Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1913-06-11
KENNEDY S. oTLEY, HOTEL
CLERK OF oELWEIN, DRINKS
cAReoLlc ACID HERE.
COMES TO CITY FOR
PURPOSE OF DYING
Registers at Hotel and When He Does
Not Respond TO Knock at Door, Maid
Enters Room to Find Occupant Dead
-Leavse Notes to Masonic Heads
Of osk~sin and West Union %ssazz

Fearing that he was afflicted with
cancer OF the throat. and leaving notes
telling of his suffering, Kennedy S.
Dtley, apparently about So. day clerk Of
Hotel Mealey, Oelwein. committed sui
eide probably some time Monday night
In q room at the Clifton Hotel BY
drinking carboIc acid. Otley's body
was found at about 8 O'Clock Tuesday
afternoon. when maid Went to care
for the room.
Otley came to tie hotel shortly af-
ter o'clock Monday night, and reg
lstered from Dubuque He was AS
signed TO q room by ti,e night clerk.
n. S. Hill. but objected 10 the room
and asked for q better one. His wish
was granted.
At about $50 Tuesday morning Mrs.
Mabel Bell. q maid, knocked on the
door Of the room occupied by Otley
md, receiving no response. supposed
the occupant wanted to sleep longer
and did not disturb him. Shortly be-
fore o'clock Mrs. Bell again tried
TO get a response to her knock ana
falling. informed Miss Bertha Smith,
who in the absence OF her parents MI
md Mrs. A. J. Smith, has charge OF
M
all was not right, directed Mrs. Bel
10 enter the room thru another which
was connected by a door hooked on
the inside Of the other room.
Finds Dead Body in Bod.
Mrs. Bell was shocked to find the
PROSTATE form of the man. attired in
clean night robe, lying on the bed. She
summoned Miss Smith who called Dr.
NJ U Chesire DR.. Chesire found the
man had been dead several hours, and
notified Coroner F. II. Boucher. VINO
took charge of the body. Later the
body was removed to the Sinkins &;
Estel nlorgue.
Drinks Nearly Ounce Of Poison.
An ounce bottle labeled carbolic
acid which had been purchased from
the Sieg drug store. was found beside
the bed. The contents OF the phial had
been drained with the exception OF
about quarter Of an ounce. That OF
ley had premeditated suicide. and had
come here for that express purpose. is
indicated by the mans movements. OF
ley left Oelwein at o'clock Monday
afternoon, reaching here shortly before
o'clock. He had a card in his pocket
II containing the names OF different no
tels He had arranged with the night
relieve him at 4 o'clock Monday after
noon. Upon reaching this city he hunt
ed up a drug store and purchased the
carbolic acid. explaining thai he want
ed it 10 treat a corn.
Contemplated Gas Route Too.
That OtIey had also contemplated
gas as a possible route to his end. was
learned in the coroners inquiry Of the
case.
When he reached the hotel. and
asked for better room, Otley seemed
surprised to find that there was no
gas in the room. He asked Clerk Hill
about the gas. and was Informed that
the only gas used was downstairs in
the heater.
Notes TO Masonic Heads.
The notes Otley left were addressed
to the master of Hebron Lodge. NO.
374 A. F. and A. NJ. Oeiwein, and the
commander of Langridge Commandery.
No. Al, Knights Templar. West Union.
To the master of the Oelwein lodge OF
ley wrote:
II would like to buried as knight
Templar, and ask the blue lodge 10
escort the comma ndery. want TO be
buried at Dubuque. If anything hap
pens &c me won know my desire. have
suffered for a long time, but none Of
] the boys knew anything about it, as
never complained. Fraternaliy yours,
Kennedy S. Otley.'
The note to commander of the com
mandery was similar in its purport
There were also found in the mans eff.
fects $3.50 in money. a receipts for a
life insurance policy in the North
- " estern Mutual Milwaukee due June
Il: receipts for rectors salary, and foI
4 postoffice box rent at Oelwein. A GER
tificate of membership in the Oelweir
Masonic lodge was also found. show
ing Otley to be in good standing.
Was Clerk Many Years.
Otley had been a hotel clerk fol
twenty-five years. During that time
rs he worked for nineteen years at the
Commerce Hotel, West Union. For the
sss last six years he had been day clerk a
Hotel Mealey.
G. w. Weaver Of Oeiwein. owner o.
the latter hotel and J. NJ. LisAer, o
West Union. proprietor Of the Com
mercial Hotel, who were of the part!
which came here today for the body
spoke in the highest terms OF Otley.
Attic he had not been in Dubuque
MI much Of the time in recent years, Otle!
called that his home. His parents boil
01ed there. and ne mas DrOtner
Charles, and sister living in Du
buque. Another brother. Richard OF
K6 ley, is a merchant of Canton, MINI
and another brother is supposed to b
~ living In Idaho.
Fred W. Snyder, of West Union, rep
resenting the commandery, and MI
s Cooley, of Oelwein, representing tn
Oelwein blue lodge, accompanie
Messrs. Weaver and Usher to the city
An escort from the local MasoEi
lodge accompanied the body to tn
train. which left for Dubuque thi
forenoon. The body win be buried wit
Masonic honors, probably Thursda
1870 a.: = ffexsr.ec. althn when the party LEI
n here the exact hour OF the funeral ha
uofSbeen arranged.
The pail bearers wro served frol
the undertaking parlors to the trai
;N1Fe Dudiey Gregory, G. y Good wi
z. Jarrett, W W. Brooks, w.
= I1esson,. and ]. P. Cooper.
o6gOner Boucher held no inquest, g
facts Of the death were 30 very al
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