The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1905-10-09
TRIPLE MURDER
Still. /. |. A MYSTERY
But the Fourth 1.ll,7 Victim.
Left for Dead, IS Aid
ing the Police.
4 MAN ARRESTED
BUT is RELEASED.
Thousands Of People Have
Flockcd to the Scene Of
What Was One Of the
Most Brutal Crimes
in Many
Years. sf
(By Associated I'ress.)Il


MlDDLETONvN, N. y. October s.--Aii
attempts Of the county and local police
1 officials to clear up the mystery OF flfe
murder OF Wills and Fred Olney ana
little Alice Ingerick, at the Oncy farm,
tar here, and tho murderous assault on
Mrs. Ingerlck on Friday night nave 80
+ far been fruItlcss. 1t was believed TINS
morning that some clue 70 the MURDER
had been found when Alanzon Grahhm,
m old man living near the Clncy place
v,as arrested on information furnished
4 b, Mrs Ingcrick the only member OF
II no Olncy household who escaped death,
hit who was found terribly Injured ana
Unconscious In the barn. After being
kcpt In custody nll day, and closely
4 examined Graham tonight conclusiVely
proycd his Innocence, and was dlscharseu
4 from custody.
Alleged Threats.
Mrs. Ingcrick was employed by him as
II !, 8bonsekecner until few weeks ago,
y u hen she returned to MiddletoWn, ana
B sr on afterwards went to live with thc
81 {Olney brothers This was said to nave
Sheen resented by Graham, who is re-
iS$norted to have made efforts to induce ner
Ma return to him, and this. with stories
s8to,d nv Lulu Ingerick of alleged threat Is
M Graham against her mother. appear
MI. have been the basis on which the
santhor,ties decided to arrest Grnham, 3H
s@2s Daniel Davis and his wife. VINO nVe
#rrar New Vernon. were taken 70 POM. pap
tonight and cloaeis iHiei N.Y..
srogated. and later It was annoullce.i ~ ~
m rere was apparently no evidence that ina
I u.o,,Id Justify holding them, ana thae thaae.
they would be honorably discharges. u. asat
I. .3a Recovered Consciousness.
<. rrpcr,ck recovered consciousness
for the frst time since the assault THIS
4 morning. and although not able TO speak.
J s,Iccccded In replying to the interfognte
4 he District Attorney Rogers by nodding
nd shaking her head. What informatlon
n,aa thus ELECTED was not made public,
4 h,,t County Detective Ward and Chief OF
Police Brtnkcrhoff at once hastencd 20
i r,raham's home and conducted MN 20 lnls
place, where he was lodged IN )fAi. ora
ham took his arrest coolly, ana sald th;lt
he would have no diticulty IN esthpiisii- estpiiis'l
Ing his innocence.
Mrs. 1neer!cl's husband, Martin, from
whom she was separated several years
ago was cleared from all suspicion OF
connection with the crime when ne came
IN to-day from his home m Wurtsporos
and reportcd to the nNtnorltlcS. gIle Wis
unable TO throw any light on the traEedy.H
Mrs. Ingerick's conditionNto.nisht was re-
ported MS showing Improvement.
Thousands at Scene.
County and local officers in automo-
h,Ics secured the country to-day run
Ming down various clues. Thousands or
ncrsons coming on foot and In wagons
nockod to the scene of the Tragedy.
Large crowds collected In front or tne
iail in which Graham is confined. He
nrobably will be removed to the jail at
Goshen.
Story Of the Crime.
. IN tho middle Of Friday afternoon four
persons were murderously assaulted at
tho Olney farm, three miles from TINS
nity. Fred Olney. Afty-eght years old,3
tho owner OF the farm, and willis Olncy,
Ills brother sixty-two years Old who
lived and worked with him. We're found,
deud. With bullet holes in their bodies.
Mrs. Ingerick who kept house for them,
was found unconscious. buried under
nav In /. barn stall, and Alice Ingerick.
her -year-old adaughter, was found
dead in the cellar, where she evidently
had been struck over the head with
heavy instrumcnt, the blow crushing
her Skull, and 1t was evident she had
been then picked up and dropped with
her head In the kettle. Mrs. Ingerick
has husband from whom she has been
Eppnrate 4.5.l tta..y,sa Isl fatIat Et