The Worthington advance. [volume] (Worthington, Minn.) 1874-1908, 1893-09-28
l||lYNE ! n IN LIMBO. IN
STRONG EVIDENCE THAT
NJ JOHN r.. LAYNE
& THE MAN WHO SHOT
4 HARRY WALRAVEN.
PrObably Planned a Murder at
WOrthingtOn.

Igiyes the following in regard to the
IWalraven murder case, for which
John Layne, formerly of this place.
FIJI held to answer: The old saying
that murder will out, has again been
verified in the tragedy which shocked
the citizens of this city on Sunday
ImoEning, Sept. 8, when the news
spread that Harry M. Walraven had
received bullet through the heart
while returning from his place of bus
mess about l a. M, and had reached
his own dooryard when some un-
know assassin had fired the deadly y
shot. Everything went to show that
asterrible struggle had ensued, as his
Mavy hickory cane was bruised and
splintered and his watch chain scat
t4red upon the lawn in three pieces.
fssSAt the coroner's inquest several
Enbighbers testified to having heard
Etle struggle, then the shot, which was
f4llowed: by groans from the dying
man. Fred Boomer, a restaurant
keeper, passed the house few minu
tes before the murder and heard a
man say, Hold on ! hold on y in a
whisper. Mr.. Boehmer limps in about
the same manner Mr.. Walrayen did
and believes the robbers took him for
their intended victim, but discovered
their mistake which brought forth
Ethe above exclamation.
\ It appears that the wouldbe rob-
bers did not dare to wait to rob the
numbered man after firing the shot,
as $249 was found in Walraven's
Ep1ckets. Charles White, hailing from
ssp aa,ska and
his examination was continued from
day to day to give the officers time to
look around and put the guilty parties
off their guard.
Walraven's father and brother at
tended the funeral and together with
other members of the family decided
to hire skilled detective to work on
the case. Detective Wood played
the role of a peanut vender and soon
had John E. Lyme spotted and be-
came quite intimate, intimate, Sleep
ing with him two or three nights.
VIM. Conway, who says he has wife
and stepchildren at Cherokee, Iowa,
seemed to be confidential friend of
Laynes' and was arrested Monday
afternoon last.
For several nights after the murder
the two men slept in an unoccupied
house near the Walraven home and
both men were identified by a neigh
Dor as having been seen there Sunday
morning after the tragedy. Layne
borrowed 80 caliber American bull
dog revolver of A. H. Schwartzenboch,
in whose house the men slept while
the family were away, and which is in
the same block with the Walravens.
Layne claimed he wanted the revolver
to shoot birds with, After the MUIR
dar he left the revolver at saloon
saying it was too heavy to carry
around. The bullet taken from the
body of the murdered man fitted in
an empty shell of the borrowed
weapon.
Layne and Conway had been fire.
quent visitors at Walraven's sample
room, and the deceased was very
friendly with both, and told his bar
tender to let them have drinks, as both
weee without money and were looking
for work. Walraven even took Layne
to his home to spend the night only
few nights before.
During the suspension of the banks
Walraven carried large;;sums of money
home with him, and it is thought
Layne became conversant with this
fact.
Layne and Conway are both fairly
good looking men and quite well
dressed; both are stone masons, as is
also George Impey, who testified at
examination Wednesday,
and gave evidence which, if it proves
will convict both of the ac-
cused, and will leave no doubt as to
the robbery at least being premed-
lated 10 days before the fatal night.
Impey and Conway got cistern to
build, and the latter complained of
his head and thumb, saying that Wal
raven had hit him with his cane, and
that he combed his hair over his