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There really wasn't evidence linked to him, but his name came up often enough in grand jury testimonies.

According to Thomas Dyer of Burlington, Iowa, a bridge foreman and a pile driver for the Burlington Railroad, Andrew Sawyer approached his crew in Creston at 6:00 AM the morning of the murders, and Andrew was clean-shaven and wearing a brown suit when he arrived.

His shoes were covered in mud and his pants were wet nearly to the knees.

He asked for employment, and as Dyer needed an extra man, he was given a job on the spot.

And he often talked of the Villisca murders and whether or not a killer had been apprehended.

Mm.

Sawyer reportedly told Dyer that he had been in Villisca that Sunday night and had heard of the murders, and he was afraid of being taken as a suspect, and he left and was gone to Creston, and Dyer was suspicious and turned Sawyer over to the sheriff on June 18th, 1912.

So he comes in, he gets this job, and he even says, "Look, I thought they might come at...

He was inspired by Horatio Alger novels.

So he ended up being inspired to be a barber because he liked their fancy outfits that they wore when they'd go into Creston, Iowa.

So he first was a barber.

Then he became a banker.

will do that.

Betty from Creston, Iowa had surgery on her C1 and C2 in her neck at the end of August.

Three weeks later, she suffered a stroke.

Please pray for a full recovery and pray for her daughter who has trouble with her neck as well.

in where I graduated high school in Denison, Iowa.

But a few years later, I'm working on the radio in Creston, Iowa.

Long story short, somebody said, man, Scott, you ought to broadcast the wrestling tournament at Corning.

Corning, Iowa is a very small town, very small gymnasium at that time.

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