Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1905-10-11
Mystery Surrounds Slaughter on
Farm in New York State.
ROBBERY NOT MOTIVE
Strangers Drive to the Farm and Stay
Little Child and Two Men
Assault Woman.

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Of the crimes is a mystery as the police
are certain that the killing was not for
the purpose of robbery. Some dark Sc
cret is believed to be back Of the whole
sale slaughter.
The victims are:
OLNEY, WILLIS, aged 60.
OLNEY, FRED, aged So.
INGERICK, ALICE, aged 8.
Mrs. George Ingerick, mother Of the
dead girl, is believed to be dying. She
was found probably fatally assaulted
and has not regained consciousness.
Had Left Her Husband.
The four persons were in the house,
on farm which is located a short dis
lance from this place, at dusk last night.
They were getting ready for supper
when Lulu Ingerick left for the city to
do some errands. Mrs. Ingerick was
housekeeper for the two brothers. She
had separated from her husband and
was living at the Olney home with her
two children.
Lulu, who is ID years old, returned to
the house in time for late supper. She
found the house empty and the supper
untouched She became frightened and
ran to the nearest neighbors. Several
persons returned to the house with her
and a search of the premises was made.
The child's dead body was found in the
cellar and the mother was found I'M
conscious in the barn. She had three
fractures in her skull. A lead pipe was
used to beat the woman and girl.
Discover Wagon Tracks.
No trace of the brothers could be
found and it was at first supposed that
they had been implicated in the crimes.
AS soon as daylight permitted search
was made for them. Fresh wagon tracks
were discovered which led to a woods a
half mile distant.
The searchers followed the tracks and
were Mortified to find the dead bodies of
Willis and Fred Olney in the woods.
Considerable comment was excited by
the similarity of position of the two
bodies, as each had the right arm crossed
over the breast in the same position.
Fred Olney's body had two bullet
wounds in the right side and an odd
circumstance about these wounds was
that they were under the right arm, in
such position that the arm must have
been raised high before the shots were
Marks in the underbrush showed that
the bodies had been dragged from the
wagon to the place where they were
found. All the pockets in their clothing
had been turned inside out
Two Suspicious Strangers.
The police believe that the wagon
which evidently carried the murdered
brothers to the woods is the same We
hicle which several persons yesterday
noticed in the vicinity Of the Olney farm.
Two strangers were in this wagon and
they drove into an old backwoods road
about half a mile away from the Olney
home.
This same wagon was seen going up
the old road about 3 p. M, when it dis
appeared in the woods. At II o'clock
at night, several hours after the time it
is believed that the murder was COM
mitted, the wagon was seen on the same
road going away from the vicinity of the
Oney farm and towards the ShaWnhunk
mountains.
Robbery Not the Motive.
The fact that an attempt was made
to kill every person who was known to
have been in the Olney house has caused
the police and the entire neighborhood
to declare that there were other motives
than robbery for the commission of the
crime and that the rifing of the pockets
of the Olney brothers was only a ruse
to mislead pursuers. AS yet. however,
no plausible theory for the murder has
been advanced.
Willis Olney was widower and Fred
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Mrs Ingerick, who had separated from
her husband, had been employed as
housekeeper at the Olney brothers house
only about month. Her husband, Mar
tin Ingerick, lived at Wurtzbero, town
not far from Middletown.
In the house no traces of robbery
were found. The only articles of value
known ito have been taken from the two
brothers were two silver watches.
Poi M OF fV intn r hot ri
at Howells, two miles from where the
crime was committed, says two strange
men called at his place early today, but
did not remain long. They drove away
at rapid rate. One was lame. An eff
fort will be made to trace the strangers.
Finds Son Murdered.
HELENA, Mont, Oct. because he
had not heard from his son, WATSON J.
Oliver. en- route overland from Canada
to his southern Montana home w. NJ.
Oliver, a prominent citizen of southern
Montana, came to Helena and informed
the police that he believed his son had
met with foul play. Investigation re-
suited in the finding of the murdered
body near, Wolf creek last night. His
outfit had been burned, but the horses
and q young Frenchman travelling with
him were missing, and it is believed the
latter committed the crime, as he was
seen with horses at a date later than
Mr. Oliver last heard from his son. Of
fcers are searching for the Frenchman.
Driven Mad by Love.
ST. JOSEPH, Mich, Oct. 7.-Driven
mad over the refusal of a Kentucky
young woman to marry him, Fred
Freezer, chef in a local restaurant. prob
ably fatally wounded Mrs Violet J.
Lonsdale here today and then killed
himself in the presence of his victim.
Following the tragedy Mrs. LonsdaIe
said she had known Freezer for a
month. "He asked me to marry him. y
she said: which l refused to do, as L
did not love him. He made the threat,
L will give you until Saturday morning
to consider my proposition. If you then
refuse l will kill myself"
Expects to Arrest Murderers.
DIES MONIES, Ia, Oct. 7.-Sherif
Lopez expects to make an arrest before
evening of the murderer of Edward j.
Grieser, the farmer found dead yester-
day in his home at Avon. From state
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