Omaha daily bee., 1911-09-12
Sheriff Bradley Brings in Man Last
Seen with Dead Farmer at
Millard.
MAN WHO DROVE WAGON
Took 0verton From Springfield TO
Millard, August Eleven.
zoBLER HELD AS A WITNESS
Post Mortem Examination Indicates
that 0verton Was Stabbed.
INQUEST IS SET FOR TODAY
Mystery stilI EnshrOuds the Finding
of the Body of the Farmer who
Disappeared with $4,000 ON
Hts Person.

DAANPNANNu WANh FAfNNN
Hts Person.
Arrest Of Edgar Kobler. grand nephew
Of william B. Overton. whose partly dis
integrated body was found on the e. A.
Colley farm, near Lane. Neb., Saturday
was the result of an investigation by
Sheriff Bradley and Deputy Sheriff
Flanagan yesterday.
Robler, % years old. was brought to
Omaha and taken to County Attorney
Englishs office at $50 last evening. After
a half hours conference with Deputy
County Attorney Magney the sheriff took
Kobler TO the county Jail, where he is
being held as a material witness. He Is
the last man sen with Overton before the
finding Of the latter's body
The sheriffs office is not in the position
Of accusing Kobler Of his uncles murder"
said Sheriff Bradley but we are holding
him. He will be held at least until after
the coroner's inquest, which will be held
some time Tuesday. He is the last man
known to have been with Overton when
he was alive What the inquest will bring
out do not know and do not pretend to
say. We found enough evidence to war
rant our bringing Kober in There is no
May Have Been stabbed.
So decomposed was the body of w s.
overton that it was practically impossible
for DR.. Samuel McCleneghan, coroners
physician to determine the cause OF the
mans death by a post mortem 'exami-
nation. Mr.. McClenghan made the ex-
animation at Coroner Crosby's morgue yes
terday afternoon. He found an aperture
ha elyg
third ribs on the left side, which he said
might indicate that Overton had been
stabbed through the heart. However, the
heart and other internal organs of the
body had entirely disappeared through
decomposition and the course of a knife
or bullet or even the idea that he had
been stabbed or shot can only. be con-
jectured.
Prisoner Declares Innocence.
Young kobler declared his absolute in
nocence. While Byron Overton of near
Springfield, and Fred Ball of near Spring
field. nephews of the dead man In con-
ference with Deputy County Attorney
Magney, Kobler gave the following author
lied interview to representative of The
Bee:
I realize what the situation is As soon
as heard that Uncle wills body had been
found supposed they would arrest me- I
am innocent, of course and know nothing
about it. l don't blame them for arrest
ing me. They can't take any chances en-
letting the guilty man get away
Uncle Win came to our house-I live
with my foks-at about O'Clock or 4:sO
the morning OF August II, and woke me
up and wanted me to take him to Spring
field that day. l told him l didn't know
as could, but he insisted and seemed anx
ious TO go and 1 said I would take him
some time during the day. He came over
about o'clock in the afternoon and
took him to Springfield and Millard. He
left me at Mlllard and that's the last I
saw of him"
Got Money at Springfield.
My uncle and got to Springfield about
5. No, 1t was a little before, because we
went TO the bank and they told us to
come back about 5. We went to the bank
about and my uncle got lhe money. 1t
was $4,000. He had some more In a tin
can. don't know how much. Then we
drove to Millard. We got there-about s
O'Clock and had supper Then he told me
TO so home My folks would be worried
about me. He said he would get an au-
tomobne TO take him where he was going
not sure about that. l asked him where
he was going. He said that ne never
would tell me. He gave me a fiddle ana
a satchel he had with him cd told me
TO give them to Mrs. Sage. He gave me
500 for myself and 500 TO give to my
grandmother. He said that would be her
share Of his property II he died. and he
wanted her 20 have It. l did as he told
me. 1 stopped at Springfield on my way
home and saw Mrs. Sage and had quite
a talk with her and gave her the fiddle
and satchel. Then l drove on home. 1
got there between l and O'Clock In the
morning l think.
MY uncle wouldn't tell me where he
was going. He wouldn't say anything
about II. He told me he wanted TO get
away because he had heard Ike Bates and
fellow named Phelps were going TO
Pspillion 10 get a warrant for him for
burning their hay. He wasn't very friendly
with them.
My uncle was queer. For quite awhile
i don't know how long-he had sus-
pected his relatives. He told people that
they sent him pies and things, but he
threw them away because he thought they
wanted 10 poison him
Uncle viii lived alone on his farm and
had it rented TO Bateses. The last three
days he had a fellow stay there nights
with him. 1 don't know his name, but
Bateses do. He was a fellow that had
cooked for Bateses-shs kept boarders-a
a few days before nv uncleEleft don't
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