The Cairo bulletin. (Cairo, Ill.) 1???-1928, 1907-10-20
MURDERER Will
" PLEAD INSANITY
PlNkERToNS ARREST MAN IN
CALIFORNIA FOR CRIME IN
NEW YORK.
COMPLETE CONFESSION
Made By cuiprit to Sheriff on Trip
Across contincnt--Tells How
Hc Murdered Three
Persons.

Goshen, N. y, Oct. 19.--The trial nl
Charles Henry Rogers for murder will
begin here Monday. Rogers Is charged
withdrawing murdered Fred II. Omey
Willis q. Olncy and Alice lngerick
at a farm near Middletown on Oct.
G, 1905. After a search of year and
a half Pinkerton detectives found
Rogers In Los Angeles and he was
arrested April last During the trip
across the continent Rogers il said tn
have confessed the crime In all details
to Sheriff A. l.. Decker.
Fred 0lncy and his brother. Willis
were old and respected farmers. Mrs
Ingerick was their housekeeper. On
the morning Of the murders Fred
Olncy took the oldest daughter OF
Mrs. Ingerick to Pilgrims Corners
lie left the girl with a friend to come
home on foot In the afternoon. She
returned with the friend and found
the house locked. Becoming frightan
ed she went to the home Of a neigh.
boz, Dan Davis.
Davis broke into the house and at
the foot OF the stairs found the young
er Ingerick girl, . years old, with her
skull crushed. Davis summoned the
Middletown police by telephone. The
police arrived and examined the prem.
ises. In willis Olney's room they
found a leather trunk opened and the
rs,a n sfelr ri, ~
cellar was found length OF gas
pipe wrapped In a bloody newspaper.
In stall in the barn Mrs. Iagerick
was found moaning under a pile OF
hay She had evidently been hit over
the head with the piece OF gas Aipe.
1t was not until the next morning that
the bodies or the 0lnay brothers we1,s,
found. The barking of a pet dog III
a clump OF bushes near the house led
the officials to the spot Fred Olney
had four bullet holes In his body and
Willis two.
Rogers was not suspected of the
brutal murders at first He Is said
to have been friendly with Mrs, In |
gerick. who, after the assault, linger |
sd between life and death for days |
When she recovered In measure she |
professed to have no recollection OF |
he crimes and disclaimed all knowl |
edge regarding the identity OF thr
murderer. Soon after the murders
Rogers disappeared from Middletown
md 1t was then that suspicion was
urned toward him. 1t is thought that
le heard that the Olney brothers had
n their possession 5000 cash aHd /,
ome valuables.
The Pinkertons searched In vain
or some trace of Rogers until Jar.
z last. when clue was afforded by
etters he wrote to persons in Mid
letown. They found he had been
working as a porter In hotel 1T
iadera, Cal, under the name OF
'harles II. Carpenter. Detectives were /
{ once sent to aMdera to arrest him,
ut when they go there Rogers hal
uit his job and departed. The pro-
rietor of the hotel, however, identi
tu Dttthits anu AlOH1 hit htottAP 1
ion given declared that Carpenter
ras Rogers, the man they sought. The
electives became sure the fugitive
Tas hidden in Los Angeles. Believing
hat the man would call in time at the
eneral delivery of the postoffice and
fishing to make the Identification
omplete letter was sent from Mid. !
letown. n. Y, addressed to Charles
|. Carpenter. Rogers was arrested
lille receiving the decoy letter.
His alleged confession is said TO
ave since been completely substan.
ated. His defense viii be insanity.
Ie was in an emsciated condition
hen placed in jail several months
go, but has since greatly improved In
ealth, having gained at least fifty J
ounds in weight.