The evening times. [volume] (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1906-1914, 1910-08-16


city detectives. They had information
they will not say who told them
that this man was Thomas Mooney,
and that he had told somebody in the
boathouse where he lived on the
; Kaw's bank that he was wanted
somewhere "for killing an old man
with a club"
Even after his arrest he denied that
his name was Mooney and said he
was Edward Sullivan.
"Your name is Thomas Mooney"
Chief thinner said to him.
mo. SIR" he said, looking the chief
straight in the eye, "My name is Ed
ward Sullivan"
You killed a man?'
!, mo, sir: I did not. You are mis-
u au."
w.. chief did not know whom he
han>ef. '>or where the killing took
place, 4. could ask no more. He
placed hisD Jrisoner in the holdover
and waited.
The News Reached Horton.
The fact that the police had a man
for murder, they knew not where
or when, was published. Out in Hor-
ton, Kas.. the account was read by
F. l. Baughn. He remembered mur-
der near his home two years ago. He
wrote to Chief thinner. The chief
had photograph of the man under
arrest. He sent 1t to Horton. Resi-
dents of Horton recognized the photo
graph yesterday and remembered the
murder.
Ezekiel Grewell, an old soldier and
old resident Of that city, was killed
in August. 1908, and Thomas Mooney
was accused of the crime. Grewell
was widely known in the locality. w.
F! l.. Wilkinson, the deputy sheriff at
Horton. who knew Mooney, was sent
to Kansas City, Kas.. He arrived last
night. Wilkinson was seated in the
office of Chief thinner when the man
who had denied he was Thomas Moo
! ney entered. The deputy sheriff
arose.
i How are you, Tom," he said as he
sloak hands with the man under ar
: rest.
Pretty WE'LL" was the reply.
Is YOUR name still Sullivan" the
chief asked.
i This nan knows me-" Mooney
! said s:lrinking from the officer.
"Then you are not Edward Sulli-
van:"
J No"
Asked About Old Friends.
Then Thomas Mooney began to ask
about people in Horton and little by
little he recounted how he had fed
! from Kansas to Texas. Arkansas.
Louisiana and back to Kansas. He
worked in the lumber camp, the har-
vest fields and travelled from place
to place with hoboes. Then he ad-
n:itted the killing in part, but denied
/ his intention to murder when he
: struck the old man.
+ Ezekiel Gfawell had lived in Horton
since the civil war. He owned a
email house and as he had no rela-
: tives he rented part of it to George
Whittingtcn and his wife. Thomas
i Mooney. Il stepson of Wilmington,
j cane ore Gay to live with the Whit
) tingtoas. He wanted to go to near
! r. corn iield to cut some weeds and
] ilc borrowed a hoe of Grewell.
! .4H Over Sharpening a Hoe.
! He sllarpened the hoe and when he
returned 1t Grewell said it was filed
on the wrong side. A dispute arose
as to which side hoe should be filed
on and Mooney struck Grewell. The
cid man went to the city marshal
next day and swore out a warrant
/ for the arrest of Mooney. But he
could not remember Moneys name
so John Doe" warrant was issued.
Mooney went up town and heard of
the warrant When he returned home
Grewell was seated in the front yard
| under 2 tree reading newspaper.
81 saw Mooney come around the
corner of the barn with something in
his hand that looked like scantling,
Wilmington said in a sworn state
ment II was looking out the win
dow. saw Mooney walking towards
| the old man and l started for the
door. heard a blow and as reach
ed the door Grewell fell in the door
way. saw Mooney run around the
corner of the house."
Scantling as q Club.
Grewell died the following day with
out regaining consciousness. His
skull had been fractured. A piece of
scantling was found in the yard and
this is held ythe sheriff Of Brown
county. Notices were sent out for
the arrest of Mooney. The county
commissioners offered a reward of
5000 more. The authorities at length
heard he had gone to ireland and
gave up the hunt. Then when the
murder was almost forgotten Mooney
was arrested. His secret had been
too heavy.
1--WE quarreled and 1 struck him
with my fist" Mooney said last night.
"He fell against the pump. l did not
intend to kill him, but have always
had an ungevernable temper"
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