Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1905-08-12
MURDERED June 8
Nagel and Josephine collet Not
There Until After
May a..
BROWN TELLS OF THE NIGHT
Fairport Man Recalls Storn-Took
Couple to Island on Later Date
Than Told BY Them.

DepuIy Sherln r. +. Reynolds TO Island
B yesterday in the interests of the
Brady murder case was to set the date
of that horrible crime as June Q in.
stead of May 9. Mr.. Reynolds left yes
terday morning. a representative
OF The Argus accompanying him
and at Fairport il was learn
ed that the couple had not been in
mat locality until about May IA. and
that they We're taken from Geneva is
land to Island B on the night of June 8.
Both agree that the murder was COM
mltted the same night that they were
taken to the island by Alonzo Brown, of
RAPPORT, and it was through state
ments of his that the date of the TRACE
DIV was ascertained Mr.. Brown AMI
others IN FairpOrt recalled that the
night he moved the couple to the is
land was dark, stormy one, and that
the same night Pine creek rose and
washed out the railway tracks north of
Fairport
Picnic That Day.
The date is fixed by the fact that
the day he made the trip to the island
was the same date as the picnic of the
school children of Fairport. and the in.
cidents of the storm coincide with the
description of the night oil which the
crime was committed. At Fairport it
was also learned through reliable
sources that the couple did not make
their appearance in Fairport until eth
er May Is or IA, and that they did not
go to Geneva island to live until about
May 20. A. j. Reeves, the postmaster
| OF Fairport, remembered we'll the cir
cumstances of their first appearance in
the village, and remembered that it
was in May. after the ninth 1t will be
remembered that Nagel in his confes-
sion stated that the murder occurred
on May 9. and that Josephine Collet
said she thought it was April 9. Both
described the night as a dark and
stormy one, and on investigation it
was found that there was no storm on
May 9, though there was a storm on
| April 9. It was learned at FairpOrt
also that the couple were together at
FairpOrt about the time of the murder
and that they purchased the concen-
trated lye
Blood Near stove.
On arrival at Island b Mr. Reynolds
made a minute examination of the
cabin, and of its contents The floor
was inspected to determine if there
were blood spots. as Josephine Collet
said there were Traces of what is
thought to be blood were found on the
floor in front of the stove, over which
Brady was standing when he was shot,
and with an AK Mr.. Reynolds removed
a piece of the floor large enough to
enable an expert to discover whether
the wood is stained with blood under
the coating of cheap red paint with
which it was covered after the crime
Bullet Holes In Door.
What are apparently bullet holes
were discovered in the rear door of the
cabin. and by digging out the putty in
the holes. Mr.. Reynolds con WINGED him
self that they were made with bullets.
In addition to the silver of the floor.
a number of articles which will per
haps be used as material evidence
were brought back to Rock Island. A
dozen or more handkerchiefs were
found with the corners cut out, and a
number were found with the familiar
mark of Brady's in the corner. The
CoIlet woman informed Deputy Rey
nolds that these handkerchiefs would
be found as stated in The Argus. The
hammer with which Nagel is said by
the woman to have struck Brady after
shooting him, was found in the cabin.
The face of the hammer is broken
about the edges, and on the irregular
| face of the edges are red stains, I'M
doubtedly left by the murdered mans
blood number of memoranda books
were found in the pockets of coats
| hanging in the cabin, but on eXamina-
| ton il was found that none of these
contained any dates, or other entries
which could in any way pertain 10 the
case.
| Clothing Identified.
| Three vaIises filled with clothing
found in the cabin were taken to Mus
catine, and there a large quantity OF
| the clothing was identified as Brady's
bv woman with whom he formerly
boarded She did a great deal of sew
! ing for him, and exhibited 10 the ON
GERS a peculiar mark intended to repre-
| sent a letter B. which she said Brady
had on all of his clothing. 1t is est
mated that at the time of his death
Brady had 5000 worth of clothing IN
the cabin. and it is known that al one
time he purchased between $50 and
$50 worth of clothing from a single
Muscatine furnishing house,
large part of the clothing in the
cabin which can be identified as having
tbeen Brady's will be held, and may be
used as evidence in the case. Among
other thing was a fine heavy overcoat-
This was identified as one which Bra
DIV purchased. and later sold to a
Muscatine man for SIS. 1t was not
lust what the Muscatine man wanted
and he later sold il back to Brady for
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