Jones County IA Archives News.....State Asks For Death Penalty March 4, 1930
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Jackson Sentinel March 4, 1930
Jackson Sentinel, Maquoketa, Iowa, March 4, 1930 

State Asks For Death Penalty For Olin Slayers 

Mrs. Tilda Miner and her 64 year old paramour, Albert Hartwig of Olin are 
facing the death penalty for the alleged slaying of the former's husband last 
Tuesday. County Attorney C. B. Paul of Jones County filed information against 
the pair last week, who were arraigned before the district judge yesterday and 
who will be tried in the March term of court which opens this week. Since the 
arrest of Hartwig and Mrs. Miner, authorities have been weaving a web about 
the pair and have succeeded in obtaing sufficient evidence to convict them, 
according to persons in the neighborhood. Fred Fortney, a friend of the 
poisoned victim, by posing as a friend of Hartwig, learned through him what 
he, Hartwig, had done with the poison that he had purchased at the Olin Drug 
Store, claiming that he wanted to kill rats. The poison was traced to the 
Miner home, and after considerable grilling, Mrs. Miner confessed that she had 
filled the capsules with the poison and mixed them with the medicine capsules 
her husband was taking for his illness. Many Olin residents believe that the 
crime had been planned for some time and that the poison could be given, which 
would result in his doing away with Mr. Miner, and that owing to his ill 
health his death would be attributed to suicide. After her arrest Mrs. Miner 
attempted suicide by taking three of the poison capsules, but the fact that 
she took an overdose together with prompt medical treatment, her death was 
frustrated. 




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