Edward Van Pelt

Edward Van Pelt

The following unidentified newspaper article was in a collection owned by Lowell Town Historian Richard Schmal:

Thrown into the River to Die

BURLINGTON, IOWA, Feb. 14 - Edward Van Pelt, of Mount Pleasant, was slugged and stabbed by footpads last night and thrown into the Mississippi river. His rescue was effected barely in time to save his life.

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Last updated on February 22, 2008.

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