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Dubuque County News IndexDaniel Allgeyer Daniel Allgeyer, of Dubuque, took rough on rats and died. [Wisconsin State Journal, Published September 17, 1889] Execution in Iowa N. A. Johnson, who killed M. Ostland, near Dubuque, was hung at Delhi, in Delaware county, where he had his last trial, last Friday. He made a confession of the crime, and appeared to die without fact. He adjusted the rope around his own neck, and seemed to urge on the execution as speedily as possible. [Illinois State Democrat, Wed. May 30, 1860] transcribed by C. Horton TWO DIE DUBUQUE, IA. - Two persons were dead Sunday of injuries suffered in a two car crash on U.S. Highway 151 seven miles southwest of Dubuque. Killed outright in the Saturday evening crash on a straight stretch of highway was Mrs. Sally K. Brown, 25, until recently of Dubuque. William Joseph Plein, 26, of Cedar Rapids, died four hours later at Mercy Medical Center. He and lived in Dubuque until a month ago. Mrs. Brown's husband, Larry, 27, was injured seriously and is in the medical center. The Browns were en route to their home in Iowa City where they had lived the last two months. Besides her husband, Mrs. Brown is survived by her parents, Col. and Mrs. Paul Johnson of Omaha, Neb. She was a graduate of the University of Iowa and was married in June, 1965. Her husband is associated with the William C. Brown Publishing Co. of Dubuque, of which his father is president. Services for Mr. Plein will be at 10 a.m. Wednesday at St. John's Church at Placid, 12 miles southwest of Dubuque. Mr. Plein, who was with the Iowa Home Improvement Co., is survived by his wife Suzanne, his mother, Mrs. Paul Durkin of Dubuque, four sisters and three brothers. [Des Moines Register, Des Moines, Iowa, Monday, August 21, 1967, Page 3] Annie Vogt Annie Vogt near the same place, of Dubuque, shot herself with suicidal intent. [Wisconsin State Journal, Published September 17, 1889]
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