Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1908-09-14
Coroner's Jury Acts.


Coroner Nichols Sunday afternoon
impaneled jury, composed of z. A.
Hawley, c. l.. Ferguson and III. W..
Savage, which interviewed the diff
ferent witnesses, including Henry, who
had been arrested at about noon while
fishing at the river, by Sheriff Hutson
and Chief of Police Nicholson. Shortly
after o'clock the jury met at DR..
Nichols office went over the evidence,
and returned verdict. The finding was
to the effect that Skeie came to his
death by blow, either inflicted by
I'D Henry, or from fall from a
blow inflicted by Henry. The jury rec
commended that Henry be held to the
grand jury for further examination.
Henry Tells His Story.
I'm the presence of Coroner Nichols.
the members of the jury, Deputy Sher-
if Cause, and a Times-Repubican re-
porter Henry told his version of the
affair. Henry said that he and Skeie
had walked home together, and that
they were good friends. He said that
Skeie was full and when he got to
Skeie's gate Skeie wanted to hold
him. Il gave him shove said Hen
ry. "and he fell. No words passed be-
tween us. Skee was a good neighbor
when sober, and Mrs. Skeie is fine
woman. We have always been on good
terms, altho the kids fused more or
less, as kids will. We talked about
this, and agreed to let the kids fight
it OUT
When asked which way Skeie fell.
Il a Ja fal1 from tho
fence, showing that the only thing
that Skeie could have hit his head on
was the cement walk.
Didn't Know Skeie Was Dead.
"How is hep asked Henry, of DR..
Nichols, referring to Skeie's case.
When informed by the doctor that
Skeie was dead, Henry, with apparen.
nonchalance, asked: What time did he
die?" He expressed no surprise at all,
or no regret. His only words We're:
LAS far as we having any quarrel. we
had no more of a quarrel than I'm
having now with YOU
In response to a question Henry
said that he had nothing in his hand
at the time he pushed Skeie over but a
piece OF beefsteak, He said he took
this home and then came back and
helped Mrs. Skeie get her husband to
the porch.
AS to being drunk, Henry says he
was sober. He said that we re-
ferring to the men who had walked
home-ward together drank two bot
ties of beer on the foot bridge when we
crossed
Find Freshly Broken Stick.
The officer have in their possession
a stick about one inch in diameter and
four feet long, which was broken off
about fifteen inches from one end. The
break is a fresh one. The stick was
picked up near where the dead man
fell.
Dead Man Well Known.
Matt Skeie as he was Familiarity
known. was we'll known in the city,
having lived here twenty-five years, or
ever since he came to this country
from his native country, Norway. as
boy of is. He leaves a wife and four
children. Mrs. Skeie was formerly
Miss Lena Kittelson, of Roland. Five
brothers and three sisters survive the
deceased, in the persons of Thomas
Skeie, an employe of the Lennox Fur
mace Company; Mrs. Andrew Nelson
and Mrs. Charles Sandvig, of this
city; Soren Skeie. OF Radcliffe; Sevrin
Skele, OF International Falls. Mimi;
Ole Skeie, of Marseilles, ILL.,; liver
Skeie, of Brooklyn. N. Y; and Miss
Helga Skeie. of Throndhjem, Norway.
During his employment as plumber
Skeie had worked for the late David
Coulton, w. r. Painter. Paul Hecker
and E. f. Hawk. He was in the lat
ter's employ at the time Of his death.
He was member Of the Maccabees,
in which he. carried $1,000 insurance.
The fune1a' will be held from the
Norwegian Lutheran church at 3
o'clock Tuesday afternoon, and brief
services will precede the funeral proper,
from the residence at o'clock. The
body was removed to the Skeie home