Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1905-08-09
WEARING CLOTHES.
That Belonged to Murdered Man
is William NageI, Ac-
cussd of Crime,
so SAYS JOSEPHINE GOBLET
Cut Laundry Marks Off Light on
Family Connections of
Pair.

William Nagel. the prisoner at the
county Jail. who has made confess
sion of the murder of Carl Brady, May
9. on Island b; was born at Muscatine.
and comes of respectable family in
that city. His father is a tailor, who
has been employed at the store of S.
l.. Kohn & Co between 80 and 30
years continuously His mother and
father reside at Muscatine. and as far
as is known there has never been any
other member of the family connected
with serious crime or, in fact, crime
of any nature. Exceptional interest is
taken in the case at Muscatine owing
TO his being a Muscatine boy, born and
raised there, and with his relatives still
residing there. His family has not
communicated with him since he was
brought to this city. He is not quite
% years of age.
Josephine COllet, the woman who
accused Nagel of the murder. and who
was charged from the first by Nagel.
is said to be younger than he is, and
registered her age with the sheriff as
%. She was born at Washington,
Iowa, and her mother resides there at
the present time. She had a letter
from her mother yesterday urging
her to keep up her spirits. The letter
was of quite a cheerful nature. The
.COllet woman seemed considerably af
fected by the letter. which before be
ing given TO her was examined by the
Jail authorities. Her parents did not
find matrimOny a synonym for happi-
ness, and separated some years ago.
Her fathers whereabouts are not
known. She has two brothers. one of
them a wild lad, now confined in an
Iowa reform school. The others homo
is somewhere in Iowa, il is understood.
While Nagel was quite nervous and
restless during the entire day yester-
day, the woman was in a composed
and calm state of mind, and when Wis
tied by the officers, talked freely and
without hesitation about the crime.
Asked About Shooting.
She was asked if she was positive
that Brady was shot more than twice.
In response TO this question, she re-
piled:
We'll, if you think he was only shot
twice, you should have examined that
body afterwards. He was shot many
times. | think Nagel said nine"
This led to a discussion of the cloth
ing that Brady wore when he was muir
dered
why, that coat Will has been wear
ing is one of Brady's, and his under
wear was Brady's," she said. Contin-
uing. she said:
And, more than that, if you had
looked around you would have found
hid about the cabin, handkerchiefs with
the corner cut out. Those were hand
kerchefs of Brady's. and the torn cor
ner is where Nagel removed the cloth
with the laundry marks on it."
She tells the details of this nature
with readiness, and is rather enter
tanning in her manner She is very
free with the officers, and in her cell
converses naturally and without hest
tation The opinion is becoming more
general among the officials that she
has given a far more correct account
of the down river crime than that
which Nagel told, and his manner and
conduct since his arrest gives the Off
GERS reason TO doubt his statements.
J. w. Ellis, of Muscatine, the attor-
ney of that city who was among the
first to have any suspicious in the case,
was in Rock Island yesterday, and call
ed at the sheriff's office to make inqIir-
les about the disposition of the prop
erty of the victim of the murder. He
is acquainted with both of the prison
ers. but did not see either of them
while in the city. He represents the
Smalley estate. which originally own
ed Island b, the scene of the murder.
1t was his impression that the estate
still holds a claim against the land,
and it was for the purpose of investi
eating this matter that Mr.. ELS came
TO Rock Island.
Cabin Intact.
Nothing is to be disturbed in the
cabin until Deputy Sheriff E. f. Rey-
nolds can make a thorough examination
of the little boat that was the scene of
the shooting. Mr.. Reynolds expects to
visit Island b early next week. when
he will make a minute examination of