Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1915-09-15
DRIScoLL, SUSPECTED OF KILL.
ING PAL At SIOUX CITY,
UNDER ARREST.
ADMITS HE SHOT WALKER;
PLEADS SELF DEFENSE
Dead Man Identified as Ono Of Rob-
bers With Whom Saloonkeeper Had
Duel Prior to Bank Robbery-Seven
Bullet Wounds Found in Walkers
Body-ldentity Of Other Robbers Not
Revealed.

Sioux City. Sept. 15.-"Paddy" Dris-
coll, captured yesterday afternoon by
four detectives in the bushes near the
new stock exchange, according to
Chief of Detectives ]. B. Richards. has
confessed that he killed Monte Walker
Sunday night at the home Of j. NJ
Murphy, 1920 Grand avenue.
Driscoll stated however, that he shot
the alleged bank robber in self defense
after Walker had pulled revolver
and had begun to fire. Walker, Dris-
coll said was shot with his own
weapon.
Coroner Elmer Blood will hold an
inquest in the police court room. At
the inquest every effort will be made,
not only to fix the responsibility Tor
the murder. but also to learn the iden-
tity of the three men who held UP
Ralph NJ. Tritz, assistant cashier of
the Farmers and Merchants bank,
26O0 Correctionville road. Saturday af-
ternoon. robbing the bank of 1913.
which was taken from the cashier s
cage.
Walker was identified by Tritz and
George Miller. who saw the robbers, as
the leader of the gang that pushed
Tritz into the vault after they had
completed the robbery.
Two Men Seen Together.
There is no doubt now in the minds
of the police but that the murdered
man vas Walker Patrolnlan TEX
Brewer. who often had arrested Walk
err and who last week learned that
Walker had threatened to get him.
is positive in his Identification and he
is supported by three other patrolmen.
There are no Bertillon measure
ments Of Walker. While it is said that
all witnesses taken into custody by
the police assert their ignorance of the
murdered mans Identity, the ponce
have already established the fact that
Walker and Driscoll were twice seen
together, most recently last Saturday
night on the Fourth street Viaduct
several hours after the robbery OF the
Greenville bank.
d. F. Game, proprietor of saloon at
1904 Leech avenue, yesterday visited
the Nelson undertaking establishment
and identified Walker as one of the
men who about a month ago attacked
him In front of his saloon, their obpect
apparently being to rob him Of $500
which was in his possession. Game
engaged in a revolver duel with the
bandits. Two shots passed thru his
hat
Find Seven Bullet Holes.
A post norton examination OF the
body of the slain man was made last
night by Drs P. f Keeffe and A. \.
Sloan. They found that seven bullets
had pierced Walkers body, altho only
three were found. These were taken
from the right shoulder. the left breast
and the abdominal wall. A steel
capped bullet was extracted from the
shoulder. The other two were lead
bullets of SO caliber.
4 fourth shot had pierced the liver
and the kidney, a fifth the left lung, a
sixth had gone thru the bowels and
the seventh had entered near the base
of the spine The physicians found
that death resulted from hemorrhase
of the left lung and from shock. The
arteries of the lung We're penetrated.
His Wound Unimportant.
Driscoll was wounded in the left
side but not seriously. He told the