The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1905-10-08
TRIPLE MURDER
IN EMPIRE STATE
Little Girl and Two Old Hen Victims
of Robbers.
WOMAN FATALLY WOUNDED
MYSTERY SURROUNDS TRAGEDY
AT MIDDLETON. NJ. Y,

Iiddletown. y. y. Oct "A triple
murder was revealed here today when
the bodies of Wills and Fred Clney @ers
found in the woods half a miIo fiona
their home. at which last night was
fou-d the murdered 'Jody Of Attic ic-
gerieA. Both brataa-s hal been shot
Before night the ERNIE IS expected 10
number one gnOce VicIm--Mrs Ge0re "A
lngerick, mothec sc tie siri Aii-e. Tie
mother, who ~as f)ul4 unconscious IA
the barn CT Lhe O!ney brothers last
night had not rssatled consciousness
and Was believed Il Be dying
As soon as dag light permitted z search
TO be made for bred and ~ Ills OineY,
who were missing from lherr home last
night where Mrs lipegrlCa was found
unconscious and her I,IuS l-c. murdered
fresh wagon tracks l.ddin.; across 20 fIe.C
10 some woods near the house were traced.
just beyond them "a The wuo35 we've
found The bodies o. ifreG uII Nillir.
lying on their back each VIII one arm
across the breast, 'thels jokes LAD
underbrush showed tkal the bl/'les rad
been ragged from tHe vas ~ II ta' p-;iee
where they were found
Two Strangers Seen.
The police believe that The wagon
which evidently carried The murderer
brothers 10 the woods Is the ssple We
hicle that several persons yesterday no
uced IN the vicinity II me Diney ldshl.
Two strangers were in this wagon, NAlct
was seen going up the Old road aboCt
D. N. when il disappeared N TIE
woods. At II D. m. several. hours after
the time when the murder was commit
ted, the wagon was seen on The same
road going away in the vicinity OF Inc
Olney farm and toward the ShawanO-
4 Fag Ia 40 n
tempt Was made TO kill every person
VINO Was known to have been III the
OiDeE house has caused the police 10
declare that Tbere were other motives
than robbery for the crime. and mai
the rifling Of the Olney brothers peck
cts WAS only a TUse to mislead pursuers.
As yet. however. no plausible theory Tor
the murder has been advanced
The four persons in the house about
dark yesterday. according TO Lulu Ia
EsTick. Who left the place shortly be
fore the tragedy. were Willis OlneN,
e. years Old: Fred Oiney. IS years old ;
Mrs. Ingerick the housekeeper Of the
two brothers, and her small daughter,
Alice.
Found the House Empty.
Lulu who is Is years old. went TO
AliddletoWn. returning in time for late
supper. Finding the house empty, The
girl in fright summoned neighbOrs. who
searched the premises. Alice was found
dead in the cellar. her head beaten Win
an iron pipe. Her mother was found
in the barn. apparently beaten by the
same instrument. which was picked up
on the kitchen floor by the searching
party.
Willis Olney was A Widower and Frank
was a bachelor. Mrs. In9eFick who had
separated from her husband. had been
employed as housekeepeF at the OlneT
brothers place only about a month. Her
husband, Martin fngerick lived at
Wurtzboro not far from MiddletOgn.
No Traces of Robbery.
In the house no traces of robbery
have yet been found. The only articles
of Value known TO have been taken
from the two brothers in the rifiing
Of their pockets were Two silver watch
IS. Considerable comment was excited
here by the similarity of position Of
the two brothers bodies found in the
woods. as each had the right arm
crossed over the breat in the same po-
sitien. Fred Olney's body had TWO bull
let wounds in the right side. and an
odd circumstance about these wounds
was that they were under the right arm
have been raised high before the shots
were fired. Willis Olney was shot through
the right ear.
A cIew to the murders was secured
through Robert Wengatz proprietor o.
a hotel at HOwells, two miles from
where the crime was committed. Wen
gatz says two strangers called Al his
place early TO-DAY, but did not remain
long. They drove away at raDld
rate. One WAS lame. An effort will
be made to trace the strangers.