ANDY BAIE SERIOUSLY WOUNDS O.J. EASTMAN; KILLS WIFE AND, THEN TURNS GUN ON HIMSELF
The most terrible tragedy that has ever taken place in this part of Marshall County occurred between the hours of one and two o'clock this morning, when Andy Baie, a farmer living southeast of town, shot his father-in-law, O.J. Eastman, three times wounding him seriously, shot and killed his wife and then turned the gun upon himself bringing instant death.
Mr. Baie had been brooding for some weeks over a real estate or financial difficulty and it in the end, unbalanced his mind. Yesterday afternoon he and his wife were in town spending some time at the O.J. Eastman home. Mr. and Mrs. Eastman went out to the Baie farm in the evening to talk over the matter and endeavor to help him out of the trouble which seemed to prey upon him. The family set up talking over the matter until about one o'clock, but were unable to get Mr. Baie to retire. At about 1:30, Mr. Eastman stepped outside for a moment and on his return he was met at the door of the kitchen by Mr. Baie who without a word fired at him with a 32 caliber revolver. The bullet struck Mr. Eastman in the chest. Immediately he grappled with Baie in an effort to get the revolver. As he did so, Baie fired a second time, striking Mr. Eastman in the forearm. At nearly the same time, Baie turned the gun upon his wife, who had come to her father's assistance, the bullet striking her in the back of her head on the right side. According to Mr. Eastman he and Mrs. Baie rushed into the northeast room of the house and shut the door, but as they did so, Baie fired again, the bullet striking Mr. Eastman in the back. Eastman then crowded into a stairway out of sight and thinks that he remained there for about a half an hour. He heard Baie moving about the house searching for him and when the first opportunity he rushed out of the house thru a side door and made his way as best he could to Geo. Yaeger's residence, which is a short distance north of Baie's. As he turned into Yaeger's yard he saw the headlights of an automobile coming up the hill, and knew that help was coming.
What happened at the Baie home after that time can only be surmised, with the aid of the story of Baie's two little daughters who were in bed
upstairs. According to them, their father came upstairs and told them to dress and put on their shoes; it being his probable intent to take them down stairs to the front room where their mother was lying before killing them. One of the little girls says that she could not find her shoes but remembered leaving them down stairs. She went down after them and as she came up again she happened to notice two men approaching across the yard. When she told her father of this he immediately forgot the girls and rushed back down stairs. The girls say they did not hear any further shooting except but one shot was fired shortly after the auto left the place.
In the meantime Mrs. Eastman when the first shot was fired, ran out of the house and over to Yaeger's where she called up Dr. Engle over the phone, asking him to come out and indicating that there was "trouble" at Baie's. Dr. Engle, who was not feeling well enough to make a night call, called up his partner, Dr. A.D. Woods who located Night Watchman Shaunce and together they drove out to Baie's. Dr. Woods says that they went up to the house, which was darkened, and rapped at the door and waited. Failing to get any response they concluded that it would be best to go for more help. They returned to Yaeger's, where they found Mr. and Mrs. Eastman. Dr. Woods gave Mr. Eastman what attention he could, not having dressings with him at the time, and Shaunce called up Dr. Engle, asking him to come out and bring the mayor and an armed posse with him. Woods came back to town alarming the Hutson family on the way in and telling them to get guns and go over to Yaeger's. After getting supplies with which to care for Mr. Eastman, Woods returned to the Yaeger place where he found that Dr. Kauffman already arrived and the two dressed Mr. Eastman's wounds.
Soon after the posse of men arrived and with Mr. Shaunce and Mayor Wood at the head proceeded to Baie's. Arrived there they found everything dark and quiet. Dividing into two parties they rushed the house, breaking in two doors. Inside they found the door to the front room locked and breaking in this door they found Mr. and Mrs. Baie lying side by side upon the floor in a pool of blood, both of them dead. Mrs. Baie had a bullet wound in the right side of her head just back of the ear, and Mr. Baie had shot himself just a little back of the temple on the right side of the head, the bullet crashing thru his skull and lodging just under the skin on the other side.
The two little daughters of Mr. and Mrs. Baie, Ellen Edna age 10 and Marion age 7 were taken to the home of Mr. Baie's sister, Mrs. Frank Brown. As soon as daylight came Mr. Eastman was brought to town to the hospital, where he was resting easily this morning, and we are informed has a fair chance for recovery. Coroner Singleton, who was summoned from Marshalltown, after questioning those present, decided that no inquest was necessary, it being a clear case of murder and suicide.
