Democratic Northwest and Henry County news. [volume] (Napoleon, O. [Ohio]) 1894-1905, 1895-08-01
DeShler Murder!
Mrs. Owen Delaney Found Muir
deTNd.
HER HUSBAND is UNDER ARREST.
A BLOODY COUPLING PIN
FOUND IN THE HOUSE.
The Two We're Not on Good Terms
The Story Told by the
Husband.
Murderer Lodged in Napoleon
lER HUSBAND is UNDER ARREST.
Murderer Lodged in Napoleon
Jail.


has lived with his wife on Keiser ave-
nue. in Deshler for some years, awak-
ened his neighbor, Samuel Reed, tell
ing him to come to his house at once
as his wife had been murdered.
Officers were notified and found the
body ofMrs. Delaney ON the floor with
her head mashed and the walls and
floor covered with blood.
She evidently had not retired as she
was dressed, with the exception of
shoes.
Delaney claims he was awakened
about 12o'clock by noise and found
two men in the house. He fired at
them in the house and outside and
then returned to the house and found
his wife on the foordead. He claims
the murderers broke the doors open,
but the doors and windows show no
marks of violence.
The officers searched for weapon
but could not find it in the room where
the murder was committed. They
looked in other rooms, meanwhile
leaving Delaney in the room with the
murdered woman.
When the officers returned a rug
had been placed near the body and
Delaney, reaching over and shaking
the rug, said:
whats in there?'
A coupling pin, covered with blood
and hair, dropped to the floor.
Everything points to Delaney as
the guilty man as the two quarreled
constantly. He was drunk when the
officers arrived at the house. Another
suspicious circumstance is that DIR.
Gehrett pronounced life to have been
extinct four hours when the neighbors
were alarmed. She had recently sold
her farm and would not tell Delaney
what she had done with the money,
but it is known that he advised her
not to put it in the bank. Delaney
has been arrested.
The Flag says Delaney's account
of the affair is very unsatisfactory,
but in substance is as follows:
He says they retired about nine
o'clock, his wife going to bed in hel
bedroom and he laying on the floor
in the front room. About 10 O'Clock
he heard her scream, and jumping
to his feet he saw two men leaving
the room. He claims he had his re
volver laying by his side; this he
grabbed and fred two shots at the
fellows and followed them to the
yard where he fired three more shots
after them. He then returned to the
house and found his wife as stated
above, and then gave the alarm. Or
being asked by the Flag man how
the murderers gained admission, he
said that the outside kitchen dool
had been broken open.
This is not the case, however, az
closer examination reveals the fact
that all the doors were intact; locks
were good and every window about
the house were nailed securely.
After the crowd had gathered al
the house, Mr.. Delaney found the
coupling pin wrapped up in a piece
of carpet lying just under and at thu
head of the bed.
He told the Flag man that as the,
had just sold their property, and haG
the money in the house, that the.
were afraid of robbers, and that h,
and his wife had agreed to sleep il
separate rooms in order to watch tn
house. In his talk to us he brok
down and wept, saying II wish t.
God they had killed me along witt
her"
The strange part about the affair !
that Mr.. Delaney claims that he CAV
the alarm as soon as the murder oc
CURED, yet it is the opinion of DR.
Gehrett that the woman had beel
J dead four hours, as her limbs and uL
per part of the body were cold.
Hundreds of rumors are afloat som
of them very wild, while others seer
to be more reasonable. 1t is fac
that Mr.. Delaney showed unmistake
able signs of being intoxicated at th
J time he gave the alarm, and was we
J in very debauched condition whe
interviewed by the Flag.
Neighbors say that the couple di
not livev pleasantly together, an
that Mrs. Delaney had expressed he
self on many occasions as being afrai
of him. 1t is said that of late sh
would not 60 to bed at night, but di
her sleeping during the day while he
husband was away from home.
Mr.. and Mrs. Delaney have bee
residents Of Deshler for a long tim,
! she being his second wife, his fir
+ one being killed by the cars in TIL
. place about five years ago. Fortl
). nately they have no children.
a Delaney was brought to Napoleo