Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1908-09-14
Matt" Skeie Meets Death From
Terrible Blow on Head, and
ED" Henry Is Held
COULDN'T AGREE ON uNloNlsM
Skeie a Non Union Plumber, and Hem
ny, Union Carpenter. Have Words
Over skeie's Withdrawal from Union
Witness to Tragedy by Moonlight
-coroners Jury Acts.

1
MarshalitoWn mas anothen dloh L
go to- do-it killing" the third in lit
tie over a wear. as a result Of what
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! 'ppe''s " naNe DeeN = du'' =
tween ffiends and neighoofs' a. an
early hour Sunday morning. As re-
suit Matthias Skeie, lis May street, lies
da,d ava ra.,.ra uanrv %, Nav
$500
street. IS IN jan 10 answer s 10 the as
sault of which Skeie was the victim.
Just what instrument was used to
| c.,,sa Tho tarr;h,a ,rac,,,ra of Tho st,,,
4 -.
that RESUMED IN Skeie oeath Is Is as as 1ye'
|unknowr, Henry insists that he did
1 NOT strike Skeie with ANYTHING and the
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Germ AWNING IN -1ehry hand. henry
claims he simply pushed Skefe over,
/ and that he fell. on the other hand the
s,s ,,,ho v.,inad s.aia,s
| WOUNDS are u sie opin'oiA tlae ene
| fracture could not have been sustained
| nv a. fall.
Both Man Had Been Drinkino.
| AZ * usua1 when friends fall out,
| ahooze,, WAS AZ tha horton nf the
4ronh,a Staten,entoa of different wit
nasses, aYami,,ed nv tha coroner,s Jury
/ Al .;oot ! graa IN The Siam of intoxica-
| tinn ana soma state that neither Of the
| = ~, ,y,s ar,,n,- Al, adr,it however.
that thew had heen drinking.
! ct.r+.d Hon,. rnn.+her
| 8 ske;a and Henry had been down
/ +o,,,,, saturf5an might and started
home q one another,s company. with
4ten, ,,,era Hurh Dunn, a17 Mitchell
| s,raa+ snd patricl Ellwood 400 south
1 .1,ar,tar street Mr. Dunn saws that he
could see that both Skeie and Henry
tsbaa haan drinking some beer. but
neither had imbibed sufficiently but
that he was able to walk straight and
indulge in intelligent conversation.
Dunn states that at a point south Of
1 fhe iowa Central master mechanics
office ha and E,llwood left Skeie and
Henry the latter two taking shorter
ont across the pasture to their homes
nnnn saie that the men had been talk
inp unionism on the way home, but
| that from all appearances the con-
vars tion was a friendly one. Henry
was irving to prevail upon Skeie that
he should come back into the union
from which he had withdrawn Dunn
could discern no evidences of quar-
ral and was shocked when, Sunday
| fternoon. he heard that Skeie was
dead. and that he had been "slugged."
| Moonliuht Witness Story.
Mrs. Edith Barker, who lives direct-
ly across the street from Skeie, was the
witness who told the coroners jury
the most thew have been able to learn
4 concerning the tragedy. Mrs Barker
statas that she was awakened by the
lo,,1 voices of two men. and upon get
]ting up recognized the men in the
bright moonlight as Henry and Skeie.
sha saws they were ouarreling about
ason,e i,nion business the exact drift
~ (which she was unable to catch. She
heard skeia unbraid Henry because
Henry'a children had called his chill
4 drar .seabs, Henry then said some
thing. which Mrs. Barker could not I'M
derstand and then heard Skeie say,
nTha+ means fight, Mrs. Barker said
che then saw Henry strike Skeie, and
ska;a FAM. Henry left him lying on the
walk. hit a, few moments later came
hacl, and helned carry Skeie to the
norch Nrrs Skeie informed the coro-
ner that both her husband and Henry
u,are drunk
i ;es IN Porch All NIGHT.
paoansa Mrs Skeie supposed her
hnshand was drunk. and believing that
sIaening. n,,t Of doors would do him
pood che left him ON the porch. When
Tho did NOT come out Of what she be-
|lieved was stupor. she took him into
tho honse at atbout 5 o'clock in the
MORNING. Then when he continued to
| remain unconscious the. woman became
! alarmed and at 10 o'clock called DIR. e.
w Iav
| SURGEONS Find Terrible Fracture.
when DIR. Law arrived he found Skeie
living IN the kitchen floor. and it only
ren,,ired the merest kind Of superb
c;al examination to detect a fracture
and depression of the skull Realiz-
ling that the coroner would doubtless
he called into the case before many
hours DR. Nichols was sent for, and
arrived about 1O:30. At about IL
O'Clock the injured man was removed
to ST Thomas hospital in an ambul-
ance. and there he died at 2 o'clock.
The surgeons found that Skeie's
fracture extended from point just
above the right eye to the very base
the NJ &c depression was over the right