The Mitchell capital. (Mitchell, Dakota [S.D.]) 1879-1918, 1911-09-14

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i'ahota authorities tornfer CounN
Attorney Al j SAITH was hrlptnt
The ontnns until his death last fa,i
aGa everywhere that Frank Qutnt
went he carried letters OF introauc.
ton from Mayor J. c. HAYNES
The letters To Mrs Quinn, whici
writing experts have said were writ
ten IN II hand precisely like that OF
the tormer sheriff. referred only In,
directly To the death OF Peter Quinn
bnt " of them referred to II maya
zine story printed about tina, time,
The letter, which Is in n Min
neapolis safety deposit vault. re
ferred To the sto"y and the writer
said it made him nervous ut first be,
cause OF the likeness in names.
killing Charged.
The Quinns had claimed that their
brother was attacked and killed as
he entered his house and did not die
OF acid poisoning. In the magazine
story referred to in the letter. there
was a story of Il mar named ''Rud"
meeting his death i'll the former
fashion. Peter Quinn vas called
Bud" by his intimate %acquaint-
anceS.
The Quinn family never claimed
thai the death of their brother was
intentional. but believed he had been
killed after a quarrel with someone.
According to the story told by Mrs
Peter Quinn, by Plotner and Other
witnesses examined by the coroner
Peter Quinn had been appointed
foreman of a Sioux City, Iowa
wholesale house. and had gone Il,
Mitchell, Aug. 80, 1909, to plan tax
ing his wife and two children, to
Sioux City. He left the following
day, and is said o have gone to
B~ridgcwater. where he had livca :;
time before going to Sioux City.
S%Witchman'S story.
Peter Shea, Il switchman. said tic
saw Quinn get off the train and
walk toward his house. He sale
when he reached the yard he poured
something out in a glass. drank i,
and walked on to the house. There
he said, Quinn again drank some
thing from a bottle. The next time
he looked. Shea said. re saw Quinn
on the ground and, calling to his as
sistant, he ran over and carriel' him
into the house.
a moment later Plotner was on
the scene and he notified a physician
Egg albumen was given as an anti
dote but failed to revive Quinn.
1t is the claim Of the family tina,
in the moments that Shea was no,
looking. Peter Quinn was struck Il
powerful blow and killed, and tina,
some carbolic acid was placed on his
lips to give the impression he haL
killed himself.
A bottle was picked up in the yard
bearing a corbolic acid label from
Marion Junction, S. D., but Frank
Quinn, could never find that his
brother had been there.
Child's Account.
GERMAN Quinn, 7-year-old son OF
Peter Quinn. is said to have told his
uncle, Frank Quinn, that his father
Went into the house and then stag
gcred out and fell, but that he took
nothing from a bottle. Other per.
sons in the vicinity, Quinn says, told
a greater part Of the day before
Peter Quinn returned home.
The letters written to Mrs. Quinn
and said to have been sent to Ger
main Quinn in Minneapolis by mis-
take, when she wrote for some of the
last letters of Peter Quinn, We're sub
mitted to Floyd ID. Sterling, who UNI
til Jan. L, was assistant attorney
general of South Dakota. He came
personally to Minneapolis and OBJ
tanned the report of the autopsy and
then went to Mitchell and recon-
mended that a warrant be issued for
Plotner's arrest. He had, no power
to compel the county attorney to
issue it, however.
The Quinn's now say they will
submit all the evidence to Governor
Robert S. Vessey Of South Dakota
and ask him to act in the matter.