The Bon Homme County independent. [volume] (Tabor, S.D.) 1904-1913, 1905-10-12
NEICHBORS UNEAR1H
A TRIPLE MURDER
Robbery Was Apparent, But
Dark Plot Believed TO I'm
derlie Crime.
SOUGHT TO KILL ALL
Middletown New York 10 the Scene Of
a piEboiieal Plot 20 Wipe Out
Every Member Of the oiney
Family.

Middleton. ~. ". Oct. i0.-All at
tempts OF the county and local police OF
ncials To clear up the mystery OF the
murder OF Willis and Fred Olney and
little Alice Ingerick. at the olney
farm. neal here. and the murderous
assault ON Mrs. Ingcrick ON Friday
night have 80 far been fruitlesn.
IL wns 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 and unconscious In the
barn.
After being kept In custody all day
and closely examined. Graham con-
cluSively proved his innocence and was
discharged from custody.
AIRS. lngerick was employed by him
as a ~housekceper until a few weeks
ago. She returned To MIddletown and
500 vent To live with the olney broth
ers. This was said To ave been re-
scented by Graham. who In 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
have been the basis on which the au-
thorities decided TO arrest Graham.
Daniel Davis and his wife,. who live
near New sernon, have been taken to
police headquarters and later Il was
announced that there apparently was
no evidence that would JUSTLY holding
them and that they would be honorabiy
discharged.
Middictown. ~. Y. oct. "A triple
murder was revealed here today when
h bodies Of Willis and Fred Olncy
were found Ia the woods a half mile
from their home. where last night was
found the murdered body OF Alice
Ingerick.
Tn" brothers a been shot. Mrs.
Georgia Ingcrick, mother OF Alice. who
was found Unconscious I'm a barn on
the olney brothers farm last night. is
dying from q 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 U1ncy house has
caused the police and the entire neigh
borhood TO declare there were other
motives than robbery for the commits
sion OF the crime. and that the riding
az tho OinCy brothers pockets was
only n rusc 10 mislead pursucrs.
As Yet no plausible theory for the
murders a been advanced. Mrs.
Ingcrick, who was separated from her
husband. has been employed ns house,
Keeper AZ the OlnCy place only about
n month. Her husband. Martin inger-
lex. lived at Wurt=bcro. not far from
Middletown.
Four Persons in House.
The four persons who were In tn.
house about dark yesterday. according
to Lulu lngcrick. who left the place
shortly before the tragedy. were Willis
Olney. aged 90: Fred Olncy. aged 6S:
Mrs, lngerick and daughter Alice. Lulu.
aged IL. went 10 Middletown. returning
In time for a late supper. Finding the
house empty the girl summoned neigh
boTs who searched the premises.
Finding Of the Bodies.
Alice was found dead in 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 aud Fred was
n bachelor.
In the house no traces OF robbery
have yet been found. The only articles
or value known to have been taken
from the brothers I'm riding their pock-
cts were two silver watches.
Clew 10 the Murderers.
The police believe the wagon which
evidently carried the murdered broth
crI To he woods Is the same vehicle
which several persons yesterday no.
tlccd I'm the vicinity OF the 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-
pcared In the Woo NJ al o'clock at
night. several hours after the time
when II Is believed the murder was
committed. The wagon was seen on
; = same road going away from the
vicinity ~ the oluey farm toward the