New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1905-10-08
FOURTH VICTIM MAY DIE.
MURDER MYSTERY GROWS.
No Cleo to Slayer of Girl and 17co
old Men.
tBy Telegraph to The Tribuns.I ]


Middletown. n. Y, Oct. without clew to
the murderer or murderers, and with only vague
surn1ises as to the motive, the authorities are
| trying to-day to solve the mystery surrounding
the murder last night Of nine-year-old Aiice
| Ingerick and Willis and Fred Olney, elderly
farmers. and the probably fatal assault on Mrs
/ Ingerick the girls mother.
District Attorney A. H. F. Seeger tonight Of
fered reward of $500 for the arrest of the rnur-
derers. This will probably be increased TO
! 50 500 on Monday
| Mrs Ingerick and her daughter were beaten
| with blunt instrument presumably piece OIL
iron pipe. The child was dead when found on
| Friday night the mothers skull was fractured
in three places. and she has not yet recovered
consciousness.
The bodies of the Olney brothers were found
| to-day in the Addie Derby woods, about a
| quarter of a mile west of the Olney home They
| had been shot TO death
The discovery was made by Chief Brinkerhof
/ and Deputy Sheriff Homer Herman. who had
| remained all night in the Olney house, Ponce
| men McCoach and Green and Fred olney' the
| only son of William Olney. one of the dead
| brothers At daylight the five started for the
woods over the hill back OF the house. They
| had not proceeded far when a wagon track was
! noticed through the pasture lot. The track led
! the eearchers to the corner of the field next 10
| the Derby woods Here small hickory saplng
| bore evidence of a team of horses having been
tied to it, and the trodden down condition OF .the
weeds showed plainly that wagon had turheu
| about there The officers divided and entered
| the woods at opposite points, working toward
/ each other.
DOG GUARDED BODY.
| The barking of a dog in the lower end of the
I wods attracted their attention. and the search
| ers reached, at about the same time, spot
where, by the side of the Olneys collie dog, lay
| the body of Fred Olney In a pool OF blood.
| The search was continued, and about cne
hundred and Hfty feet distant, the body of Will
! lam olney was found in almost precisely the
same position. Hasty examination showed that
| both men had been shot. two bullet holes be-
| Ing found in Fred's body. The that killed
| William entered his head at the back of the
| right ear.
Papers belonging to the dead man were found
| on a line in the direction of the corner of the
rssture lot where the horses attached to the
/ " wagon making the track had been tied.
| A milk wagon owned by the Olneys bears
marks that resemble blood stains. and it is
| thought possible the murderers may have en-
| tieed the brothers to the woods for some pur-
! nose all driving to the hickory sapling in the
| corner of the lot where they tied the horses.
| One theory is that the brothers were visited
| nv a person or persons who represented them
| selves as being identified with the proposed new
railroad line to pass through the Olney and
| Derby places This might be borne out by the
fact that the stakes marking the survey OF tnls
| nronosed route which 1t is learned has now
been abandoned, were found nearby In the
ground. just as they had been driven
RIDDLED WITH BULLETS
There was no evidence of struggle about
where the bodies lay, and later it was found
that Fred had been literally riddied with bullets
| One had entered through the right cheek, which
| was stained by powder marks, indicating that
the murderer had held his weapon close An
other bullet had entered the right chest. and
| another passed through the abdomen The
| others entered the back the right side
| The olney brothers were in fairly good cir
| cu;nstances Fred owned the farm of 101 acres.
| the fine dairy of thirty head of blooded stock,
besides being understood to have considerable
amount OF. cash invested He also had repu-
tation of always having $500 or $500 in his
| pockets
The police believe the wagon which evi-
| IDENTIFY carried the murdered brothers to the
| woods to be the same vehicle which several per-
sons yesterday noticed in the vicinity OF the
| Olney farm. Two strangers were in the wagon.
| and they drove into an old backwoods road
|
| This wagon was seen driving up the old road
| about 3 D. M, when 1t disappeared in the woods
| which border the road
| At II O'Clock at night several hours after the
time when it is believed that the murder was
| committed, this wagon was seen on the same
| road driving away from the vicinity of the
/ Olney brothers farm. The wagon went toward
j the Shawangunk Mountains The police have
| not secured witnesses TO the wagons course be-
tween 8 o'clock in the afternoon and II o'clock
at night.
| MOTIVE A MYSTERY.
The fact that an attempt was made to kill
every person who is known to have been in the
| olney house has caused the police to believe
| that the crime had other motives than robbery
| The four persons in the house about dark
| yesterday according TO Lulu Ingerick sister
| OF the murdered girl who left the place shortly
before the murder were willis olney, sixty-two
wears old Fred oney. ffty-eight years DID,
! Mrs Tneerielx the housekeeper of the two broth
/ ers and her small daughter Alice. Lulu, VINO Is
thirteen wears old went to Middletown. return
ing In time for a late supper. Finding the house
s.ntfuued second