The Worthington advance. [volume] (Worthington, Minn.) 1874-1908, 1884-02-14
HORRIBLE MURDER!
MYSTERIOUS DISAPPEARANCE

MYSTERIOUS DISAPPEARANCE -
We learn from Adrian that Mr..
Riley: of Lismore township, disappear
ed several days ago and has not been
seen or heard from since. lie has three
children, one a good sized boy. who
have been questioned but seem to know
nothing Of the cause of the disappear
ance or the whereabouts OF the father.
County Attorney Wilson and Sheriff
Miller went out yesterday to investi-
gate the matter.
Since the above was typed, a despatch
has been received from Attorney Mel
son saying that Riley was murdered
and requesting the County Attorney
and the Coroner to come 1T once.
Since the above we have also inter-
viewed Attorney J. \. Town, who was
ut Adrian Oh Sunday last and, in CON-
pany with Mr.. Colman, went to Riley's
house and questioned the children
One is boy about Is years of age, one
is girl about Is, and the other u girl
about 9. All agreed III saying that
their father left home on Saturday,
Feb. I'd, and that he did not expect to
be back soon. They could not tell
where he had gone. but the boy had
told conflicting stories in the neighbor-
hood one to the effect that Riley had
gone to Ireland.
The boy took possession of the farm,
went to Adrian the Monday following
the disappearance Of his father, took
his sisters with him and made some
purchases. He also went to Senator
Crosby's and proposed to trade for
some stock. The boy has a gun and
one barrel was found discharged. lie
told Mr.. Town that he had fired ut a
box. but he could not produce the box.
The most remarkable and suspicious
fact about the matter is the unconcern
Of the children. None of them showed
any feeling nor any anxiety about the
absence OF the father.
If Riley's body has been found, and
the children have shown no distress or
anxiety about his absence during these
ten or twelve days, circumstances
would point to them as the guilty
parties.
LATER STILL.
Adrian that Ri!ey's body was found in
a straw stack on the farm, III Il nude
state, with i gunny sack thrown over
a fn,, l>.,
The boy has disappeared and the girls
are in custody of the sheriff. The
name of the murdered man We learn is
Martin Kiley.
MURDERED IN BED.
We stop the press to give the follow.
ing despatch just received from Judge
Wilson at Adrian:
Martin Riley murdered by his son,
aged Is, morning Feb 2, in bed bv
shooting. lie and sister, aged thirteen,
dragged him twenty rods, buried him
naked in straw stack ten feet deep in
hole prepared two weeks before. The
girl las confessed.
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