The Bon Homme County independent. [volume] (Tabor, S.D.) 1904-1913, 1905-10-12
NEICHBORS UNEARTH
A TRIPLE MURDER
Robbery Was Apparent, But
Dark Plot Believed TO un-
derlie Crime.
SOUGHT. TO KILL ALL
MiddIetown New York is the Scene OF
a Disbolieal Plat TO Wipe Out
Every Member Of the olney
Family.

Middleton. ". ". oct. i0.-All at
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. ut the olney
farm. near here. and the murderous
assault on Mrs. Ingerick on Friday
night have so far been fruitlesa
IL was believed that some clew to
the murder had been found when
Alonzo Graham. an old mar. living near
tho Oiney place. vas arrested q n infor-
nation furnished by Mrs. Ingerick. the
only member OF the Olney household
who escaped death. but who was found
terribly injured and unconscious In the
barn.
After being kept In custody all day
inc closely examined. Graham con-
clusively proved his innocence and was
discharged from custody.
Mrs. Ingerick was employed by him
ns "A h~ousekceper until a few weeks
ago. She returned To- Middlctown and
soon went To live with the Olney broth
ers. This was said To have been re-
sented by Graham, who II reported to
have made efforts to 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
nave been the basis ON which the au-
thorltics decided to arrest Graham.
Daniel Davis and his wife. who live
near New sernon. have been taken to
police headquarters and later II was
announced that there apparently was
no evidence that would justify holding
them and that they would be h~onorably
discharged.
MIddlctown. ~. ". Oct. "A triple
murder was revealed here today when
the bodies OF Willis and Fred Olney
were found In the woods a half mile
from their home. where last night was
found the murdered body OF Alice
lngerick.
The brothers had been shot. Mrs.
Georgia Ingerick, mother Of Alice. who
was found UNCONSCIOUS In a barn on
the Olnty brothers farm last night, Is
dying from a fractured skull.
Pockets OF the brothers clothing
were found turned inside out. Marks
In the undcrbruSh showed the bodies
had been dragged from "A wagon To the
spot where the bodies were DISCOVERED.
Tried TO Kill Others.
The fact thai an attempt was made
to Kill every person who was known
To have been I'm the Oincy house has
caused the police and the entire neigh
borhood 10 declare there were other
motives than robbery for the commits
sion Of the crime, that the riding
OF tho Olncy brothers. pockets was
only n rusc TO mislcad pursucrs.
As yet no plausible theory for the
murders has been advanced. Mrs.
Iugcrick. who was separated from her
husband. has been employed rs house
Keeper at the Olncy place only about
n month. Her husband. Martin Inger-
lex. lived at Wurt2bcro. not far from
Middlctown.
Four Persons in House.
The four persons who were I'm the
house about dark yesterday, according
10 Lulu lngcrick. who left the place
shortly before the tragedy. were Willis
Olney. aged 60: Fred Oiney. aged ~.
Mrs. Ingerick and daughter Alice. Lulu.
aged IL. went to Middletown. returning
I'm time for a late supper. Finding the
house empty the girl summoned neigh
boris who searched the premises.
Finding OF the Bodies.
Alice was found dead I'm the cellar.
her head beaten with an iron pipe. Her
mother was found In n barn. apparent
~ beaten by the same instrument. VIII
liz Olncy was "A widower and Fred was
n bachelor.
In the house no traces OF robbery
OF value known To have been taken
from the brothers I'm rifiing their pock-
cts were two silver watches.
clew to the Murderers.
The police believe the wagon which
evidently carried the murdered broth
err to the woods " the same vehicle
which several persons yesterday no
ticed In the vicinity OF h Olney farm.
Two strangers were I'm the wagon. They
drove into the old backwoods road
about n half mile away from the Olney
home. This same wagon was seen later
going up AN old rod. then IL disap-
pcarcd In the woods NJ al o'clock at
night. several hours after the time
when IL IL believed the murder was
committed. The wagon was seen on
; = same road going away from the
vicinity ~ the olney farm toward the