The Norfolk weekly news-journal., 1909-06-18
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Pierre, s. D., June 16.-Mike Ma.
loney, charged with the murder Of
John Gooden and w. d. Toney Of
Sioux City near Kadoka, s. D., waived
examination and was held without
bail for hearing on the charge at the
October term of court.
Butte, Neb.. June 16.--0. r. Robin
son, now editor of the Butte Register,
was the Knox county sheriff who sew
eral years ago arrested Isaac McCown.
alias Mike Maloney, the man now
charged with the double murder at
Kadoka, on the charge of having muir.
dered William Merritt.
Mr.. Robinson read with interest the
account in Mondays News of the ar
rest Of Maloney at Cottonwood, s. D.,
and his subsequent confession and
relative to what the article said in re.
gard to Maloney's Niobrara record
made the following statement:
mike Maloney," or Mike McOwn
or Isaac McCown, which last is his
real name, was arrested at Niobrara
and tried at Center for the murder OF
William Merritt in 1903 and was &C.
quilted.
| was sheriff of Knox county at the
time and the night Of the murder was
in Creighton on my way to Lincoln
and Kearney with a woman for the
asylum and a boy for the reform
school. 1t was Sunday night and
was just getting ready for bed when
received phone from Center say
ing murder had been committed In
Niobrara and that was wanted there
Immediately.
l secured attendants for my prison
ers and started for Center, as l could
not get team to take me to Niobrara
took my own team at Center and ar
rived at Niobrara about O'Clock Mon
day morning.
l found that the street from towr
to the scene of the murder had beer
packed down by the feet of those who
went down to see what they could see
until there was no hope of using g
blood hound. A rumor was afloat that
a woman of the town had seen the
murdered man go home and minute
after man follow him and cut
through an alley to the next street tC
this alley and found the footprints Of
man running in the fine dust of the
road.
Jack Conway Assists.
About 8 o'clock, in company with
Gregory, I went to the west end Of
brara river and arrested McCown, who
Rchf Whnr
he saw me start across the bridge he
hid in the willows, but later came out
and asked what / wanted. When
arrested him I told him he was sus
pected of shooting man up town, bu
I did not tell him who. He practically
gave himself away by admitting thai
he knew who it was. but afterwards
denied that he knew.
When I had him in Jail I took his
shoes and, with number of witnesses
caused tracks to be made in the alley
by the side Of the ones made by the
man who followed Merritt home. They
tailed identically.
In the trial of the case it came ou
that he had been down to the brewer.
Sunday with a number of men drink
ing beer and had exhibited a gun ant
declared that he would kill Merritt
before the sun came up again. WheI
they arrived up town and drove int
the livery barn, he stepped into the
Office and saw Merritt writing lettel
at the desk. None of his companions
saw him after that, but the family o
the murdered man testified that the!
heard him exclaim "Is that you, Ike?'
and that the answer was three shots
two of them taking effect.
Unwritten Law Freed Him.
On account of the nature of the cas-
the jury found him not guilty, believ
ing there were extenuating circum
stances-the unwritten law-but
think ten of them have since told m'
that they were convinced that he wal
guilty.
is Murderer "Wrona In Head"
McCoun came back to Niobrara at
ter living in Iowa for some time ant
later moved to Verdel and started
blacksmith shop. Parties there toll
me recently that he was not right IL
his head. He locked his shop up one
night and went away and has not beef
heard of since until this arrest.
DIsGRACED. He SHOOTS HlMSElE