Funeral services for Mr. and Mrs. Baie will be held Saturday at the M.E. church at 1 p.m.
Blanch Ellen Eastman Baie was born at Plankington, S.D. the daughter of Mr and Mrs O.J. Eastman. She is survived by her parents, one brother, Guy Eastman and a sister Mrs E.V. Eastman of Winnebago, MN.
∼"The State Center Enterprise"
State Center, Marshall County, Iowa,
January 8, 1920
"Terrible Tragedy Shocks Community"
"ANDY BAIE SERIOUSLY WOUNDS 0. J. EASTMAN; KILLS WIFE AND THEN TURNS GUN ON HIMSELF."
MAN SHOOTS HIS WIFE AND THEN COMMITS SUICIDE
State Center, Ia. - Andy Baie, aged 35, killed his wife, wounded his father-in-law, O. J. Eastman of this place, and then turned his gun on himself, ending his own life at his farm two miles southeast of town at 1:30 o'clock this morning. Worry over a real estate deal is believed to have unbalanced him mentally and to have led to the murder and suicide.
Ellen Edna, aged 10, and Miriam, age 7, the two daughters of the Baie's escaped their father's fury as if thru providential interference, when a physician and the town night watch, summoned by neighbors, called at the house.
The Baie family had driven to town last night and visited at the home of Mrs. Baie's parents, Mr. and Mrs. Eastman. Baie's real estate deal and financial matters had preyed on his mind, and to continue talking it over, Mr. and Mrs. Eastman drove out to the farm with the Baies on their return home.
The matter was discussed in the Baie home until 1:30 o'clock in the morning, when Eastman left the house for a few minutes. When he returned Baie met him at the door and shot him in the chest.
A scuffle ensued, in which Eastman and Mrs. Baie attempted to wrest the gun from the infuriated man, but without success. Eastman was shot a second time, this time in the right arm.
Baie then turned the gun, a 38 Oliver Johnson revolver, on his wife, shooting her in the head. Eastman managed to drag her into the front parlor room, which he barricaded against Baie, who attempted to get into the room from various sides. Eastman finally managed to escape and hide in a stairway where he remained, he believes, fully half an hour.
Mrs. Eastman had made her escape when the shooting first began, and ran to the home of a neighbor, George Heager, to summon aid. Dr. A. D. Woods and Nigh Watch G. T. Chaunce hastened out to the place, but when they reached the Baie home they found the house dark and after prowling around there for a few minutes they returned to the Yeager farm, where they found both Mrs. Eastman and Mr. Eastman, who had also meanwhile made his escape from the Baie house.
The two girls, Ellen Edna and Miriam, were sleeping in an upstairs room in the home. Their father called to them to get dressed at once and to come downstairs, evidently with the intention of killing them also.
More physicians and armed men soon arrived on the scene and they broke into the barricaded house from two sides. After breaking through three doors they found Baie and his wife, dead, side by side, on the parlor floor.
She was the 32 year old daughter of Orville Jeremy and Mary Ann (White) Eastman. The family appears on the 1920 census, which is (eerily) dated Jan. 26.
The most terrible tragedy that has ever taken place in this part of Marshall County occurred between the hours of one and two o'clock this morning, when Andy Baie, a farmer living southeast of town, shot his father-in-law, O.J. Eastman, three times wounding him seriously, shot and killed his wife and then turned the gun upon himself bringing instant death.
