The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1912-06-20
IDENTIFIED BY WITNESSES
Alyea Reaches Kenosha Saturday
Night and Had Chance to Wear
the Bullet Marked Coat on Sunday
Declares He viii Establish Alibi.

him and he will never make that state
ment under oath. | may look lot
like the man they call Martin Becker,
but | was never in Kenosha until I
came here tonight to face the charges
lagainst me-
This was the statement made by Err
lnest E. Alyea who was brought to
Kenosha late Saturday night to an
swer the charge Of having attempted
to murder Chief Of Police Owen
O Hare on Market Square on the night
of July 4th, 1909. 81 have come
here" he continued, Gas a result Of
my cwn desire to get this thing out of
the way and [ want Chief O'Hare and
his men to get every thing they have
before jury AMI feel convinced that
/ can produce an e'ibi which will con-
vince any jury that can be found in
chis or any other county, that / did
not shoot O'Hare. On the night of
July 18th, 1909, / was with the mem
bers of my family at Knox, Ind, and
i / will have no trouble proving this
fact. My wife, who has been most
loyal to me in my troubles will be here
on Monday to arrange for my defense.
just as soon as | found that these
charges were hanging over me here, |
personally asked the governor of In
diana to grant me pardon with the
understanding that / was to be turned
over to the Wisconsin officials. NY
wife presented this plea to the COVER
nor in person, and the pardon came
largely through her efforts. I never
took the name of Martin Becker, and
/ never knew-any one by that name.
II was never in Kenoshl and never in
WISCONSIN, except to pass through the
Estate on a railway train. The whole
charges against me are the result of
stories told by MAI who sought to
lconvict me of crima and failed. /
want to make the statement strong
that [ was not in Kenosha on July 4th,
1909, or at any other time, until
brought here tonight by Chief O'Hare
and Sheriff Stahl. I think that Mr..
IO'Hare feels that there is good reason
to suspect that am the man who shot
him and for this reason want to get
the matter cleared up at the earliest
possible time''
Alyea never slipped cog in speak
ing of the charges against him. He
even went at length into the discus
sion of the shooting. "Where was
10 Hare shot?' was one Of his first
Questions and he followed it up with a
lot of others in regard to the out
come of the shooting and the length
of time that the chief had been in the
hospital. He even suggested that it
was possible that his picture had been
used in the search that had been made
for "Martin Becker Immediately af-
ter the shooting.
Alyea is above the average in in
telligence and it is certain that the
officials are dealing with clever
man, and that they have their work
| cut out to get conviction. His wife
and two sons reside at Wheaton, ILL.,,
and they are expected to spend con-
siderable time in Kenosha pending the
i trial of the case.
| Notwithstanding the statement of
Alyea Chief O'Hare reiterated his
statements Of months ago that Alyea
was the man who pumped two bullets
into his breast. Alyea was taken from
the Indiana prison just after O'Clock
Saturday afternoon by Chief O'Hare
and Sheriff Stanl. He had been await
ing the arrival of the officers for
some time and made absolutely ne OBJ
4 jections to coming to Kenosha. The
party reached Kenosha just after 6
0 clock Saturday night and A1yea was
given a chance to get a good night s
sleep before he was taken to the police
office for examination. On Sunday he
was taken to the police office where
the coat which had been dropped by
the man who did the shooting was
awaiting his coming. He slipped into
the coat and it fitted him to a nicety.
He denied ever having seen the coat
before, but he seemed to take an I'M
usual interest in the great hole which
had been torn in the coat by the re-
volver bullet fired from the revolver
of the chief on the night of the es-
Icape of Becker. Alyea chatted and
talked with the police officers and
every time an effort was made to get
an admission from him, he made care
full sidestep and made no confessions
Whatever. Peter Mungen came to the
lpolice office and identified Alyea as
man w had shot the chief. Nicholas
Mungen met him on the street just