Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1874-01-22

who lately killed his brother at
Potosi, an account of which we pub
lished two weeks ago. Being placed
in the county jail at Lancaster, the
murderer attempted to kill a fellow
prisoner, and was only prevented
from doing so by the opportune ar
rival of the sheriff. Other atrocities
by Turner have since developed.
which are recomted by the Grant
County UeraId as follows:
During the latter part of Novem-
Der and the first day of December,
Bob. Turner was in the employ of
Mr. IL. Bailey in the town of Clifton,
engaged in cutting hoop poles.
Living with Mr. r. Bell, in the
town of Ellenboro, was a boy named
Olney Neeley, Tuesday, Dee. ID,
the boy Medley started from Bells
to visit his mother, who resides in
New California. His road lay
through the timber belonging to
Bailey, where Turner was at work.
That was the last seen OF young
Neeley until the 9th of January.
The people residing in the neigh
borhood, having heard Of Turner'S
murderons propensity, and knowing
that Young Neeley had to pass near
where he was at work. turned out
on Friday, the 9th, to hunt for his
remains. Eight men started from
Bells, and searched the ground
each side of the road. When they
arrived upon the premises where
Turner had been chopping, they
found the body, which lay rs ID had
fallen over SIX weeks before. The
indications showed that Turner had
commenced to cut down a sappling,
having struck two blows on the left
side and one OH the right. The
second blow evidently was the one
that killed the boy. The position
in -5hich the body lay, the course
| the blow from the aye had taken
all indicated it. The boys head
was nearly cut from the body-only
hanging by a small piece of the
skin on the back aud front of the
neck--the axe having gone clear
through the neck When found,
young Neeley had paper parcel
under his arm, just as he was carry
ing it; III his pockets were new
jack-knife, some marbles and a fifty
cent script. The body was taken
care of, and a jury impannelled to
hold an inquest, and the verdict
was that Olney Medley, aged II
years, came to his death from the
blow Of an axe in the hands Of
Robert Turner.
When the body was found, Tur-
ner was confronted by Richard
Swale, who asked him to tell all he
knew about the boy, Turner said
he was cutting poles, and the boy
came toward him yelling, with II
club in his hand. lie first struck
him with the pole Of the axe, and
then cholped his hcad Of.
On Monday, the 18th, Marshal
Bennett visited Turner IN his cell,
and asked him how many more
victims he had. Turner answered,
two. cone Of them was n red head
ed fellow, that ] killed in the deep
rayine back Of the poor farm; the
other was a man on the road to
Muscoda. | went up there to get
work, and when about two miles
from Muscoda, | met a man in the
road whom | knew wanted to kill
me, ! had a four pound weight in
my pocket that had got at a store,
and struck him two blows over
the eye, killing him. | dragged
him ont Of the road into thick
stand of hazel brush, and left him.
1t was on the east side Of the road,
just where there is q bend"
This is Turner's story as we had
it from the Marshal. When Tur-
ner went home-after killing young
Neeley-he told his brother Newton
that he had been to Muscoda look-t
ing for work Just how much truth |
there is in the story Of the killing will
never be known unless search is
instituted.
Robert Turner is a heavy built |
man, five feet six inches high, and
weighs about 100 pounds; is thirty |
six years Of age, and unmarried
is dark compleXionad, with a full
round face, which he usually kept |
well shaved eNcent the nnner liz. /