Yetter in Calhoun County

Calhoun County in Iowa

Cold Cases in Yetter, Iowa

Josiah Pratt

Homicide
Josiah M. Pratt
44 YOA
Yetter, IA
Calhoun County
June 24, 1905

Forty-four-year-old Josiah Pratt, who farmed south of Yetter in Elm Grove Township of Calhoun County, died on June 24, 1905 after suffering weeks of severe stomach pains. His wife Jennie and the hired hand William Spurgeon “Will” Persing were tried for murder by arsenic. After one hung jury, charges were not refiled.