Mr. Baie had been brooding for some weeks over a real estate or financial difficulty and it in the end, unbalanced his mind. Yesterday afternoon he and his wife were in town spending some time at the O.J. Eastman home. Mr. and Mrs. Eastman went out to the Baie farm in the evening to talk over the matter and endeavor to help him out of the trouble which seemed to prey upon him. The family set up talking over the matter until about one o'clock, but were unable to get Mr. Baie to retire. At about 1:30, Mr. Eastman stepped outside for a moment and on his return he was met at the door of the kitchen by Mr. Baie who without a word fired at him with a 32 caliber revolver. The bullet struck Mr. Eastman in the chest. Immediately he grappled with Baie in an effort to get the revolver. As he did so, Baie fired a second time, striking Mr. Eastman in the forearm. At nearly the same time, Baie turned the gun upon his wife, who had come to her father's assistance, the bullet striking her in the back of her head on the right side. According to Mr. Eastman he and Mrs. Baie rushed into the northeast room of the house and shut the door, but as they did so, Baie fired again, the bullet striking Mr. Eastman in the back. Eastman then crowded into a stairway out of sight and thinks that he remained there for about a half an hour. He heard Baie moving about the house searching for him and when the first opportunity he rushed out of the house thru a side door and made his way as best he could to Geo. Yaeger's residence, which is a short distance north of Baie's. As he turned into Yaeger's yard he saw the headlights of an automobile coming up the hill, and knew that help was coming.
What happened at the Baie home after that time can only be surmised, with the aid of the story of Baie's two little daughters who were in bed
upstairs. According to them, their father came upstairs and told them to dress and put on their shoes; it being his probable intent to take them down stairs to the front room where their mother was lying before killing them. One of the little girls says that she could not find her shoes but remembered leaving them down stairs. She went down after them and as she came up again she happened to notice two men approaching across the yard. When she told her father of this he immediately forgot the girls and rushed back down stairs. The girls say they did not hear any further shooting except but one shot was fired shortly after the auto left the place.
In the meantime Mrs. Eastman when the first shot was fired, ran out of the house and over to Yaeger's where she called up Dr. Engle over the phone, asking him to come out and indicating that there was "trouble" at Baie's. Dr. Engle, who was not feeling well enough to make a night call, called up his partner, Dr. A.D. Woods who located Night Watchman Shaunce and together they drove out to Baie's. Dr. Woods says that they went up to the house, which was darkened, and rapped at the door and waited. Failing to get any response they concluded that it would be best to go for more help. They returned to Yaeger's, where they found Mr. and Mrs. Eastman. Dr. Woods gave Mr. Eastman what attention he could, not having dressings with him at the time, and Shaunce called up Dr. Engle, asking him to come out and bring the mayor and an armed posse with him. Woods came back to town alarming the Hutson family on the way in and telling them to get guns and go over to Yaeger's. After getting supplies with which to care for Mr. Eastman, Woods returned to the Yaeger place where he found that Dr. Kauffman already arrived and the two dressed Mr. Eastman's wounds.
Soon after the posse of men arrived and with Mr. Shaunce and Mayor Wood at the head proceeded to Baie's. Arrived there they found everything dark and quiet. Dividing into two parties they rushed the house, breaking in two doors. Inside they found the door to the front room locked and breaking in this door they found Mr. and Mrs. Baie lying side by side upon the floor in a pool of blood, both of them dead. Mrs. Baie had a bullet wound in the right side of her head just back of the ear, and Mr. Baie had shot himself just a little back of the temple on the right side of the head, the bullet crashing thru his skull and lodging just under the skin on the other side.
The two little daughters of Mr. and Mrs. Baie, Ellen Edna age 10 and Marion age 7 were taken to the home of Mr. Baie's sister, Mrs. Frank Brown. As soon as daylight came Mr. Eastman was brought to town to the hospital, where he was resting easily this morning, and we are informed has a fair chance for recovery. Coroner Singleton, who was summoned from Marshalltown, after questioning those present, decided that no inquest was necessary, it being a clear case of murder and suicide.
Funeral services for Mr. and Mrs. Baie will be held Saturday at the M.E. church at 1 p.m.
Blanch Ellen Eastman Baie was born at Plankington, S.D. the daughter of Mr and Mrs O.J. Eastman. She is survived by her parents, one brother, Guy Eastman and a sister Mrs E.V. Eastman of Winnebago, MN.
∼"The State Center Enterprise"
State Center, Marshall County, Iowa,
January 8, 1920
"Terrible Tragedy Shocks Community"
"ANDY BAIE SERIOUSLY WOUNDS 0. J. EASTMAN; KILLS WIFE AND THEN TURNS GUN ON HIMSELF."
MAN SHOOTS HIS WIFE AND THEN COMMITS SUICIDE
State Center, Ia. - Andy Baie, aged 35, killed his wife, wounded his father-in-law, O. J. Eastman of this place, and then turned his gun on himself, ending his own life at his farm two miles southeast of town at 1:30 o'clock this morning. Worry over a real estate deal is believed to have unbalanced him mentally and to have led to the murder and suicide.
