Murder at Lansing
Joseph Haney, The Oldest Pioneer, Killed a Man in Brutal Fashion Then Drowned Himself

LANSING, Ia., Sept. 2 -- Joseph Haney, aged 65, murdered William Henry, aged 80, near here this morning, by choking him and pounding his head to a jelly. Haney afterwards drowned himself.

Haney was the founder of Lansing and well known throughout the Northwest. Temporary insanity is believed to be the cause.