The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1912-06-26
Aunt Of Keithley Was Placed
Under Arrest Last Evening,
Being Held at City
Bastile.
MURDER CHARGE LODGED.
Sufficient Circumstantial Evi-
dence to Justify an Arrest
Was Conclusion Of the
Police.

MIs. Delle ArmenLroul, Dlood aunt
Of young William Keithley, whose
mysterious death took place at her
home Saturday evening just as he had
completed his evening meal, was
placed under arrest last evening and
charge of murder placed against her
Officers who went to the Armentrout
home at All Des Moines street,
found Mrs. Armentrout just as cool
and collected as she had been at all
times since the tragedy. At the time
Of her arrest, Mrs. Armentrout's cool
and terse statement to the officers
was This is wholly unexpected by
me-,
Mrs. Armentrout was taken to the
police station, where she was given
c'lart5rs in the women's department
She marched to the station witt. a
steady step and with just as steady a
step assembled the stairs leading to the
cells on the second floor of the sta
ton. There was not the least in ner
actions to indicate that she was any
thing like bordering on breaklf WIN.
and the police were convinced more
than ever that they hal a difficult
proposition on their hands in the Ar
nentlort woman.
Mrs, Armentrout spent good night
at the station, sleeping soundly al
most from the time she retired until
she arose this morning, She appear
ed refreshed and cheerful after she
had eaten her breakfast. and her
taunty dsmeanor was just as CON
spicuous as it had previously been.
She's a Clever Proposition.
That the arrest Of Mrs Armen-
trout followed yesterdays develop
-ments at the coroner's inquisition,
was not surprising to those who have
been following the case, was the gem
eral opinion this morning, while there
were some who we're inclined to the
belief that there were groucds for an
arrest on the night of the death. The
developments at yesterday afternoons
session of the investigation were such
a. to create no extraordinary suspi-
cion, but there was an underlying cur
rent discernible between the lines to
the effect that there was genuine
motive for the death, and that motive
was jealousy, to say nothing of the
young mans insurance policies.
That Mrs. Armentrout is shrewd
woman. the police are convinced, AMI
that she is very able to look after her
own affairs especially in this case.
This morning she was taken from her
cell to the private office of the chief
of police for an interview with the
chief and County Attorney Craig and
Assistant County Attorney McManus.
Mrs. Armentrout tripped down the
sairs just as lightly as a schoolgirl
and exclaimed merry good morn.
ing" to those in the police station as
she passed through there for the con
sultation.
No less than seven witnesses were
examined at yesterday afternoons sss
sion and of the seven examined, one
Of them knew absolutely nothing about
the case, while about all the balance OIL
the witnesses knew had but little
bearing on the solution of the death.
Mrs. Ellen Gray and her daughter
Harriet, we're two of the witnesses
examined. Mrs. Gray is distant rel
alive of Mrs. Armentrout but had Wis
tied with her but little. Mrs. Gray's
daughter, however. appeared to be on
shockingly familiar terms with young
Willie Keithley. About all Mrs. Gray