The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1896-11-29
WATCHMAN WILLIAM HARTLEY
STRUCK DOWN IN HIS FLAG
TOWER.
GREAT DENTS IN HIS SKULL
SHOW WHERE THE MURDEROUS
BLOWS WITH A WRENCH
WERE GIVEN.
NO CLUE TO THE MURDERER.
Complete Mystery Surrounds the
Deed as No Motive for the Crime
Is known.

Lying nearly PROSTATE on the floor
Of little flag tower house twenty feet
from the ground at Marshall street
northeast and the N p. tracks, the
| body of William Bartly was found yes
! terday morning about 10 o'clock
Coroner Kistler was notified early
and proceeded to the scene of the sup
| posed murder. He found the man dead,
! and by his side was a long monkey
wrench covered with blood. 1t is sup
posed that the murder was committed
! with the heavy weapon, but for what
reason the detectives are at a complete
! loss to state.
The last persons that are reported to
| have seen BARLEY were OBrien, a sec
! ton boss, and several section men.
None of them could be found this
morning. John Kubiac, a special po-
! liceman, stated that he passed the
! tower at about 6:45, and BARLEY called
! out to him to bring him a scuttle Of
coal. He did so and then left, going
across the bridge to where he was sta
| toned. 1t was after this that O'Brien
and his men saw him.
That something out of the usual had
taken place was discovered by William
Roske, printer, residing at 1901 Mar
shall street When he arose this morn
ing at about s o'clock he happened to
look out of his window which gave him
a good view of the tower and of the
tracks Just about that time a switch
engine passed, and he noticed that the
gates did not go down. He thought it
rather strange, but paid no further at
tention to it until about 9:15 o'clock.
He then decided that something was
wrong.
Il then left the house." said Mr..
Roske, ''ran to the tower, saw that the
trap door was shut, but not locked. I
was frightened. 1 then ran halfway
across the bridge and called John Ku-
biac. We came back and he told me
to go up in the tower and see what
was the matter with Barley 1 did so,
and looking in saw him lying on the
floor. [ descended the ladder quickly
and told John that he was dead I
left John there and telephoned for the
coroner When 1 came back several
men were up looking at him."
That is all Mr. Roske knew about
the matter. He stated that BARLEY had
a rather quick temper and was easily
of any enemies that BARLEY had, and
it is said that the old man was we'll
liked.
When the coroner arrived, the body
was found in a sitting posture in the
north end of the little structure which
is about 4 by feet. Between him and
the trap door was chair A stove
was in the south end and by it stood a
FIN Of Tho
which worked the gates was in the
southeast end Of the room. Just above
the mans head was hung his pail with
his breakfast, which was still I'M
touched. The floor in front of the stove
and by the coal scuttle was sprinkled
| with blood. There was no evidence of
a struggle. The shelf upon which the
wrench was found extended around the
northwest end of the room.
The body was at once removed to
the morgue, where the wounds were
examined. Three ugly cuts or bruises
on the head indicate beyond any sha-
dow of doubt that death was due to
foul play. One Of the wounds, prob
ably the fatal one, is on the left side
of the skull two inches directly above
the ear. 1t was less than an inch in
length and penetrated to the bone. It
was quite impossible to determine if
the skull was fractured. The wound
could have caused death by concus-
sion even if the skull was not fractured
At the end of the right eyebrow on the
corner of the skull was another bruised
and bloody wound, the cut extending to
! the bone. About an inch directly
back Of the left eye over the temple
was a bad confusion or bruise nearly
round and somewhat swollen. There
was no gaping cut, however, as in the
| other two marks of violence.
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