Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1906-07-09
Verdict of Murder in the Case
of Kate Ryan, Killed by
Sarelis at Davenport
GREEK LOVER is HELD GUILTY
Letter Found in the Girls Trunk lndi-
Gated He Wanted to Marry Her =
Complained That She Soon Forgot
Him-victim Made Hard Fight for
Her Life.
Special to Tlmes-Republican


Davenport July 9.-That Peter Sar-
delis. or Pete Sardine, as he was COM
monty known, was insanely jealous of
Katie Ryan, known as Rosie Earl,
whom he is supposed to have murder
ed. was strongly brought out at the
inquest held Saturday morning over
the dead body of the girl And that,
with all her dishonorable method of
making a living, he desired to marry
her, was proven by a letter written by
him, and found in her trunk by Officer
Stanley That he had frequently
threatened her, and that when the
Greek and the girl left the house for
their buggy ride last Thursday even
lng the inmates of the house feared
the girl would never return alive, were
1alient points of the testimony pre-
scented at the coroner's inqueset.
The letter found in the dead girls
trunk, in which the Greek protested his
love for the girl, was evidently writ
ten by some one for him, as it was
well known that he could not write
English. It was dated at Moline, May
13. 1905, and read as follows:
SMy Dear Friend Rosie:
I am going to write a few lines to
let you know I am we'll hope you
be the same. l have not got no letter
from you since March and l feel sore
because you forget~me too soon. Well,
Rosie, now want you to write me
few lines letter. l want to know how
you get along. You know that / love
very we'll. You must write my address
good because I don't receive your let
tiers this way, like that. Rosie. | like
to marry you awful well. Let me know
AZ you want to marry me. Well, l am
close the letter for this time. Answer
soon,
Your sweetheart Pete Sardelis.
Kisses and Hugs"
My address = Pete Sardelis, No.
Ills Third avenue, Moline, Ill. An
swer soon Kisses and hugs
From this letter it is now believed
that the mans right name was Sar-
delis, and ssardine was but nick
name.
"Bury Her Where Found"
Il do not want her body, bury her
by John Ryan, of East Moline, the
father Of the murdered girl, and I'm
dertaker Runge has accordingly ar
ranged for the burial to take place at
Paramount cemetery, this morning at
10 o'clock The expenses will be paid
by the residents Of the district in
which the girl lived
The inquest was held at the police
station before Coroner Lambach, with
County Attorney Hamann as the in
quisitor. The facts brought out were
in accordance with the story as pub
lished in Friday evenings issue, but
strengthened the theory Of insane
Jealousy, and established the fact that
the Greek had frequently threatened
the girl and had acted in such man
ner that the inmates of the Babe Fore
man place were frightened. The fact
that the girl struggled desperately for
her life was subs tantiated by the tes-
timony Of DR.. e. S. Bowman, who per-
formed the autopsy
The jury's verdict was as follows:
1--WE, the jurors, do find that the de-
ceased came to her death by bullet
wound, said bullet being fired from
pistol in the hands of one Peter Sar-
t1eIis"