The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1898-12-09
INQUIRY AT SIT. LOUIS.
Brother of the Murdered Man Con-
ferM with the poiice.

ferS with the Police.
ST. LOUIS, Dec. S.-The mystery sur
rounding the shooting of Elliott L. Duck
worth in this city in June, 1897, is still UNI
solved. At noon to-day A. S. Duckworth
called at police headquarters and had a long
conversation with Chief of Detectives Des-
mond relative to the shooting of his brother.
Mr.. lives in st. Louis and is
employed by the Adams Express Company.
He lived in Terre Hautes Ind, until last
May.
II am confident my brother did not kill
himself" said Mr.. Duckworth. HE was in
Terre Haute with me in April before he was
shot. When 1 learned of the shooting and
that a card with the name of 'Dolling had
been found in his pocket, | went to the
chief of police of Terre Haute and asked
him if a man named Dolling was wanted.
He looked over his records and said Edward
L. Dolling was wanted in Evansville, Ind,
for enrbezzlement.
M. c. Garter. of Springfield, Mo-, who ac-
companied Mr.. DuckwOrth to police head
quarters, is q friend of the family. He told
of his visit with Duckworth's relatives at
the bedside of the wounded man and said:
I'VE learned of his having been in Nichols
Junction. G.. w. redwood, his brother-in-
law, and l went to Nichols Junction to-
gether to investigate the affair. We learned
positively that Elliott was there on the day
in question. He was seen talking with q
stranger, who gave him a letter. No enc
knew who this stranger was. An employe
at the depot saw Elliott and the stranger.
lie saw Elliott take a revolver from his
pocket and give it to the stranger. He saw
the stranger give him some money, but he
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A MYSTERIOUS CASE.
DR.. Otto Suffer, superintendent of the City
Hospital, says the case of Elliott L. Duck
worth, who was mysteriously shot in Forest
Park in June, 1897, was one of the most re-
markable that ever came under his observa-
ton. Il recall all the circumstances of that
case now" said DR.. Suffer. The patient
was entered on the hospital records as Ed
ward boiling. That was the name of d card
found in his possession. 1t was a month be-
fore we found out that was not his name.
At first he would reply to the name of
Dolling, and he said that was his name. l
talked with him several times, but he could
not recall anything. He was always sure
that he did not attempt to kill himself, but
he could not tell how he was injured. Later
he improved and he said that his name was
Elliott l.. Duckworth and that his home
| was IN SDIln20GIQ, MO. ne Sdlu that lis
sister, Mrs. Eva Hutchinson, lived in Hutch
inson, Kan. She afterwards came for and
took him to her home"
One of the published stories here stated
that registered at the Planters
Hotel June IA, 1897, the day Duckworth was
found wounded in the park, and that he
waited around the hotel for several hours
for Dolling. The books of the hotel COM
pany show that neither Dolling nor Duck
worth registered at the hotel June IA or any
| other day during May, June or July.
The officer who found bleeding
in the park states that he was within hear
ing when the shot was fired. and thai he
could have seen anyone running from the
scene had there been a murder. Duckworth
was sitting on a bench between the pavilion
of the Laclede-avenue car line and the Wa
bash Railroad tracks, within sight of the
Lindell-aVenue entrance to the park, not one
hundred yards from the Blair monument,
the most public spot in the great pleasure
At the City Hospital the records show
that Duckworth was received at the insti-
tuition under the name of Dolling, the frd-
ing OF a card bearing the ~latter's name be-
ing responsible for the wounded mans iden-
LITIGATION as Dolling. Within a few hours
after ckw was received at the hos
pital a brother, George NJ. Duckworth,
called there and identified him as Elliott
L. Duckworth, and claimed his belongings.
never recovered consciousness
sufficiently to tell a coherent story of the
shooting while he was at the hospital. but
he always denied having attempted suicide.
He remained at the hospital from June IA
until July 10. when he was taken to Hutch
inson, Kan. by his brother.
MRS. RoxwooD's STATEMENT.
Mrs. George N. Redwood. Ct Springfield
Mo. a sister of the dead man. has made the
following statement: II am satisfied my
brother tried TO take his own life and was
not shot by DolIing. He came 10 visit me in
May, 1887. at which time ne frequently be-
came respondent and told me lie was going
to kill himself, as he thought no one cared
for him. He had a 3S-caliber revolver.
which he bought IN Wichita. on June u he