Telegram-herald., 1890-09-03
WILLIAM A QUIGLEY
xae Great Question Is. Who KILLED
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~ alvsseroas that not any OF tae
ne.gaooss. not any Of TIE family, not
any III The county officials, not even :
eoroaoss 5 5ary are bold enough 10 Goa
jscsare, wah any degsee OF eaEnestaess,
Tie cause of tae mans deata. That 4
nan should be beaten 70 4 Jelly, ia
ooea daylight. in these days OF cleo
tF.ctv, aad not even an intelilgen.
theory of 4 cause Of death formulated
a week after the fatal incident, shows
either q deplorable facility for the COM
INITIAL OF crime ia these times, or an
obtassness on the part OF those who
in Ottawa county are the appointed
guardians Of life and property.
Three principal theones OF the cause
Of Qug.ey's death are timidly sug-
zested. The first theory IL that the
story which he himself told OF the af-
fair IS literally true IN al rs parueu-
lars. That Is 10 say, he was assaulted
aud robbed by strangers who entered
his house when be was alone and un-
protected. Some fatal objections TO
TINS theory are, (I although the
whole affair occurred in broad
daylight, al time and place when the
presence OF strangers IN the neigh0or-
hood would have been sure 10 be noted +,
If any strangers had been ia the ylc.nty
about that time, no such persons We're
noticed by any 81 the nelghbOrs. II is
true that a Grand Rapids morning
paper, anxious TO appear enterprsng,
created such story, but Il was made
out OF whole cloth. That part of
Quigley's story IN which he says that he
knows himself TO have been assalled by
two strangers may have been partly
true and partly erroneous. That ha
was assaIled by strangers is not likely
because no strangers were IN the vlcln-
ity. In his dazed condition, after
having been beaten INTO lnsensbllity
and then having returned TO partial
consciousness, ne may have received
and retained correct impression OF
the fact of two faces, and yet
the impression may not have been suf-
ficiently strong TO recognize and retain
the remembrance of the physlognomv
of those faces, especially If they were
disguised by the awful passions of the
moment or by artificial means. The
theory OF murder by strangers or
tramDs whose motive was robbery, is
not tenable is Indicated 10y the fact that
no robbery of an adequate sort was
committed. The pocketbook of the
deceased was found either undisturbed
! or with such disturbance as makes 1t
| impossible that the design was TO take
money. Desperate tramp robbers
would not have stopped 10 search q
pocketbook, and make their search so
bunglmg as to leave behind a large
amount Of money. They would have
run away with the wallet aud have made
the search at their leisure. Another
| theory is that the sick man became
| delirious or dazed went out the back
door of the house and fell down and
sustained the frlghtful wounds purely
| hy accident. THIS position is so absurd
| that good detective minds have said
| that its formulation suggests that in
| self-interest alone would it have origi-
| mated. 1t is SO far removed from the
| ordinary currents of rational judgment
| that IL affords an excellent center from
which to start a course of investigation.
! OF course 1t is easy TO say that II is a
| shocking thing TO point the finger OF
! suspicion towards innocent persons,
| especially if they BE- guef-stricken
! mOurners. Very true. But William
| Quigley's murderers are yet uncaught,
| and every person vino stood in life near
/ to the murdered man may well afford
| 10 court these paintings OF suspicion, If
| bv tins action any light may be thrown
/ on an awful crime. The time has
/ come when the fullest in
vesLigation should be invited
| by the family and should be
insisted upon by the authorities. Con-
| sideratiOns of tenderness and delcacy
/ have no natural right 10 stand in the
way of the discovery of crime like this.
That VIM. Qligley died 10y accident is
So improbable that they who hold to
I the theory may be- placed among those
who oppose rational investigation.
Another theory IS that the boy HOllo-
/ way committed the crime whIe visiting
| the house on the alleged errand upon
which he was sent by the younger
/ Quigley at the time OF the discovery of
/ the tragedy. But If this young person
/ was az all implicated, ne had older &C
/ completes. There IL a good deal of re-
/ spectacle opinion held bv persons VINO
/ have paid some attention 20 the details
/ OF thls crme, and who have had some
! experience ln putting this and that to-
/ retaer.' who soy unhesi,stngly that
I tie investigation ~ THIS murder
must begin at the Qugiey residence.
I Here ls man VINO, by dnt OF hard
+ labor, close attention 90 business. and
a Iigh degree 0f pars moniOusuCss. has