Missouri Valley times. [volume] (Missouri Valley, Iowa) 1874-1931, 1913-10-02
BOAST Of PRETTY
GIRL RESULTS IN
FATAL FIST BOUT
Soldier. Who Offers to Drink
Wine From Her Slipper, Re-
sents Rival Terming
Him MollycoddIe.
BLOW KILLS C0NFECTI0NER
St. Louis Miss Is Aiding Victor
and Announces Her Inten-
tion to Marry Him
i'll February.

ST. Louis, Oct. "A qll;lrrc! between
4 United States Army sergeant and
confectioner over the soldiers offer
TO drink wine from the slipper of his
sweetheart brought about q fist fight
In which the confectioncr was so bad
iy injured that lie died at ST Mary's In
firlnary Monday .norning.
The confcctioner was John Moriarty.
s24 South Eighteenth street. The ser
geant herman Ohlcr, assigned to the
recruiting station AT S04 Market street.
surrendered to the police :. short time
after Moriarty'S death.
At that time neither he nor the po-
lice Know of the fatal termination of
the quarrel. and Ohcr told somewhat
facetiously of the events that led to IT.
She Twitted Victim.
The fight took place in :; room back
OF MN!i;rtys shop Sept - Moriarty
was badly beaten. He was taken To
his home and Sunday night his condi-
tion became so serious that he was re-
novcd 10 Tho inlirmary. The police
il"a been loasting for Ohler since the
day "f The quarrel
Miss lIs!cn Martin. who lives over
the confeetioncrN. is the woman over
whom the quarrel started. From Oh
lel's story. j; appears she good n;,tur
edlN .wited Moriarty about OILERS
service.
WHY ne has even told me he would
Nc glad q drink wine from my slip
per- Oh,cr quoted Miss Martin as say
Ing
Tire sersan, said that ohlcr spoke
sarcasticiliy OF that kind of devotion
i:1d told .le" that anybody who would
no such y thing must he a ,noll3cOddle.
Miss Martin repeated the remark to
osier an'' Ohcr demanded an apology.
Fouah. It Out in Room.
He tcld me he WAS &, pugilist and
Saret ME to fight it out with him.
ohler continued, "NTc Went to the va
can't roar,l and had ii out
Olaler Weights 21O pounds He said
the fight w:is virtually over when lie
landed hard punch on Moriarty' S
wight eye.
Ohler SAYS he and Miss Martin are
engaged Z" marry when his term of en-
listmcnt expires February 26. 1914.
Dr.. w. Louis Sclauchat, 3647A Rus
xell avenue. who attended Moriarty.
said the cause of death was peritonitis
ald thaf 1t probably resulted from in
jurics he received in the fight.
Girl Tells of Remark
Miss Miller. wilen seen AT her place
of employment. told u reporter she
deeply regretted the death of Moriarity.
hui that her aweathcart Ohler, had
a'teu p'i's az Is Seiiti'lllaii aiiu Solulel
should act under such circumstances.
MoriaritE WAS Iamentng the fact
that ~ woman friend had turned
against him. said Miss Miller "and
laughinEly remarked that my sweet
heart w:ts true to me and that he would
do anything ] asked. that he would
even drinl. from my slipper to show
his devotion. Mori3rit% then said Ohler
must be a sissy-boy and when ! asked
him what he meant by that he said in
sarcastic way. you know what
mean
~ tolt, Sergeant 0hler what Nor
tarity had said about him and Ohlel
said he would dcnland an apology
did MOI know the two men had fought
anil Ohlcr told me about il later
she said She was going to marry
Sergeant Ohler in February, and she
would do All she could To help him out
of his trnilbln