The citizen-Republican. (Scotland, Bon Homme County, S.D.) 1???-19??, 1905-10-12
NHGHBORS UNEARTH
A TRIPLE MURDER
Robbery Was Apparent, But
Dark Plot Believed to I'm
derlie Crime.
SOUGHT 70 XII Al
Middletown New York Is the Scene Of
a DiaboIicaI Plot to Wipe Out
Every Member OF the oiney
Family.

Middleton, N. Y, Oct. 10.-All att
tempts of the county and local police Of
ficials to clear up the mystery of the
murder of Willis and Fred Olney and
little Alice Ingerick. at the olney
farm, near here, and the murderous
assault on Mrs. Ingerick on Friday
night have so far been fruitless.
1t was believed that some clew to
the murder had been found When
Alonzo Graham, an old man, living near
the Olney place, was arrested on infor-
nation furnished by Mrs. Ingerick, the
only member of the Olney household
who escaped death, but who was found
terribly injured IL unconscious In the
BARN.
After being kept in custody all day
and closely examined, Graham con-
clusively proved his innocence inc was
discharged from custody.
Mrs. Ingerick was employed by him
as a houSekeeper until a few weeks
ago. She returned to Middletown n
soon went to live with the Olney BROTH
ers. This was said to have been re-
sented by Graham, who is reported to
have made effortssto induce her to re-
turn to him, and this, with stories told
by Lulu Ingerick of alleged threats by
Graham against her mother, appear to
have been the basis on which the au-
thorities decided to arrest Graham.
Daniel Davis and his wife, who live
near New vernon, have been taken to
police headquarters and later it was
announced that there apparently was
them M that they would be h%onorably
discharged.
M~iddletown, N. Y, Oct. IA triple
murder was revealed here today when
the bodies of Willis and Fred Olney
,yg,.n ,,,, ~ iSA f1r xxyn1l, - n1 4
from their home, where last night was
found the murdered body of Alice
Ingerick.
The brothers had been shot. Mrs.
Georgia Ingerick, mother of Alice. who
was found unconscious in a Darn on
the Oney brothers farm last night, is
dying from a fractured skull.
Pockets of the brothers clothing
We're found turned inside out. Marks
in the underbrush showed the bodies
had been dragged from a wagon to the
spot where the bodies were discovered.
Tried to Kill Others.
The fact that an attempt was made
to kill every person who was known
to have been in the Olney house has
caused the police and the entire neigh
borlood to declare there were other
motives than robbery for the commits
sion of the crime, and hat the ritling
Of the Olney brothers. pockets was
J. "a q tPS " iIDlS' ~ -
AS yet no plausible theory for the
murders has been advanced. Mrs.
Ingerick, who was separated from her
husband, has been employed as; house
keeper at the Olney place only about
a month. Her husband, Martin Inger-
ick, lived at Wurtzbero, not far from
! MiddletoWn
Four Persons in House.
The four persons who were in the
house about dark yesterday, according
to Lulu Ingerick. who left the place
shortly before the tragedy, were Willis
Olney, aged 62; Fred Olney, aged SIS;
Mrs. Tngerick and daughter Alice. Lulu
aged 13, went to MiddletoWn, returning
in time for a late supper. Finding the
house empty the girl mmone neigh.
bors who searched the premises.
Finding of the Bodies.
Alice was found dead in the cellar
her head beaten with an iron pipe. Hel
mother was found in a barn, apparent
ly beaten by the same instrument. viii.
lis Olney was a widower and Fred was
a bachelor.
In the house no traces of robbery
have yet been found. The only articles
of value known to have been taker
from the brothers in ri1ling their peck
cts were two silver watches.
Clew to the Murderers.
The police believe the Wagon which
evidently carried the murdered broth
er5 to the woods is the same vehicle
which several persons yesterday no
ticcd in the vicinity Of the Olney farm
Two strangers We're in the wagon. The.
drove into the old ~backwoods roat
abou a half mile away from the Dine,
home. This same Wagon was seen late
going up an old roGd, then it disap
peared in the woods at IL o'clock a
night, several hours after the time
when it is believed the murder wa!
committed. The wagon was seen OF
same Dad going away from TIN
vicinity of the Olney farm toward TIL
mountains.