The Denison review. [volume] (Denison, Iowa) 1867-current, 1901-04-23
FATALLY
SHOT
Will Lenard Murdered
in Minnesota.

Funeral Services Here on
Monday Under the Eagles
Auspices.
Will Lenard, young man but little
over twenty-eight years of age, who
had called Denlson his home for the
past two months, was fatally shot by
DR.. Nintaer of Granita Falls, Mime
sofa, at that place on Monday, April
ID. The remains were brought to
Denison for burial and the services
were held yesterday room, under the
auspices OF the Fraternal Order of
Eagles, of which he was a member in
good standing. The details of the
tragedya are particularly sad. He was
bright. good hearted man and if the
reports of those who knew him best
are true, he was killed not while in the
midst OF wlful dissipation but in the
pursuit of duty. Mr.. Lenard was
agent for the Estherville Hail Insur-
ance Company, and was also in the en-
ploy of secret service company and it
was while following the latter profess
sion that he met his death. The story
AS learned from Minnesota papers and
from Denison friends is as follows:
Mr. Lenard has been detailed on a
case in which Dr. Wintner, Hebrew
dentist was involved. Lenard vent to
Granite Falls for the purpose of gain
ing WINNERS confidence and in order
to do this, be fell in with his habits
and ms s2e of life. This led to a game
of cards on Sunday evening, in which,
it seems that money was freely. dis.
played and considerable drinking was
done. In the party We're men named
| VI. Mccarthy, f. Mullane. c. Calvin and
Nj, Greer In the early hours of Monday
morning. Wintner, in whose Office the
game was in progress and who had
been a loser. retired to his back office
and returned with loaded revolver
declaring that Lenard had cheated
him and fired two shots. The first
shot struck Lenard in the leg splinter,
ing the bone and ranging upward
through the abdomen and lodging ir
the right lung. The second shot enter
ed the back and ranging upward lodg
ed in the left lung. Either shot would
have been fatal. Mr.. Lenard cid no.
die until the following moruing. The
best surgeons We're called but their eff
forts were in vain. DR.. Wintner wa:
Immediately arrested and since ha
been bound over to await the action o
the grand jury.
But little is known of Lenard at thi
as an atfable and agreeable man. Hi
friends in this city were Mrs. Horton
and her daughter, Miss Pearl Strong
who was his fiancee. The case was
particularly sad one, as Mr.. Lenar
and Miss Strong were to have bee
married Immediately upon his retur
from the secret service work he had o
hand at Granite Falls
The remains were brought to Dem
son on Saturday morning and arrange
meuts were at once made to have tn
funeral conducted by the Fraterns
| ~ ]N,, &c l,,>1
on yesterday noon by his lodge brett
ren was beautiful on Brief, silnpl
but impressive and deeply reverentia
The members of the order preser
were. Arthur NJ. White. of Seattle
Grand Organizer of the Order: G. l
, Rossen. j. A. Tuthill, Seth Cole. Chri
| Markinson. and Chris Dennis {
r Omaha: Nick Nichols of Counc
) Bluff and Mr. Talbert of this city.
The services were conducted by MI
White, the body being taken from th
undertaking establishment of Mr.. {
j. Salomon to the cemetery. Rev. :
| G. Martyn was the officiating clerg,
: man and Mr.. White read the wonde
fully beautiful ritual of the orde
: There was something inspiring in til
sight of those men coming from di
tant city to pay their last respects
their dead brother who would othe
u wise have been buried almost entire
:, among strangers. One could have not
! ing but sympathy for the sorrowing al
! fainting girl VINO stood by the grave
one to whom she was to have been Ii
ked for life in such few short week
Mr. Lenard was born in Chicago whe
. his mother still resides. He had
e brother in Lincoln Nebraska. a broth
j. in Chicago and another brother wi
was the manager of a smelling wor