Milford chronicle., 1895-02-08
I. P. NGGOllsy's DsGth.
TIE tlR0HERS july A(QUIT AKG NC
[1LLEY OF MURDER,
Conficties Stories in Circulation
that Throw an AIR of Mys-
terry Over the Case.

:, At his residence IN Cedar Neck, on Sa
Z urday evening February 22nd, at fou
O'Clock. Trusten P. McColley, aged 4
! years, received 2 low on the head whic
caused his death on Sunday morning a
40 a. N. He ne egained conscious
ness, and his mortem statement
which could have leared up the mis-
that surrounds his death, was not to b,
had. The whole story as near as eau b.
siited from the many that have been told
is about as follows
Amos McColley, the eldest son. aged
I9 years, had just returned from a visit 10
friends in Kent county aud with his
brother Harry was about to start to Mil
lord The father objected to the Younger
son going and attempted to put him in
the house, when Amos went behind him
aud with billet of wood struck his
| father a severe blow which felled him
The young man then came to Milford
after physician and told several that
bis father had been kicked by a horse.
1t was very stormy day. and physicians
we're engaged in their Office practice aud
none could 60 at once-so he returned
home, aud a neighhor. Mr.. Mills. was sent
10 bring a physician and he then told the
story as given to him BY the McColley's.
de returned with DR. J S. Prettyman.
Jr who examined the unconscious man
and found his skull fractured almost en-
urelY around the entire Uranium and |
serum oozing from the nose. and he died
IN few hours after the physician arrived /
Coroner Josephs and Attorney General
Nicholson we're notified Immediately. 4
but nothing was done towards placing /
any one under arrest until Monday morn
ing, when State Detective Witsell arrived
and the States Attorney gave directions
to swear out a warrant for the arrest Of
Amos McColley for the murder of his
father
large number accompanied the cor
oner to the scene Of the tragedy, and the
inquest was held at which all previous
versions OF the affair were revised. Mrs
McColley testified in substance, that
Harry and his father had been quarrel /
ng all day, more or less, and when the
loys started for Milford the deceased ran
'ut aud commenced beating Harry with
shovel. At this time Amos struck his Il
athera heavy blow with stick OF wood. q
'ut he did not fall until Amos had walked :
way and then he fell striking his head
gainst the well curb and became uncop- II
cions This was the mothers sworn Ii
and this was corroborated BY h
1e younger son. The post mortem i
1owed that the blow was a severe one. "
ut the physician could not say that ii
as impossible for such a fracture to N
,cur from fall, but the corpse showed N
1ly one bruise. aud the blow and fall @.
ust nave been in the same spot on the ~
mau's head In view OF the 81
stimony OF the only living persons pres
IT, the jury brought in a vervict, that in
rusten P. McCOlley came to his death !.
a tall resulting in fracture Of the skull ~
I'd concussion Of the brain, caused bv OF
Lher the blow from stick in the hands un
Amos McColley, or by striking the foi
imp curb in falling This was an un. ~ ~
tisiaetory verdict, but It was as close as So
e jury could arrive at the truth; aud on WI
e strength of it the warrant for Amos
cColley's arrest was not carried into hi.
ect ms
Many rumors and different stories are iol
culating. but the above are the facts
duced at the corouer's inquest. thl
The deceased was of a very fractions +or
nperament, and in 1904 was brought
lore the Kent county court for falling ia
attend a session after being duly sum So
med. but was let off by the efforts of Mi
ends from punishment, and he last I
NTH was in a lawsuit with T. E Vir.
! over the possession of a farm in Mil ah'
Neck, which he lost by having made tow
chile entry. Oh
amos, who was accused of his fathers bor
rder, has heired many of his fathers -, ~
Its OF character, and he has shown vic. III
t passion to animals but has never eter
n in any serious difficulty. A
lrs. McColley's family have been VIC Of
S OF quick temper aud violent passions.
IN uncle was killed in the streets of Deel
ford twenty-oue years ago, and dozen witt
RS ago cousin was shot and killed at esci
eastern suburbs of the town Now u
husband meets violent death in his -
home under particularly painful tleH
ditions. His remains were buried on tow
sday last at Union Cemetery. m