Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1899-08-31
POLICE ADVANCE THEORY ON
THOMAS GOOD MURDER.
CHARLES NOLAN IN A CELL
Accused of Wreaking Vengeance Upon
the Little Huachback on Sunday
Morning Unable to Account Salts
factorily for His Whereabouts at
the Hour OF the Murder.


eastern limits OF the clty between 1880
Charles Nolan, a desperate character,
is under arrest as the man 10 whose
guilt the evidence in the hands OF the
police seems to point.
The body OF Good was found in a
clump OF bushes at the edge OF wood
ed island in the midst OF the marsh at
J o'clock in the afternoon by Gustave
Voss, who, with his wife and several
young girls, was passing the spot dur
ing q stroll. Voss. sent mis- wife and
her friends toward home and gave the
alarm, which was telephoned to the
police station. The officers found the
body of Good lying in cramped qO-
sitIon, face downward, with the knees
and arms doubled under the trunk
Zen feet distant in the tall grass, a
pool OF blood marked the spot OF the
tragedy 1t was most peculiar in chat
it covered a space not larger chan two
hands, while the earth was saturated
to a depth OF six inches. There was no
indication Of a struggle. The man had
been struck down without warning and
finished before he had been given an
opportunity TO move in defense. An
examination of the body disclosed four
wounds, three struck to stun, made
with club and the fourth, a knife
thrust, given to complete the murder.
The murderer had cut and trimmed a
four foot length of two inch poplar
sapling and had struck terrible blows,
The last breaking his weapon. Two Of
the blows, one on the crown and the
other oa the back Of the head, cut the
scalp to the bone, and the
third, evidently the one which
broke the club, raised large
| bruise some two inches back from the
! forehead. The knife had entered at
the left side of the neck, in front Of
| the jugular and just under the jaw, in
ficting an ugly, deep wound that en-
tered the mouth and severed an i'm
pOrtant ar,ery, causing death from loss
Of blood
The scene Of the crime is one of the
most unfrequented spots within the
| limits of the city, forming corner of
| the recently admitted Badger addition.
| 1t Is about a thousand feet north Of
| Washington avenue and about that
distance west of North street, the
nearest habitations being those of Mrs
| phelan and a man named French. The
| island-like formation, at the edge OF
which the body was found is about
one hundred feet from the wooded high
ground and is not in view from either
Washington avenue or North street
Good was last seen alive at about
80 o'clock on Sunday morning by
John Saltzman, Thomas Kingston and
Arthur Schulkamp, while on his way
down North street, apparently
coming from the direction Of the Phe-
Ian residence When near French's
house, he jumped the fence and disap-
! peared in the woods He had not been
at his boarding place, the residence Of
Z. Gerfen at Elmside, since Saturday
morning, when at 80 o'clock, he left
! announcing that he was going to
Blooming Grove to put an attachment
| On a windmill for Willet S. Main. He
| ala not, however, do so but rode into
! the city from Schenks corners with a
man of whom he asked assistance. He
was seen in the city during the morn
ing and, in the afternoon was noticed
by the young son and daughter of Mrs,
Stang of North street, children aged
twelve and fifteen years respectively,
entering the woods, in which his body
was later found, accompanied by
/, charles Nolan, son Of Mrs. Phelan.
(, Nolan went back and forth to Schul-
: Ramps saloon for beer during the at
terno0n and evening and is Iemem-
bered as the purchaser Of a number OF
small pals of beer by Schulkamp and
The bartender Neither Good nor No
Ian were at home on Saturday night
and Nolan did not reach his mothers
house until after breakfast on Sunday
morning He was seen in the yard in
from, of the residence at o'clock by
a farmer named Egan who was driving
70 the state fish hatchery with his fam
ily but Is not accounted for from that
/ time until after dinner, when he went
bathing with Fred Angel IN Lake
Mendoza, near Mayor Hoyen's slaugh-
ter house.
Nolan Is Arrested
After the police had removed the re-
mains Of Good to Glirs undertaking
rooms on Main street study Of prob
able motives for the crime fastened
Isuspicions upon Nolan He was sought
f0r aud !. was found thar be- had gone
10 the town OF Burke with a farmer
aamed Dunn 70 work In the tobacco
field. lie remained there only a few
4 minutes, as he had flown when the
police arrived He did not 20 far
however but doubled back and was ar
rested at his home a 2 O'Clock Monday
morning by Officers Davenport and
/ Boyd who took him to the station
where Chief Baker KEEP, him upon the
( carpet over an hour n an effort q
force a confession
Nolan admitted having bought pals
/ Of beer al Schulkamps saloon on Sat
"a a.