Ottumwa semi-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1899-1903, 1902-06-05
TELLS STORY
Witnesses to Cantril Killing
Give Testimony.
THE INQUEST Is HELD
coroner's Jury Finds That Edward
Hale Shot and Killed Miss Fora
Domaine on the Streets Of cantril
Saturday Afternoon.

DoHdHo on tne StreetS OF (antfll
4 Saturday Afternoon.
Keosauqua, June Especial "A
coroner's jury has found that Miss
Fora Donaho was shot and killed by
Edward Hale, her rejected lover, at
Cantril last Saturday. The jury was
composed of A. Z. Holder, S. A. Casady
and ]. j. Casady.
The testimony taken before the cor
oner's jury shows most conclusively
that Hale was very much in love with
the girl and that he murdered her be-
cause she would have nothing to do
with him.
The Testimony.
Miss Ida Cook of Mt. Sterling,
young woman II years of age, testified
as follows:
We were watching the ball game,
and were starting west up the hill SO
shot Fora Donaho went past all three
He said, Hello, Zora,' He put his
girl, and shot Fora. l did not see the
on a few steps and shot himself in the
her fall. He shot her but once. There
Fora and one at himself. Hello" was
him. ! had never known him. l did
hi =, 10
shot Fora. We were on the sidewalk.
He was not more than two or three
feet from Fora when he shot.
Rhoda Bennett.
Rhoda Bennett, aged 81, resides two
and half miles southwest of Mt. Ster-
ling, in Missouri. Fora Donaho, Miss
Cook and myself were standing under
the trees on the sidewalk watching the
ball game, and we could not, see the
batter and Fora said, Let us go up
further where we can see better We
started up the walk and this fellow,
the fellow who shot Fora, ran past us
and said, Hello, Zora,'' and shot. He
was within three or four feet of her,
facing Fora. l didn't see the revolver
until he held it up ready to shoot. l
didn't hear him say anything. l heard
another shot, but didn't see him shoot
any more l didn't recognize him
when he came UP. saw Fora fall;
she sank backwards. l only heard two
shots fired This was all in Cantril,
Iowa, in the afternoon.
Elmer e. Bennett.
Elmer E. Bennett, aged %, residing
two and a half miles southwest of Mt.
Sterling, in Missouri l was in Can
tril, Iowa, that afternoon. Ed Hale
was talking to me. We were sitting
on the sidewalk that goes to the
school house ground. He got up and
left me and walked towards the girls.
/ noticed while he was talking to me
that he had been drinking. At least,
thought SO from the way he was
talking. happened to notice my sis.
ter and Fora Donabo talking together.
He walked up behind them and com.
menced talking to fellow who stood
behind the girls. The fellows name
is Lambert Parsons. The girls start
ed on towards me. They had not tax.
en- but a step or two. He then ran up
beside my sister, and said, Hello,
To-" He then came up and threw his
right arm around my sister and fired,
shooting Fora Donaho in the breast.
From all appearances it was inten-
tional. Fora stepped back probably
two feet and fell over backwards. He
only shot her once. then saw him
take two steps to the right and hold
the gun up with both hands to, his
head and fire and fall over sideways.
knew Ed. Hale He had no home
in this country He was working on
60 Nv II 4. L.
working for John Donaho. think he
had been there about two weeks. He
worked for Donaho, the father of Fora,
last spring, or this spring, year ago
/ only knew him when / saw him. |
know nothing in particular about him.
In the conversation before the shoot.
ing he said nothing about doing any
thing of the kind.
Dr.. G. A. Therme.
DR.. g. A. Therme of Cantril testified
that Fora Donaho was shot in the right
breast about two inches above the
nipple and about two and half inches
from the breast bone. There was nc
exit. The ball passed into the right
lung. The immediate cause of death
was hemorrhage. She was pronounc
ed dead by DR.. Casady just before l
got there.
William Haney.
VIM. Haney testified that he had the
revolver picked UP near where the
shooting took place by Elmer Struble
4 He gave it to me. 1t is a five shooter
80 calibre. Two cells We're empty
one shot, one missed and another shot
Information Filed.
An information has been flee
against Hale with the murder of Miss
Donaho The instrument is sworn tt
by e. H. Rider and Rev. George Mi
near The latter is the minister whe
baptized Hale just before the killing
THOMAS coNcANNoN DIES.
Was an Old Resident of the City O
keokuk