East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1907-10-21

Goshen, n. Y, Oct. 19.-The trial
Of Charles Henry Rogers for murder
will begin here Monday. Rogers Is
charged with having murdered Fred
r. Olney, Willis C. olney. and Alice
Ingerlck at farm near Middleton
on October 6, 1905. After a search
Of a year and half Pinkerton detec-
tives found Rogers in Los Angeles
and he was arrested April last. Dur
ing the trip across the continent
Rogers is said to have confessed the
crime in ali details to Sheriff A. L.
Decker.
Fred Olney and his brother, Willis,
were old and respected farmers. Mrs.
Ingerick was their housekeeper. On
the morning of the murders Fred
Olney took the oldest daughter of
Mrs. Ingerick to Pilgrims Corners.
He left the girl with friend to come
home on foot in the afternoon. She
returned with the friend and found
the house locked. Becoming fright
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neighbor, Dan Davis.
Girls Skull Crushed.
Davis broke into the house, and at
the foot of the stairs found the
younger Ingerick girl, years old.
with her skull crushed. Davis sum-
moned the Mlddletown police by tele-
phone. The police arrived and ex-
amined the premises In Willis Oh
ney's room they found leather trunk
opened and the money and valuables
gone In the cellar was found a
length of gas pipe wrapped in a
bloody newspaper.
Woman's Head Crushed.
In a stall in the barn Mrs. Inger-
ick was found moaning under a pile
of hay. She had evidently been hit
over the head with the piece of gas
pipe. 1t was not until the next morn
ing that the bodies of the Olney
brothers were found. The barking of
ct dog in a clum of bushes near
the house led the officials to the
spot. Fred Olney had four bullet
holes in his body and Willis two.
Rogers Not Suspected.
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, lin
gered between life and death for
days. When she recovered in a
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recollection of the crimes and dis
claimed all knowledge regarding the
identity of the murderer. Soon af-
ter the murders Rogers disappeared
from Middleton and it was then that
suspicion was turned toward him. II
it thought that he heard that the
Olney brothers had in their posses
sion $4,000 cash and some valuables.
PinkertOns' Search Rewarded.
The Pinkerton's searched in vain
for some trace of Rogers until jan
uary 27 last, when clue was afford
ed by letters he wrote to persons in
Middleton. They found he had been
working as porter in a hotel at Ma
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Charles II. Carpenter. Detectives
were al once sent to MADEIRA to ar
rest him, but when they got there
Rogers mad quit his job and depart
ed. The proprietor Of the hotel, how
ever, identified a picture, and from
the description given declared that
Carpenter was Rogers, the man they
sought. The detectives became sure
the fugitive was hidden in Los An
geles. Believing that the man would
call In time at the general delivery
of the postoffice and wishing to make
the Identification, complete a letter
was sent from Middleton, N. Y, ad.
dressed to Charles H. Carpenter
Rogers was arrested while receiving
the decoy letter.
His alleged confession is said to
have since been completely substan.
tiated. His defense will be INSANITY
He was In an emaciated condition
when placed in Jail several months
ago, but has since greatly improved
In health, having gained at least 50
pounds in weight.