Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1911-03-26
CRAZED DOCTOR KILLS TWO
Drink Maddened Man Murders Guard
and Bartender at Des Moines.
COUNCIL BLUFFS MAN A VICTIM
DIR. II. n. Kelly shoots Deputy Sheriff
Clarence w6lIman while Latter
is Asleep and Then the
Bartender.

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Kelly OF Council Bluffs early today shot
and killed Deputy Sheriff Clarence Woll-
man, also Of Council Bluffs and a short
time later shot and killed Edward sterzing
Des Moines bartender. The Council
Bluffs physician was being taken by the
deputy sheriff to the ineDrfate hospital at
Knoxville.
The two men occupied the same room at
the Kirkwood hotel during the night.
Early this morning Kelly awakened. ex-
tracted a revolver from the pocket OF the
deputy sheriff and fired three shots into
the body OF the latter as he lay asleep.
Kelly then unlocked the door OF the room
and hastened down the street, He entered
saloon at Third and Court streets and
demanded a drink. sterzing, the bar.
tender, refused to give Kim the liquor
second Man IL Murdered.
~You saloon keepers have made an ine-
briate of me and now you refuse me
drink" Kelly said, as he drew the re-
volver, which he loaded and fired five
shots into the upper portion Of sterHing's
body. sterzins died an hour later at Mercy
hospital. ~
Kelly was arrested within a short dis
tance from the saloon and Is in the city
jail He is 30 years old and is Of q prorni-
nent family.
In his cell in the city ian Kelly has con-
tlnnously demanded whisky and cigarettes
since he was first incarcerated
II know I'm q drunkard, but that makes
no difference to you" he said to news
paper man Cant you give me cigar
etteP' -.s
Kelly is stil apparently under the in
! fiUcnce OF liquor and does not realize what
Ne has done
It seems probable that insanity VIII be
Offered as a defense for Kelly, Kelly this
afternoon said:
Il don't care SO much about killing the
bartender, but l am sorry killed my old
friend, Wollman. It was liquor that did it.
It seems to get me here, and he grasped
his throat as II stransling. Il
Chief Detective f. E, johnson this after
noon filed two charges Of murder in the
first degree against Kelly,
Member of Prominent Family.
Or. H. d. Kelly is the son Of ]. w,
Kelly, 7O2 Perrin avenue. Council Bluffs.
and a member OF an old and well estab-
lished family OF Council Bluffs. The father
is Council Bluffs representative OF the
Standard OIL company.
Dr., Kelly was graduated from Creighton
Medical college in Omaha eight years ago,
after a brilliant career as a student both
in college and preparatory school. Since
his graduation he has been engaged in the
practice OF medicine at Waterloo and
Council Bluffs. He is now % years old
Early in his college career DR., Kelly
became addicted TO the use of liquor.
Within a year he became a victim OF the
morphine habit -s-
But few weeks ago DR.. Kelly was dis
! pharp N ha aYYffu uritt Fnr
inebriates. his third treatment for the
liquor and drug habits.
week ago the young man came to
Omaha on a debauch and here he wrote
forged checks on his father for the sum
OF $500 These checks were taken up by
his father, who took the son home. He
escaped from his fathers care Thursday.
On the request OF the father Dr. Kelly
was arrested by the Council Bluffs police.
Chief Froom, realizing that Kelly was in
q dangerous condition, urged that the
young man be turned over to, the sheriff.
The father pleaded and the police Judge
delivered the prisoner to his care.
DR.. Kelly was taken into Judge Wheeler 3
court and there committed to. the state
inebriate asylum at Knoxville. The young
physician was apparently sane and sober.
He had conversation with Clarence woll-
man, the deputy sheriff. wnom he killed
Saturday morning and they planned their
trip to knoxville. Kelly expressed hope
that he would at last get Strengthened
out" Kelly and the officers have been
friends and aoquaintances for years.
Mr.. WollmAn leaves a widow and family
Of seven small children. He was APP
pointed a deputy sheriff while a member
Of the Council Bluffs fire department. He
had but recently recovered from an In
q jury received when he playfully slid down
q fire station pole and broke his right leg