Birmingham state herald. (Birmingham, Ala.) 1895-1897, 1895-11-05
ASSAULTED AND MURDERED
Mrs. GaSkiII'S Pretty 11-Year-
Old Daughter.
THREE SUSPECTS ARRESTED
The CircumstantaI Evidence Against George
Morgan Is Very Strong.
SENT TO PRISON FOR SAFE KEEPING
He Was Drunk at the Time, But His Past
Record Is Vile Enough in Itself
to Warrant HIS Being
Hung.


Omaha Neb., Nov. Ada Gaskill, the
11-year-old and pretty daughter of poor
widow living at 1S14h Howard street.
was criminally assaulted and murdered
last evening in an old vacant tenement
house in the rear of 1907 Howard street
The corpse was discovered at :45 this
morning by detective. After the find
ing Martin Booker, a coal hauler; George
Morgan, a collar maker, and Ed Sanford
machinist were arrested on suspicion
OF having committed the crime but the
burden of suspicion rests upon Morgan,
who was found with blood upon his cloth
ing.
At $3.50 o'clock yesterday afternoon Miss
Gaskill went to call Martin Booker to his
supper. Booker boarded with the Gas
kills. Mrs. Gaskill became anxious when
the little one did not return during the
evening and reported the matter to the
police. When discovered the body was
lying in a small closet in the vacant
house with diSarranged clothing, swollen
throat and features and unmistakable
evidence of having been the victim of
a murderer's lust. Booker was imme
dately arrested and taken to the city
Jail: He disowned all knowledge of hav
ing seen the girl after 4:30 in the after
neon. On the first floor of the Gaskill
cottage George Morgan and Edward San
ford were found asleep in adjoining
rooms. The most startling discoveries
made were the bloody garments of Nor
gan. His trousers were smeared with
blood, his lower shirt front was spotted
and there were traces of blood on his left
hand. Morgan and Sanford were quick
ly taken to JAIL where the former was
stripped and furnished with clothing,
while his own apparel will be- held as evil
dence against him. When the body of
the little girl was taken to the morgue
1t was found that death had been caused
by choking. Deep scars made by finger
nails were on either side of the throat.
Morgan was placed in the sweat box this
morning He said he had been drinking
Sunday and asserts that he saw~the Cas-
kill girl yesterday afternoon. and then
only for moment when she asked him
to tell Booker to come to the Gaskill
house. He claims to have worked for
butcher last Sunday and to have carried
from delivery wagon quarter of beef
into the shop Morgan admitted that he
was an ex-convict, having served eigh-
teen months in the Nebraska peniten-
tiary for burglary and grand larceny.
He also admitted that he had been ar
rested and held in Jail for year for an
attempted criminal assault upon little
girl named Noyes at Blair about four
wears ago. complaint was sworn to,
charging Morgan with murder. Upon
being arraigned he pleaded not guilty.
r'he preliminary examination was set for
Wednesday afternoon at o'clock. The
police said they had no fear of possi-
BILE lynching but were glad to have Nor
gan relieved from their charge and
placed in the custody of the sheriff. Nor
gan was moved to the county Jail this
afternoon and later was taken to the
state prison at Lincoln.
crowd gathered around the county
l114 rod
the prisoner had been taken to Lincoln 1t
dispersed.