Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1910-06-13
. ousEHoLD GOODS BEING
OF TRIPLE MURDER.
ubF Ulcers VISIT SCENE
OF KILLING SUNDAY
'Heriff Nicholson and County Attorney
iEeermayer Following Up Clues sua-
jsested by MISUNDERSTANDING alton of
I Blood Will Take Some Time-To
] Have Administrator Appointed.

week ago, three of the four members
of the James Hardy family were beat
zen to death, is being abandoned and
>deserted by the boy Raymond, who
alone survives. Sunday, Raymond
obwith his aunt, Mrs. Mollie Trotter of
sttDes Moines, and his uncle, w. H
= Emery, OF Rhodes, spent all day at the
= house packing up the household eff
&c fects.
When this work is completed the
sS9Hardy possessions viii be moved away,
and in the meantime steps are being
made to have an administrator of the
Nestate appointed. Some difficulty has
been experienced in this matter owing
ITO the fact that Mr.. Emery, Mrs
Hardy's brother, who lives in Rhodes
ds busy man, and has not felt that he
could give his time to taking charge
of the estate. Mr.. T. W. Emery, is sick
other brother. OF West Bend, is sick
and can not act.
Officers Visit Scene Again.
Sunday afternoon Sheriff Nicholson.
Deputy Sheriff Mason, and County At
torney j. H. Egernayer, visited the
scene Of the tragedy. Under the warm
June sun the little white house, the
shady grove that separates and screens
It from the highway and the barn to
the east, gave no indication of the
horrible tragedy they witnessed week
ago. Most Of the marks of the slaugh-
ter have been removed The blood has
been scrubbed by the willing hands
of neighbor women from the summer
kitchen floor and-ihe carpet of the
kitchen. The piece of wall paper above
the sofa where Mrs. Hardy was found,
and which was spauered with blood
had been stripped off to preserve this
record of~the crime.
Finger Marks Not Plain.
These blood marks weressupposed to
be the imprint of two or more fingers.
but. under a strong microscope this
could not be definitely determined
Even under the power of the glass
there was no imprint of the tiny ridges
and burrows of the skin. Some who
saw the marks Monday thought they
could see the corrugations with their
naked eyes. II proved, however, when
the examination was made, that the
blood was thick on these spots. and
that while it was still wet it ran down,
and hardened in wrinkles. which gave
an appearance somewhat similar to
the imprint of fingers.
Takes sprint Of Boys Hand.
County Attorney Egermayer is "a Their
confdent4that these marks were made
by hand. Before his release Ray
mond Hardy submitted without objee-
ton TO having several imprints of the
fingers of his right hand made in car
bon paper. These have been preserved
in with the other records.
All of 1.-THE personal property. which Z!
to1y o1-
dead when they We're found, has been
were originally in the hands of Justice
w. H. Bollenbacher, who turned them
over to the officers.
Expert Examining Stains.
The bloodstained overalls were left I.
with Professor Macy, head of the de-
partment Of chemistry Of Highland |
Park College, Des Moines, by County
Attorney Eger7nayer and Sheriff Mich
olson Saturday. The expert was rea-
sonably certain that in case the stains
we're human blood he could establish
that fact by nicroscopical examina
ton. The certainty of the test and
the dispatch with which the examina-
ton viii be made depends upon the
quantity of blood cerpuscles which he I
will be able to get out of the stains.
1t will probably be some little time
before he will have completed the ex-
animation.
Are Following Up Clues.
County Attorney Egermayer and
Sheriff Nicholson saw most of the rel
.atives Sunday, and they have started to
follow out any possible clues that have
,been suggested by the relatives. The
1.-TWO expect to go to Colfax, where the
Hardys formerly lived, and try to run
down or prove false certain stories,
some Of which are wild and improbable
That have come from the neighbor-
1ood OF Colfax and Baxter
j L. J. Mason to Be Administrator
Mr.. L j. Mason, of Vancleve, is to
be administrator of the Hardy estate
lis selection was entirely satisfactory
all of the relatives interested. He
ill be appointed by Clerk of Courts F.
VI Haradon, as soon as the bond for
5000, which is double the amount of
ne personal property of the estate is
ed. Mrs. Mason is a distant relative
Mrs. Hardy. Raymond Hardy is |,
,tin with Mr.. and Mrs. Mason. with
whom he expects to remain in :
definitely. I
BANGOR WOMAN DEAD. !