Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1905-08-07
The Island B Mystery Partially
Cleared Up by Confession
at Muscatine
NAeLE TELLS A STRANGE STORY
Lay. All the Blame to the Woman
With Whom He Was Living, But
Authorities Believe He Was Himself
Guilty as an Accomplish in the Crime
Other News.
Special to Times epublicaln

/ Brady, the aged Germany who diSap-
peared about three months ago, was
found shortly after / O'clock Saturday
afternoon by a searching rslrty headed
| by Sheriff Stuart, of this city. The
man had been murdered, his body
| wrapped in paper and old clothes, the
! whole saturated with kerosene and
burned beyond recognition. The body
was found on Island b, in Rock Island
county. The officers who are cons
Quoting the investigation believe the
man was murdered in Rock Island
county, and after he had moved to Is
GERS We're led to the spot where the
body was found by William Maggie, who
has been held in Jail here for two days
on suspicion Of knowing something
about the mystery.
Made a Confession.
Nagle made confession In which
he claimed he knew that Brady had
been murdered, and that he would take
the officers to the spot where the body
could be found. Shortly after o'clock
Saturday morning Maggie, in custody Of
Sheriff Stuart, Officer James McElravy
and Deputy Sheriff Reynolds, of Rock
Island, took Bachelors launch for the
scene OF the supposed murder. The first
stop was made at Geneva Island, about
one half mile above the home of Will
lam Dugan. Maggie here led the Off
GERS to the iowa side of the river, and
y ia rAI
for about two hours. The land was so
sticky and soft that the party had to
discard shoes and stockings, and wade
about nearly knee deep in the mud.
After the patience OF everybody had
been utterly exhausted, Maggie told
Sheriff Stuart that the body had been
moved from the, place where they were
searching, and that he would then es-
cort the officers to the right spot.
Led the Party.
Nagle led the party to the lower end
of Island B. at this and the same per-
Torrance was gone through with. All
the earth in a >space of about ten feet
had been upturned, when Nagle said:
"Sheriff it was moved again" Now
will take you to it." "Well," said Mr..
Stuart, you better, If yt,u know what's
good for YOU Nagle again led the
party to the upper end of the island,
and about fifty feet to the rear of the
cabin boat, where he had been living
with the -Collette woman. Sheriff,
you'll find 1t right here" he said to
Mr. Stuart.
Body Found.
The spades were again put into ops
GRAFTON, and after digging down about
four feet human body was found. 1t
was in the bottom of what had once
been used as a cyclone cellar. The
man had no doubt been killed and
then thrown into the cave. He was
wrapped in papers and old clothes, and
the whole mass saturated with kero-
sene Old lumber ard limbs of trees
had then been piled about the body,
and match applied. The flames did
their work thoroughly. After the mass
had been partly uloturned, enough
flesh and bones were discovered to
human body they had exhumed. and
after digging a little more, Nagle was
called over to the CHASTITY heap, and
after examining the old Jacket, which
had been burned in part only, and
looking at part of the suspenders |
that were also found. he unhesitating-
ly declared the remains to be those of |
Brady.
Is Identified.
As soon as the Identification had |
been made Deputy Sheriff Reynolds
was taken to Fairpol.t in a launch and |
telephoned Coroner Eckhart of Rock
Island to come to the scene and hold
an inquest.
Tells Of the Crime.
Nagle says that he and the Collette
were living together in
shack located near the head Of Geneva
island. Several times he had discover
ed other men there and had quarreled
about it, claiming he did not want
them around. One day the latter part
Of May he was in N[uscatine and went
home towards night.
He states that on the homeward
trip he used flatboat, and altho
he started in the afternoon he lid uct
reach the locality until 3 o'clock. the
next morning. Hearing noises in the
shack he rowed around the end of the
low head and hid his boat a short dis
.ance down the shore. He then walked
w
alking and swearing and Slipped
luietly up to the door.
! He listened at the door and heard
he woman say, Make way with
3rady's letters" lie then raped on
he door and said:
"Babe, let me i'm
He then heard the men Jump out of
he back window and escape thru the
rees, and in the meantime the woman
opened the door and he entered. A
small dog that he had with him im-
nediately began acting strangely and
lie then saw an envelope on the floor
With Brady's name on it, also several
blood spots. There was also spot Of
blood on a large box which was used
Is table by the couple. He asked the
about it and she said it was
lone of his business"
The next morning the dog led him to
spot about 900 feet from the house
where greater evidences of the crime
we're seen. He saw the signs of the
truggle, and asked the woman about
hat and again sh,, said it was none of {
lis business" but later she told
lin that this was where she killed ]
BRADY.
Questioned the Woman. II
Soon after he questioned the woman
losely and also discovered that Brady {
vas missing. From the start he !
hought Brady had been murdered, he {
avs and he questioned the woman /
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