Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1905-08-07

jury returned a verdict that Carl Brady
came to his death by wounds inflicted
by William Nagel and Josephine Coll
EFT, May ., 1905, with murderous in
tent"
On being admonished by the Coroner
that any statement he might make
would be used as evidence against him,
Nagel stated that he desired to testify
and assured those present that he
would tell the whole story truthfully.
His testimony was substantially as fol-
lows:
Il am % years of age, and learned
the tailoring trade when young. / had
known Carl Brady a week before his
death | have known Josephine Collect
about four years. 1t was May 9. 1905.
when this crime was committed. l
came to Island B that night. before
dark, with Josephine Collect. We came
here from FairpOrt, with AlOnzo Brown
in launch. Josephine Collect told me
that she wanted to see Brady. We
landed at the boat. but Brady was in
the corn field at the other end of the
island. We sat outside and talked for
a time with Brown, and then he went
on up the river Brady came. and we
talked with him on the porch of the
cabin. He went into the boat to get
some coffee and potatoes. and we fol
lowed him in. Josephine was ahead of
me. and as Brady was STOPPING over
she pulled a gun from under her skirts
and shot him. He groaned, and gasp
ed, and she shot him again. The two
shots were in rapid succession. She
got me to help her carry the body to
the cave back there. and We put the
body in the cave. She threw some
old paper and rags into the cave, and
threw some kerosene over the body
She asked me to light match and
throw it on him, but | could not DO II.
She set fire to the body.
After she had shot Brady, Josephine
said. L got him out of the way now
That is what | wanted for long time
She got me to help her cover the cave
up level with dirt
Was Outside of House.
When questioned by the States At
torney and the coroner, Nagel said that
after the woman went into the house
he went TO get a drink of water out
side, and that he was standing back,
just outside the door, when she fired.
First he claimed that she had not told
him what she wanted TO see Brady
a bout. then admitted that she said she
wanted to get possession of Brady's cab |
in boat Under the close questioning
he admitted that she told him she
Ii brtti pGiCtPH that |
she did not tell him until they were on
the island. Asked about the cause OF
Brady's skull being crushed in, Nagel |
said: Il did not kill Carl Brady. |
Neither Josephine nor | hit him with a |
mallett. or with a knife,
Nagel said that he talked a long time |
with the woman before Brady came,
and told her not 10 kill the man. He
was asked if he gave Brady any warn
ing. and admitted that he did not.
On the arrival of the sheriff with his |
party Nagel gave way to the strain of
the last few days. and tainted. He
was taken with a similar spell Friday |
night at Muscatine when he first ad-
mitted that he knew Of Brady's death, |
and where the body was buried
Noted Brady'- Absence.
James Lewis, who resides on Hog Is
land. and was formerly a light tender
in the government employ, was one OF
the first TO discover that Brady was
He testified, and told of the
manner in which he discovered that
Nagel and the woman were in posses
sion of the boat, and that Brady had
He received a card from
Charles Fisch. a Muscatine hardware
dealer who had a claim of s. against
Brady. asking where Brady could be
located. and asking if Lewis would ar
range to take him 10 see Brady. Three
weeks ago Saturday Lewis and Fisch
went 10 Island B TO see Brady. They
found Josephine Collect at the cabin
boat, and asked her where Brady was.
She replied that he had gone to Gin