Missouri Valley times. [volume] (Missouri Valley, Iowa) 1874-1931, 1909-01-28
:1R|MBLE'S MURDERER
MAKES CONFESSION
Tells How He Shot Union Res.
taurant Man and Escaped
the officers.

Mason City. la. Jan. 2s.--I'o Shcrir
"aish' OF Hardin county. and Deput,
SheriH Buchanan, OF this county
William Winter confessed to the awfu
MURDER of Linn" irritable. which oc.
CURED at Union on Saturday NIGHT
January To- He did not seem great,
ag,tated as he told the story. He at.
tflbuted his downfall to reading dim.
mover literature. So far as drinking
~ concerned. he never indulgas ri,
said that he entered the restal,ra MT ,sent
10y irimble at about 10 O'Clock, Ho
'hlnks ne stayed in there about an hon,
,,h' a ha!f, and was thinking most OF
the tlnie about holding Triinbl. up. He
.lnaily decided to do it, and while
irlnnie's Wife was present he whipped
guy ,. revolver and held 1t within two
Ise' OF his victim. He demanded ali
.he money he had. 1'rimble reached TO
MS MP pocket and Winter Thought that
ne WAS going after a gun. and he i'm
ii,'o lately shot him, holding he gun in
iose proximity to his stomach. At
.ne shot me Wife ram to tho rear. and
rriinble fell forward over the cm,nrer
Winter decided that he wD,lld cn,nnistc
N" job. and he then shot him through
ne OK Winter then walked around
tlie pouS and went to the till and
cleaned out all the cash he could see.
Whicil amounted 20 about 81 Ha
Waiked out the front door past !, bill
'i,u ilaii WHERE dozens Of men were
ana started off across the co,nt,.y fn,.
r.lGora, and from there to Ac;lav INV.
!hS me day he met Constable Scb,or-
d'f, VINO mad once arrested him and
oil. constable who had heard Of tn.
Ntltue' at one" Stlspicionetl him. b,gt
nothing was said After s,,en,Iin,,
5 5 '',ne at Aekieg h. went to the
~, ", 70, ''' 'n,i eaught a train vest 10 iowa
faiif Nc was around there !, few
hours and then went out an tho Pn,.r
asH'n'i ilnd cansn VI to Garner. and
ifoii 'iltre 1" his noln. near Tjtonl;:,
Milri" he MaA arrested
On sunday forenoon Sheriff Walsh
'ld tnfe" Other officials arrived in ~
,oilfa ane went ut once 10 tho farm
William SAW thu m just before they
r"ach@d he nous. Tho sheriff raped
az tnn front door. and while the ran
Was being answered the young man
Skipped ONT The back door ha,Iess md
NnitiesS. and struck OF across tl,., field
IKE deer III" folm officials went in
pursuit.. fence prevented the mon
OF horses from getting after him. and
III soon looked us il the fellow nould
sei inln the woods before they could
set hlnl. I'm lew moments he had
nlsappeared and the four men decided
mat h" had got into the woods. While
they Wer' planning to send some on.
back I" Titonlsa to alarm the town and
surround the woods. Winter, who had
ur"ppea INTO a shallow ditch which
WAS partially filled with water. was
drowned out. and raising up he threw
ms hands in the mir and told the shcr4
M TO tax" hiin. They all went back to
mo nous" and there in the presence. OF,
lhth'r ana mother, he admitted that he
was guilty of the awful crime. His
room Was searched and three rcvolyers
' ,l Two snotsuns We're found. His pa
rents are Germans AND cannot lal,e IN.
Ehsiish iansuae" they are very.
mighty respected ~ ;hsi, vicinity AM,
are Well 10 do.
MURDERER BETRAYED
BY CONVICTED PAL
.tfinn"il -, Jan. 2s-'rhat less.
! lfiieN' ~! t5foolSiIlsS. la, arrested sew
efa' weeks ago and bound over to the
grand jury on the charge of the muir
DER ol Thomas Read on January s.
, ,'o.'' IN ms lonely home near Brook
iNll. Is the right man. is now demons
slrated by he confession of his nnl
fhlilp Martin. who is now serving 81
.efhl IN Inc penitentiary at Ana,nosa
loI hil"'iler crime Martin goes into
ue''llS ol the crime. SAYING that he
ana FINLEY We're together in II and
si"' me Old man through thu, window
securing $500 in bills concealed in a
pea tlck They were under suspicion
a' me TIME and We're brought ,ip for
preliminary hearing. but the evidence
wa, MS MOI sufficient To warrant binding.
'hetl over. Since that date the county
.,t'oi ieN ;inl the sheriff have been on
mem ,fall. even going as far as Seat
ne 10 secure evidence. Finley has bean
'ii Hell al M"nte.unla without bail ever
since his arrest. wy
PROPRIETOR plsAppEa9s