| John
McIsaacs died at the Blanco hotel, in Marshfield, Saturday morning,
after a few weeks illness, the result of injuries received while
following his occupation as teamster. He was a native of Nova
Scotia, aged 55 years, and came to the Pacific Coast about twenty
years ago, since which time he has worked on Humboldt bay, Puget
Sound, Umpqua and the bay.
December 18, 1886-Morning Oregonian
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LOOKED TO STARS
IN MURDER SCHEME
Marshfield, Ore. Oct. 13 Plans for the deliberate slaying of
prominent residents of Coos County with their families were laid by
Arthur Covell, 47, a cripple famed as an astrologer, according to
his reported confession to authorities here.
With his 16 year old nephew, Alton Covell, he is held in the
county jail after indictment on a murder charge in connection
with the death of Mrs. Fred Covell, Sept. 2, last.
The nephew, it is said by the authorities, has confessed that
he killed his stepmother while under the influence of his crippled
uncle. The confession, it is declared, tells how the youth,
hypnotized by the bed-ridden man, crept up behind his stepmother the
morning of Sept. 2, while she was at work in her kitchen, and
clamping an ammonia-soaked cloth over her face, smothered her to
death.
The astrologer, according to his purported admissions and to
the confession of the nephew, based his schemes for the killing of
Mrs. Covell and for wiping out at least a dozen persons of Coos
county, upon the stars.
October 13, 1923 Fitchburg Daily
Sentinel, Fitchburg Massachusetts
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POWDER BLAST KILLS 4 MEN
Marshfield, Ore., June 25-A premature dynamite
explosion killed four men blasting stumps near Rock Creek late
today. The dead are: Charles Christian, 32; Russell Yoakum, 25;
Floyd Skinner, 30, and Ralph Thomas, 34. All reside near Myrtle
Point, Ore.
The Helena Independent, Helena Montana June 26,
1929
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| John
Macklebrink, a prominent citizen and pioneer of Marshfield, Or., was
shot and killed Dec. 6 on the headwaters of the Coos River. Two
brothers, Herman and Erick Peterson, wre quarreling and Macklebrink
stepped in to separate them. The brothers began shooting at each
other and the only shot that took effect killed Macklebrink.
The Mountain Democrat Placerville California
Dec. 17, 1892
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