Show I BLACK aLACK HAND MYSTERY IN I OTTUMWA IA CLEARED UP I Ottumwa 10 Iowa Nov No LA II Black I Hand mystery which has puzzled the oI officials or of Keokuk county for a along along long time was uura unraveled h here rc yester yesterday day when whon Charles Charlos Hix of Hedrick made a confession to the sheriff that he himself had written threatening to the tho firm of Hix Brothers on oi whIch he it is a l The letters were addressed to James Reynolds a clerk derk in the store awl and money Hix was arrested b by time the sheriff but was released after he had made the confession He said he could give ie no 10 reason for writing the tho I letters The fin first letter leUel n to Rey Reynolds and ordered him to leave leao the I under minder threats Jt 03 signed Black Hand Roy Ro folds nollis stayed however and a few fow days later received another letter written In the same hand The threats were a little stronger and were signed Darker Again buln Reynolds refused to go and a l third leu letter r reached him more threatening th n the others One morning a letter leLler was found un nn under del der the door addressed to Hix Brothers rothem demanding They Ther were ordered to lo proceed to It a lonel lonely corner cor corner ner on the tho deserted county count road I strike three matches as a signal and deposit the mone money in the fence co conel cor cornet net nel |