Telegram-herald., 1890-08-29
MURDER MOST FOUL
William ca5gasy. q Tfainsdge,
Ala1sa Tor AS Money
a feaestal 1aGassFtoas fzsDsr. Wffitsae
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o~a ao4ss in 0psa Das a. sht -
Tao Iakaown Villains.

A most bfatzl and horrels murder
va perps.E4Esd - Fooaers Ia the to"a-
sAp Of Talmsdge, ottsvA eounly, on
Wednesday afternoon. Tae vieum sas
tue wsii.kaosn e.GEen. william Qag-
ley ana aol clue % the detecsloa u
TIE wreicnes nas hesn discovered.
Iae farm Of William Qais.ey lies GA
Flnnesssy lake, small body 81 water
20 waleh some city people Of Grand
Rapids haye hitherto resoFted foF
days Aad aignts outing. Mg Qag-
ley was a iasa OF considerable wealth
and nhaeaes 10 Ialmadse. He was
not in the enjoyment OF good health,
and was unable 70 Attend 70 the every.
day work os the tarra.
On TIE day OF the murder Mrs. Quls
ley was IN CFand Rapids TO make some
purchases, including some medicine
for her husband. The sou, aged 10
years, and hired man were engaged
N farm work al remote distance from
the house. some property had been
recently sold by the Quig.eY's from
which goodly amount OF cash had
been realized.
Daring the course OF the afternoon
something caused the son TO make a
visit to the house, where Mr. Qu,g.ey
had been left alone. On bis arrival, he
found his father lying insensible out IN
the yard, with his clothing nearly all
stripped from ms body, and his person
beaten horribly from head to feet lie
WAS taken INTO the house, and remained
wholly insensible during the night.
The inability of the murdered man to
give any account of MS assailant made
it impossible to institute any intelligent
chase or search, and the villains had a
good start of more than twelve hours
in their escape.
A search of the house disclosed that
that the sum of $40, which had been
concealed IN bureau drawer had been
taken away, but the larger amount for
which the murderers had planned their
heIlish expedition was not taken for the
very good reason that it was not in the
house, but had evidently been placed
IN the bank.
The assault took place on Wednesday
afternoon about O'Clock, and early
the following morning the injured man
rarNvprpH hts soiNf, -41rtapf L
20 give meager accounts of the affair.
During occasional lucid moments, he
was able 10 say that there were two as
sailants, and that they had beaten him
most heartlessly all over his body. His
| face was bruised and biackened, not rs
| If beaten with the fists or with hard
weapons, but more as If pounded with
/ sand bags. The old man seemed POSI-
/ tive that he had never before seen the
men, and thought ne would be able 10
/ recognize them both If he could con-
/ front them. He had been beaten IN the
/ face, but the fatal wounds seemed TO
! have been made by kicks in the lower
part of the bowels. He fingered until
| III O'Clock Yesterday morning, when he
/ died. All the circumstances of the case
/ point to q cOld-blooded, deliberate, in-
I t-NNtto@SbtC ilutNCAs tilt Oll1 liOA4NS VI
/ which was robbery.
Neighbors of the Quigleys say that
the vicinity has been haunted all SUM
ner with tramps and disreputable
( characters. Lake Finnessey has been
private summer resort for some city
! folk who have not been wholly wei
come among the farmer people. a
pavilion WAS erected on the lake where
daily and nightly social proceedings
occurred mucn 10 the annoyance OF
the surrounding populace. About two
weeks ago, this pavilion burned to the
ground, and the fire was without q
doubt the work Of an incendisrv.
/ Whether or not this fire had anything
to do with the murder, by way OF
| revenge, it's vet too early To determine.
| The nelgnborhood of Einuessey lake i
intensely stirred by the murder, and i
would not be safe for any man upon
| whom suspicion might rest.