Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1908-12-28
MURDERED FATHER 10
PREVENT MARRIAGE
Edward Mcnamara, OF Worth
County, Guilty OF Il Ter
rible Crime
ATTEMPT AT SUICIDE FAILS
Deliberately Fired Five Shots Into
Fathers Body as He .RecIined on
Bed-Says He Could Not See An
other Take His Mothers Place =
Father Dead, Son Will Recover.
ATTEMPT AT SUICIDE FAILS
pecial 10 Times-Republican.

again, ana CONSTRUCTIVE lIiiI StNI aii
act would be an insult to the memory
of his mother, Edward Mcnamara,
of here, shot his father, Martin Nc
five times, inficting wounds
that resulted in death about seventeen
hours afterwards. He then took two
ounces of chloroform with suicidal in
tent, but was resuscitated by physi-
clans.
The tragedy occurred late Saturday
afternoon. Young Mcnamara, who is
"a years old, leaned over the foot Of
the bed and poured five shots from a
80 caliber revolver into his fathers
recumbent body. Four Of the bullets
were afterwards found.
No one besides the two men were
in the house at the time Of the shoot
ing except Mrs. James Corcoran and
her daughter Katherine. Mrs. Corcor-
an was housekeeper for the McNam-
aras, and her daughter lives with her.
They have lived there since April %
of this year. Mrs. Corcoran did what
she could for the injured man, while
her daughter went to neighbours to
telephone for help.
Help Long in Arriving.
AS near as can be learned from the
testimony Of the women it was hours
before help arrived. Frank Murray
and John Dorsey, Of Plymouth, stock
Svyny of H~nf IN, 1Ny1C
in company with Constable Shours,
were the first outsiders to reach the
home, and it was the first mentioned
young men who carried the uncon-
scious form Of the would-be pa
tricide and suicide into \ the
open air, and applied such first
aid remedies as were at hand. A shor'.
time afterwards doctors from Mason
City, Manly and Kensett were at hand,
and combined effort was made to save
the life of the injured father, and of
the son who had tried to take his own
life. In the latter case the skill of the
men of medicine proved superior to the
grip of the black angel and Edward
Mcnamara is now alive, with fair pros
poets for recovery, and under the guard
Of officers OF the law.
Shields His Boy.
''What Is the matter, Mr.. McNam-
ara; who shot you?" asked the sher-
If.
IT have no statement to make, sir"
replied the father, who seemed more
that his son should be cleared
than that he should himself recover.
The senior Mr.. Mcnamara did not at
that time know that Ed had drained a
two ounce bottle of chloroform, and
was then thought to- be in a stupor
from which there could be no awal1-
ening in this world. He supposed him
either q fugitive from justice or q
prisoner.
Again and again did the sheriff ask
the devoted father to swerve from his
decision to shield the man who had
shot him down. But it was no use. 1t
was not until Ed Mcnamara recovered
consciousness, and made confession
to the sheriff that the story of the
crime and it's motive came out in full
detail.
When Sheriff Lee questioned him
young Mcnamara had no hest
fancy in saying:S Il shot father be-
cause he was going to marry again-a
woman at Clear Lake. My mother
worked and shaved to earn this place,
and can not bear to see it go into
the hands of a. strange woman.
Sorry He Lived.
The only thing he regretted was that
help reached him before he passed
away 81 should have gone out into
the hay now" he said, land hidden.
Had taken the chloroform there
would have been dead when they
found me-" He has but little idea of
the length of time which had passed
since he shot his father, but remem-
bered his every act perfectly.
About o'clock Sunday morning
Martin Mcnamara passed away. The
hemorrhages from the five
wounds which the bullets of his sons
gun had inflicted upon him could not
be stopped by all the skill of the medi-
cinal and surgical arts and death came.
His last conscious thoughts were Of
his son, and as were his first words
after he was hurt, his last words were
begging that the law might condone
the crime OF the boy that he had
raised. He had made his peace with his
God, and in turn \"forgave those who
had transgressed against him."
Revolver in Pocket.
The revolver second hand 32-cali-
Der, was found Sunday morning in the
pocket of an overcoat belonging to the
alleged murderer He told where to find
it when he came to his senses. 1t was
turned over to the coroner.
While the inquest was in progress
Sheriff Lee secured full and complete
confession from Ed Mcnamara, the
young man knowing that he was prac-
tically in custody, and that his re-
marks would be used against him If
possible.
A Wealthy Man.
The murdered man was a wealthy,
prominent, and highly respected farm
er. His wife died five years ago. They
had two sons, Ed, the boy charged with
the murder, and Patrick, who is a rail-
road man. Patrick was expected to ar
rive today.
Patrick O'Hoolihan, a brother-in-law
living near Manchester arrived Sun
day noon, driving out from Mason City.
No definite funeral arrangements have
been made, and none will be until
nearer relatives arrive.
When he signed the poison book at