful man. He has a wife and children living in Bellevue.