Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1914-05-19
MEXICAN KILLED
BY IRATE HUSBAND
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D1 lktAlE HOODAND
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and the effects of the dead man. the
body was removed to the Moroney
undertaking rooms.
Women Tell Of Shooting.
Representatives of The Courier were
on the scene within short time after
the shooting and with Officer Noah
were able to learn the following story
of the murder and the cause that led
to 1t from the wife of the murderer
and her mother, Mrs. Eva Doud:
Mrs. Davila stated: 1.-THE dead mans
name is Eulalio Rangel He was a
laborer in the foundry at the Betten-
dorf car works near Davenport until
a few weeks ago, when the workmen
were laid off and he gave me his suit
case (Which she produced) to take care
! of for him until he would get posi-
ton and locate again. have had the
tsuit case here ever since and he came
today to get it when he got shot.
HE and my husband have quarreled
for a long time over money matters
| Asked If it might not have been a
case of jealousy on the part of her hus-
band, Mrs. Davila replied that 1t was
not She said, "They have quarreled
about some money for months and my
husband has not been with me and the
baby for two months. He deserted us.
! He has not given me cent for long
time and would not even pay my rail.
road fair to Eldon from Davenport
when l came with the baby to my
mother, who was living in Eldon. The
last time I saw my husband before to-
lday was about two months ago in
railroad station at Davenport. Then
don't know where he went for he never
showed up around me until this after.
noon.
Are you taking this down? Oh. I
hope that you find him.. Are going to
Speaking thus she interrupted her mar
rative of the incidents that led up the
/ shooting and then resuming said,
'Rangel came here today for his suit
case and he was sitting or lying on the
bed with the baby, playing with the lit
[, tie fellow, and was lying here on the
floor. (She described their relative
positions). The curtain between the
room was pulled over for keep the
back door open. While we were in this
position, Davila came in the back door
and seeing Rangel, he pulled out his
revolver and shot three times, and
turning around ran out the back door
again and was gone" -r. =
Here she asked her mother to do
whatever talking was to be done, say
ing '''Muz, I wish you would answer
any more questions for want to get
out, l want to get away out of this,
just can't stand all of this fuss"
They Often Quarreled.
Mrs. Doud told practically the same
story as her daughter, adding to it that
the two men had often quarreled. She
said that Dayila had $116 belonging to
Rangel and that he would not return
it. This in her opinion was the cause
of the quarrels. She stated that for
the last eight months she had parted
them when quarreling. II have stood
between them ! reckon a thousand
times when they'd be Quarreling," said
| she. "One of them would have gun
and the other a razor and have parted
them so often that have lost count
Mrs. Doud stated that as Davilo
entered the rear door. she saw him
draw a long pistol and fire three times,
then turning and running from the
house and out the back way.
''He deserted the girl and her baby
two months ago in Davenport" said
she, land we all came here about two
weeks ago. l have had to do washing
to support them and we have not had a
cent from him to help U.S."
The two women state that Rangel
was an unmarried man about rs years
Of age, and that they had known him
for the last six months or more and
that he has been in the United States
for the last five years.
Married in Ottumwa.
Davila and his wife were married
July II, 1910, and have one son, a
babe in arms, named William Robert
Davila. The license was issued by
George Phillips, then county clerk,
and the marriage was performed by
Rev. Thomas Brown of Ottumwa. They
then resided in Eldon.
Chase Man at Agency.
Constable Goldie Cowger and w. H.
Rodibaugh of Agency, gave chase to
someone Saturday night whom they
believed to be Dayila and after a
search of the woods south Of Agency
for few hours they gave up. Both
men and Rodibaugh's bloodhound were
watching Burlington train No. 4 as 1t
entered Agency. Seeing a man on
the top of the baggage car, Mr.. Rodi-
baugh ordered him to get down and,
jumping off the top of the car on the
oppsite side from Rodibaugh, the man
alighted on the side of the dump lead
ing down from the station and started
on run through barb wire fence and
into the woods in draw nearby. Con-
stable Cowger was back along the train
looking beneath the cars and did not
see the man jump, but soon Joined Mr..
Rodibaugh and the dog and they gave
pursuit. They separated later and af-
ter search for some time below the
town Rodibaugh had small light
flashed upon him and believing himself
to be close to the fugitive, called for
Cowger, but their search was fruitless.
A man arrested at Mt. Pleasant Sat
urday night and brought to Ottumwa
SUNDAY morning DrOVed to be the