Ellen Edna, aged 10, and Miriam, age 7, the two daughters of the Baie's escaped their father's fury as if thru providential interference, when a physician and the town night watch, summoned by neighbors, called at the house.
The Baie family had driven to town last night and visited at the home of Mrs. Baie's parents, Mr. and Mrs. Eastman. Baie's real estate deal and financial matters had preyed on his mind, and to continue talking it over, Mr. and Mrs. Eastman drove out to the farm with the Baies on their return home.
The matter was discussed in the Baie home until 1:30 o'clock in the morning, when Eastman left the house for a few minutes. When he returned Baie met him at the door and shot him in the chest.
A scuffle ensued, in which Eastman and Mrs. Baie attempted to wrest the gun from the infuriated man, but without success. Eastman was shot a second time, this time in the right arm.
Baie then turned the gun, a 38 Oliver Johnson revolver, on his wife, shooting her in the head. Eastman managed to drag her into the front parlor room, which he barricaded against Baie, who attempted to get into the room from various sides. Eastman finally managed to escape and hide in a stairway where he remained, he believes, fully half an hour.
Mrs. Eastman had made her escape when the shooting first began, and ran to the home of a neighbor, George Heager, to summon aid. Dr. A. D. Woods and Nigh Watch G. T. Chaunce hastened out to the place, but when they reached the Baie home they found the house dark and after prowling around there for a few minutes they returned to the Yeager farm, where they found both Mrs. Eastman and Mr. Eastman, who had also meanwhile made his escape from the Baie house.
The two girls, Ellen Edna and Miriam, were sleeping in an upstairs room in the home. Their father called to them to get dressed at once and to come downstairs, evidently with the intention of killing them also.
More physicians and armed men soon arrived on the scene and they broke into the barricaded house from two sides. After breaking through three doors they found Baie and his wife, dead, side by side, on the parlor floor.
She was the 32 year old daughter of Orville Jeremy and Mary Ann (White) Eastman. The family appears on the 1920 census, which is (eerily) dated Jan. 26.
ANDY BAIE SERIOUSLY WOUNDS O.J. EASTMAN; KILLS WIFE AND, THEN TURNS GUN ON HIMSELF
The most terrible tragedy that has ever taken place in this part of Marshall County occurred between the hours of one and two o'clock this morning, when Andy Baie, a farmer living southeast of town, shot his father-in-law, O.J. Eastman, three times wounding him seriously, shot and killed his wife and then turned the gun upon himself bringing instant death.
Mr. Baie had been brooding for some weeks over a real estate or financial difficulty and it in the end, unbalanced his mind. Yesterday afternoon he and his wife were in town spending some time at the O.J. Eastman home. Mr. and Mrs. Eastman went out to the Baie farm in the evening to talk over the matter and endeavor to help him out of the trouble which seemed to prey upon him. The family set up talking over the matter until about one o'clock, but were unable to get Mr. Baie to retire. At about 1:30, Mr. Eastman stepped outside for a moment and on his return he was met at the door of the kitchen by Mr. Baie who without a word fired at him with a 32 caliber revolver. The bullet struck Mr. Eastman in the chest. Immediately he grappled with Baie in an effort to get the revolver. As he did so, Baie fired a second time, striking Mr. Eastman in the forearm. At nearly the same time, Baie turned the gun upon his wife, who had come to her father's assistance, the bullet striking her in the back of her head on the right side. According to Mr. Eastman he and Mrs. Baie rushed into the northeast room of the house and shut the door, but as they did so, Baie fired again, the bullet striking Mr. Eastman in the back. Eastman then crowded into a stairway out of sight and thinks that he remained there for about a half an hour. He heard Baie moving about the house searching for him and when the first opportunity he rushed out of the house thru a side door and made his way as best he could to Geo. Yaeger's residence, which is a short distance north of Baie's. As he turned into Yaeger's yard he saw the headlights of an automobile coming up the hill, and knew that help was coming.
