Evening journal., 1910-08-20

double murder. has not yet gotten owe
the fright hc received when ~ w
hickering light Of match he gazei
upon the battered and bloody counter
ances of the aged couple he had know
for long time and had grown to thinl
a lot OF.
With Neal al the time was Michae
+. Gallagher, of Rising sun. who as
sists Neal in delivering bread on bus
days over the route from sw.ihnngton
and ChestC.
Mr.. - tr'S iie always to call
him il " a'not up when ! got there.
.P7'I eNai, who was located by an
EVENING JOURNAL reporter In
Chester when I arrived there this
morning about half past six the place
was dark and there was no sign OF
an ybody being up Alfred Handy. Of
Carpenter station, who gets bread
from me. was waiting at the store. and
we remarked that it was queer that
uncle Bob, as we called him, was not
up ] gave Mr. Handy his bread and he
started away
II called Uncle Bob. get up, get up,
but we got no response.
"unole Bob. get up, the bread mans
here, but still nobody answered.
Then Mickey Gallagher went around
the side of the house TO look up at the
window. and he discovered that the
side window was partly open. Mickey
called me. and we found that the win
dow had been partly opened, ! de-
cided to go in and with only two or
three matches to light my way /
climbed in the window The first thing
! saw was that basket Of eggs had
been upset BY the light of a match
looked around and called upstairs,
Get up Uncle Bob. Whartons here.
Time TO get up. Still | got no answer,
and then | decided to go upstairs and
try to waken him When / opened the
door upstairs the wind blew out the
match. Then ] began to wonder If
anything was wrong and whether l
would be taken Tor robber went
clear up to the attic and lighted
match and looked around and called,
but still got no answer. ] tell you
didn't feel very good about that time,
and started down stairs. ] found a
side door of a room open, and lighting
a match / looked I'm. There / saw Mr..
and Mrs. Casey lying on the bed, and
! l tell you II was a horrible sight There
we're Sve marks on Mrs. Casey's face
where she had been beaten, but she
didn't have so much blood on her. Mr..
Casey was a sight He was covered
from blood and his face was broken
with blood, and his face was broken
open where he had been beaten. The
blood had splattered from the wounds
over the bedstead and the bed clothes.
/ didn't touch the bodies / tell you.
On the floor alongside his shoes was
the club / didn't stay long, tell you,
/ but / beat It right down stairs and
I told Mickey ! sent him to tell Mr..
| Danzenbaker and called the people
who live around.
"Some of them had heard me calling.
Mr.. Danzenbaker telephoned to the pO-
| lice at Wilmington, and they told me
as I was the only one who had been
IN the house they told me / had better
stay until the police got there. / tell
you that began TO get my goat and
was wondering what was going tC
happen TO me. Soon a crowd of neigh
bors gathered around. but none OF
them would 90 in until the police go
there. l told what know to Chic
Black and Detective Gf1lis. and theI
started about two hours late over m,
route, and ! have been catching thl
devil ever since for being 50 late"
Mickey" Gallagher who answers
to the name of Michael f. Gallagher
of Rising sun. told OF discovering th'
window open an inch or two: and o.
how Neal went in and how the bas.
ket OF eggs was upset. II tell you san
Gallagher. whoever went through
that window must have got eggs on ms
, coat"