The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1902-02-10
Six Persons Are in Jail in Han
sas City, Kansas,
Charged With Completely in
Murder of Noah Long.
WOMAN TELLS SECRET.
Declares the Original Plan
Was Robbery Only.
Killing Forced by Fear of Dis
covery of Lesser Crime.

Kansas City, Feb. 1O.-Four men and
two women are now in jail in Kansas
City, Kan, being held on a charge OF
either murder or completely in the muir
der of Noah Long, the aged Argentine
stone mason, who was killed a week
ago last Thursday night. Ollie Patty,
the sixth prisoner, was taken in custody
yesterday morning by Detective John
Inge. Two others, who will probably
be charged with having taken part or
Longs pension money, amounting to
$210, will be arrested today. Mrs Lee
Moran, mother of Dave Moran, who is
under arrest the officers say will be
made a prisoner today. Sherin Men
denhal went to her house for that pur-
pose last Saturday night, but as she
had the care of small children, she was
not arrested at that time Patty was
formerly member of the Kansas city,
Kan, fire department he is ABOUT 20
years old, married, and lives in Arm
strong, a small residence addition. He
hasn't been regularly employed for sew
eral months. He claims that he did not
get any of Longs money, had no knoWl-
edge of the robbery and no knowledge
of the murder. He admits that he stay
ed at Lee Morans house the night the
murder was committed. He slept with
Dave Moran. Patty says he had gone
to Argentine to see his brother, who
runs a saloon in that city. He arrived
at Moran's about II o'clock at night.
H..
made a statement to reporter yester-
day, which, if proven true, will show
that Patty did have some knowledge
of what was going on. Dave Moran
saws that Patty arrived at his home
late that night, and, rAshing into the
house, he asked, excitedly: Have any
of you got any of old man Longs
money!"
Moran says his mother said: 1--WE
had some of his money, but gave 1t
back to him."
Patty, so Moran says, seemed great
ly excited and Moran suspected that ne
knew the story.
Dave Moran was placed in a cell adj
joining that in which Marjorie Donahue
and Rhoda Taylor are being kept. The
trio can talk to one another. Rhoda
Taylor made a statement to reporter,
which was not made in her sworn
statement to the authorities last Satur-
day. She retold how she had gone down
to the bridge with Long, how she was
overtaken by Henry Donahue and Jas.
Goff and how they had told her to go
ahead. Then she said: After l heard
the splash in the water l knew that the
deal was over and 1 returned to the
men. Not a word was said, and we
walked back to Donahue's house. |
didn't stay long there, but Donahue and
returned to Armourdale. 1 saw Gofr
and Donahue throw the old man into
the river. He struggled to free himself,
but he was no match for the two young
men. The original plan was for US to
take Long over to Armourdale or Kan
sas City. Mo He had been robbed, you
know, and did not know it. He was
very drunk. There was no intention to
murder him. but what we did intend to
do was to get him into some wine room
or a resort of that kind, give him more
whisky, and then when he regained his
senses and found his money gone, we
thought he would think thet some one
else had robbed him. We had planned
to desert him.
THE night air had braced the old
fY1lr hof 1-ron 11o had
been robbed when we reached the
bridge Golf and Donahue were walk
ing not far behind. 1Mey had some
words with the man. and after telling
me to go ahead. they did the work. 1
don't think they intended to murder
him, but 1 think he accused them of