What happened at the Baie home after that time can only be surmised, with the aid of the story of Baie's two little daughters who were in bed
upstairs. According to them, their father came upstairs and told them to dress and put on their shoes; it being his probable intent to take them down stairs to the front room where their mother was lying before killing them. One of the little girls says that she could not find her shoes but remembered leaving them down stairs. She went down after them and as she came up again she happened to notice two men approaching across the yard. When she told her father of this he immediately forgot the girls and rushed back down stairs. The girls say they did not hear any further shooting except but one shot was fired shortly after the auto left the place.
In the meantime Mrs. Eastman when the first shot was fired, ran out of the house and over to Yaeger's where she called up Dr. Engle over the phone, asking him to come out and indicating that there was "trouble" at Baie's. Dr. Engle, who was not feeling well enough to make a night call, called up his partner, Dr. A.D. Woods who located Night Watchman Shaunce and together they drove out to Baie's. Dr. Woods says that they went up to the house, which was darkened, and rapped at the door and waited. Failing to get any response they concluded that it would be best to go for more help. They returned to Yaeger's, where they found Mr. and Mrs. Eastman. Dr. Woods gave Mr. Eastman what attention he could, not having dressings with him at the time, and Shaunce called up Dr. Engle, asking him to come out and bring the mayor and an armed posse with him. Woods came back to town alarming the Hutson family on the way in and telling them to get guns and go over to Yaeger's. After getting supplies with which to care for Mr. Eastman, Woods returned to the Yaeger place where he found that Dr. Kauffman already arrived and the two dressed Mr. Eastman's wounds.
Soon after the posse of men arrived and with Mr. Shaunce and Mayor Wood at the head proceeded to Baie's. Arrived there they found everything dark and quiet. Dividing into two parties they rushed the house, breaking in two doors. Inside they found the door to the front room locked and breaking in this door they found Mr. and Mrs. Baie lying side by side upon the floor in a pool of blood, both of them dead. Mrs. Baie had a bullet wound in the right side of her head just back of the ear, and Mr. Baie had shot himself just a little back of the temple on the right side of the head, the bullet crashing thru his skull and lodging just under the skin on the other side.
The two little daughters of Mr. and Mrs. Baie, Ellen Edna age 10 and Marion age 7 were taken to the home of Mr. Baie's sister, Mrs. Frank Brown. As soon as daylight came Mr. Eastman was brought to town to the hospital, where he was resting easily this morning, and we are informed has a fair chance for recovery. Coroner Singleton, who was summoned from Marshalltown, after questioning those present, decided that no inquest was necessary, it being a clear case of murder and suicide.
Funeral services for Mr. and Mrs. Baie will be held Saturday at the M.E. church at 1 p.m.
Blanch Ellen Eastman Baie was born at Plankington, S.D. the daughter of Mr and Mrs O.J. Eastman. She is survived by her parents, one brother, Guy Eastman and a sister Mrs E.V. Eastman of Winnebago, MN.
∼"The State Center Enterprise"
State Center, Marshall County, Iowa,
January 8, 1920
"Terrible Tragedy Shocks Community"
"ANDY BAIE SERIOUSLY WOUNDS 0. J. EASTMAN; KILLS WIFE AND THEN TURNS GUN ON HIMSELF."
MAN SHOOTS HIS WIFE AND THEN COMMITS SUICIDE
State Center, Ia. - Andy Baie, aged 35, killed his wife, wounded his father-in-law, O. J. Eastman of this place, and then turned his gun on himself, ending his own life at his farm two miles southeast of town at 1:30 o'clock this morning. Worry over a real estate deal is believed to have unbalanced him mentally and to have led to the murder and suicide.
Ellen Edna, aged 10, and Miriam, age 7, the two daughters of the Baie's escaped their father's fury as if thru providential interference, when a physician and the town night watch, summoned by neighbors, called at the house.
The Baie family had driven to town last night and visited at the home of Mrs. Baie's parents, Mr. and Mrs. Eastman. Baie's real estate deal and financial matters had preyed on his mind, and to continue talking it over, Mr. and Mrs. Eastman drove out to the farm with the Baies on their return home.
The matter was discussed in the Baie home until 1:30 o'clock in the morning, when Eastman left the house for a few minutes. When he returned Baie met him at the door and shot him in the chest.
A scuffle ensued, in which Eastman and Mrs. Baie attempted to wrest the gun from the infuriated man, but without success. Eastman was shot a second time, this time in the right arm.
