Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1906-07-06
KILLED IN
CEMETERY
Kate Ryan of Davenport
Victim of Brutal
Murder.
MALE COMPANION GONE
Body Near Buggy In Which She
Was Riding With Peter
Sardini.
MALE COMPANION GONE

| Kate Ryan, former Moline woman
and lately an inmate of a Davenport
resort, was the victim of a shocking
and brutal murder in West Davenport
| last night The body was found this
morning in Paramount cemetery Peter
Sardini, a Greek and lover of the wo-
man, who was last seen in her COM
| pany, has disappeared and officers of
| the three cities and surrounding coun-
try are bending every effort TO find
him.
Circumstances surrounding the find
ing of the body indicate that there was
a fearful struggle. The woman's cloth
| ing was torn and face and hands
scratched. At her throat finger marks
showed that she was choked. and a
bullet hole in her left temple indicates
I the manner in which she finally met
| death.
/ Found I'm Morning.
/ The body was found about o'clock
this morning by Alfred Ehlers, son of
the sexton of Paramount cemetery. ly-
ing short distance from the buggy in
| which the death struggle evidently
took place. A hatpin gripped in her
| right hand indicated that the woman
had fought her assailant with every
| means at hand When shot, she appar-
emily fell from the buggy. Her hat
1 was found crushed under her The
murderer fled and the horse travelled
on till small tree was drawn between
the shaft and the front wheel There
it stopped and was found this morning
The body, with the hatpin still tightly
held in the hand. was removed to an
undertaking establishment, where an
inquest is being held this afternoon.
Had Long Kept Company.
The dead woman was the daughter
of John Ryan of Moline. She was
| known as "Roselle'' at Babe Foreman's
resort at 224 East Front street, where
she had been staying for two years.
Peter Sardini kept company with her
when she lived in Moline. and had
since frequently visited her He is
known to have been exceedingly jeal-
Gus and the couple frequently quar-
relied
! Yesterday afternoon Sardini called
at the Foreman resort and spent some
time with the woman, bringing her a
new hat as a present He proposed
a buggy ride in the evening, and about
dark secured a rig from Brick Munro's
stable Meantime another man had
come to see the Ryan woman, but she
fled through the rear door and accom-
panied Sardini. Whether the appear
ance of the third party had anything
to do with what afterward transpired
is not known. There are several wit
nesses, however. to the fact that the
when they stopped at other places in
Davenport.
Seen at A. VI.
About o'clock this morning Officer
Benin, who travels a beat in the west
end of the city, noticed a couple in q
buggy headed toward the Fairmount
lcemetery He took particular notice
of them, for he wondered why they
should be abroad at that hour and trav-
cling in the direction they were going
He is positive that the rig is the same
as that found near the body later in
the morning.
II What occurred between the time the
! officer saw the pair and the hour of the
finding of the body can only be guess
!; ed from the circumstances. The motive
!, is believed to exist in the extreme
jealousy Sardini has shown frequently
!; in the past There is nothing to con
. meet anyone besides Sardini with the
: crime.
Known to Police.
The dead woman was % years OF
age and the missing man may have
been slightly older Both have figured
in police cases, the most recent being
that in which Sardini and the woman
were members of asparty of four that
visited East Moline during the winter
and forced the cabbie at the point OF
gun to give up SO that he had ex
acted from them for fare.
Saved His Comrades Life.
Ill "While returning from the Grand