Baie then turned the gun, a 38 Oliver Johnson revolver, on his wife, shooting her in the head. Eastman managed to drag her into the front parlor room, which he barricaded against Baie, who attempted to get into the room from various sides. Eastman finally managed to escape and hide in a stairway where he remained, he believes, fully half an hour.
Mrs. Eastman had made her escape when the shooting first began, and ran to the home of a neighbor, George Heager, to summon aid. Dr. A. D. Woods and Nigh Watch G. T. Chaunce hastened out to the place, but when they reached the Baie home they found the house dark and after prowling around there for a few minutes they returned to the Yeager farm, where they found both Mrs. Eastman and Mr. Eastman, who had also meanwhile made his escape from the Baie house.
The two girls, Ellen Edna and Miriam, were sleeping in an upstairs room in the home. Their father called to them to get dressed at once and to come downstairs, evidently with the intention of killing them also.
More physicians and armed men soon arrived on the scene and they broke into the barricaded house from two sides. After breaking through three doors they found Baie and his wife, dead, side by side, on the parlor floor.
She was the 32 year old daughter of Orville Jeremy and Mary Ann (White) Eastman. The family appears on the 1920 census, which is (eerily) dated Jan. 26.
The most terrible tragedy that has ever taken place in this part of Marshall County occurred between the hours of one and two o'clock this morning, when Andy Baie, a farmer living southeast of town, shot his father-in-law, O.J. Eastman, three times wounding him seriously, shot and killed his wife and then turned the gun upon himself bringing instant death.
Mr. Baie had been brooding for some weeks over a real estate or financial difficulty and it in the end, unbalanced his mind. Yesterday afternoon he and his wife were in town spending some time at the O.J. Eastman home. Mr. and Mrs. Eastman went out to the Baie farm in the evening to talk over the matter and endeavor to help him out of the trouble which seemed to prey upon him. The family set up talking over the matter until about one o'clock, but were unable to get Mr. Baie to retire. At about 1:30, Mr. Eastman stepped outside for a moment and on his return he was met at the door of the kitchen by Mr. Baie who without a word fired at him with a 32 caliber revolver. The bullet struck Mr. Eastman in the chest. Immediately he grappled with Baie in an effort to get the revolver. As he did so, Baie fired a second time, striking Mr. Eastman in the forearm. At nearly the same time, Baie turned the gun upon his wife, who had come to her father's assistance, the bullet striking her in the back of her head on the right side. According to Mr. Eastman he and Mrs. Baie rushed into the northeast room of the house and shut the door, but as they did so, Baie fired again, the bullet striking Mr. Eastman in the back. Eastman then crowded into a stairway out of sight and thinks that he remained there for about a half an hour. He heard Baie moving about the house searching for him and when the first opportunity he rushed out of the house thru a side door and made his way as best he could to Geo. Yaeger's residence, which is a short distance north of Baie's. As he turned into Yaeger's yard he saw the headlights of an automobile coming up the hill, and knew that help was coming.
What happened at the Baie home after that time can only be surmised, with the aid of the story of Baie's two little daughters who were in bed
upstairs. According to them, their father came upstairs and told them to dress and put on their shoes; it being his probable intent to take them down stairs to the front room where their mother was lying before killing them. One of the little girls says that she could not find her shoes but remembered leaving them down stairs. She went down after them and as she came up again she happened to notice two men approaching across the yard. When she told her father of this he immediately forgot the girls and rushed back down stairs. The girls say they did not hear any further shooting except but one shot was fired shortly after the auto left the place.
In the meantime Mrs. Eastman when the first shot was fired, ran out of the house and over to Yaeger's where she called up Dr. Engle over the phone, asking him to come out and indicating that there was "trouble" at Baie's. Dr. Engle, who was not feeling well enough to make a night call, called up his partner, Dr. A.D. Woods who located Night Watchman Shaunce and together they drove out to Baie's. Dr. Woods says that they went up to the house, which was darkened, and rapped at the door and waited. Failing to get any response they concluded that it would be best to go for more help. They returned to Yaeger's, where they found Mr. and Mrs. Eastman. Dr. Woods gave Mr. Eastman what attention he could, not having dressings with him at the time, and Shaunce called up Dr. Engle, asking him to come out and bring the mayor and an armed posse with him. Woods came back to town alarming the Hutson family on the way in and telling them to get guns and go over to Yaeger's. After getting supplies with which to care for Mr. Eastman, Woods returned to the Yaeger place where he found that Dr. Kauffman already arrived and the two dressed Mr. Eastman's wounds.
Soon after the posse of men arrived and with Mr. Shaunce and Mayor Wood at the head proceeded to Baie's. Arrived there they found everything dark and quiet. Dividing into two parties they rushed the house, breaking in two doors. Inside they found the door to the front room locked and breaking in this door they found Mr. and Mrs. Baie lying side by side upon the floor in a pool of blood, both of them dead. Mrs. Baie had a bullet wound in the right side of her head just back of the ear, and Mr. Baie had shot himself just a little back of the temple on the right side of the head, the bullet crashing thru his skull and lodging just under the skin on the other side.
The two little daughters of Mr. and Mrs. Baie, Ellen Edna age 10 and Marion age 7 were taken to the home of Mr. Baie's sister, Mrs. Frank Brown. As soon as daylight came Mr. Eastman was brought to town to the hospital, where he was resting easily this morning, and we are informed has a fair chance for recovery. Coroner Singleton, who was summoned from Marshalltown, after questioning those present, decided that no inquest was necessary, it being a clear case of murder and suicide.
Funeral services for Mr. and Mrs. Baie will be held Saturday at the M.E. church at 1 p.m.
Blanch Ellen Eastman Baie was born at Plankington, S.D. the daughter of Mr and Mrs O.J. Eastman. She is survived by her parents, one brother, Guy Eastman and a sister Mrs E.V. Eastman of Winnebago, MN.
∼"The State Center Enterprise"
State Center, Marshall County, Iowa,
January 8, 1920
"Terrible Tragedy Shocks Community"
"ANDY BAIE SERIOUSLY WOUNDS 0. J. EASTMAN; KILLS WIFE AND THEN TURNS GUN ON HIMSELF."
MAN SHOOTS HIS WIFE AND THEN COMMITS SUICIDE
State Center, Ia. - Andy Baie, aged 35, killed his wife, wounded his father-in-law, O. J. Eastman of this place, and then turned his gun on himself, ending his own life at his farm two miles southeast of town at 1:30 o'clock this morning. Worry over a real estate deal is believed to have unbalanced him mentally and to have led to the murder and suicide.
Ellen Edna, aged 10, and Miriam, age 7, the two daughters of the Baie's escaped their father's fury as if thru providential interference, when a physician and the town night watch, summoned by neighbors, called at the house.
The Baie family had driven to town last night and visited at the home of Mrs. Baie's parents, Mr. and Mrs. Eastman. Baie's real estate deal and financial matters had preyed on his mind, and to continue talking it over, Mr. and Mrs. Eastman drove out to the farm with the Baies on their return home.
The matter was discussed in the Baie home until 1:30 o'clock in the morning, when Eastman left the house for a few minutes. When he returned Baie met him at the door and shot him in the chest.
A scuffle ensued, in which Eastman and Mrs. Baie attempted to wrest the gun from the infuriated man, but without success. Eastman was shot a second time, this time in the right arm.
Baie then turned the gun, a 38 Oliver Johnson revolver, on his wife, shooting her in the head. Eastman managed to drag her into the front parlor room, which he barricaded against Baie, who attempted to get into the room from various sides. Eastman finally managed to escape and hide in a stairway where he remained, he believes, fully half an hour.
Mrs. Eastman had made her escape when the shooting first began, and ran to the home of a neighbor, George Heager, to summon aid. Dr. A. D. Woods and Nigh Watch G. T. Chaunce hastened out to the place, but when they reached the Baie home they found the house dark and after prowling around there for a few minutes they returned to the Yeager farm, where they found both Mrs. Eastman and Mr. Eastman, who had also meanwhile made his escape from the Baie house.
The two girls, Ellen Edna and Miriam, were sleeping in an upstairs room in the home. Their father called to them to get dressed at once and to come downstairs, evidently with the intention of killing them also.
More physicians and armed men soon arrived on the scene and they broke into the barricaded house from two sides. After breaking through three doors they found Baie and his wife, dead, side by side, on the parlor floor.
She was the 32 year old daughter of Orville Jeremy and Mary Ann (White) Eastman. The family appears on the 1920 census, which is (eerily) dated Jan. 26.
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