The Democratic banner. (Mt. Vernon, Ohio) 1898-192?, 1916-03-14
Officers Believe That The Man Was
Murdered
And ApprehGnd William Jones, A
Junk Dealer

tured skull to that fall, and a visit
Friday morning to Jones' room sub.
stantiatcd the chiefs theory.
Ciinging to the edge of the window,
where there was slight, but not
sharp, protrusion of the sill, was
found a bit of hair and small piece
of skin. The hair was long and re-
sembled Malloy's in. color. Immedi-
ately below the window there were
several smears Of blood on the wall
over yard apart, as If made by
person shifting position. A portion
of the wallpaper had been torn off
after the stain had been made. An
empty milk jar near by had the bloody
print of fingermarks on It, as If grasp
ed by person whose hand was COW
cred with gore.
In the center of the room, no trace
of blood could be found. At one side
stood bed, and on it there was a
pillow spotted with blood. A careful
search of the two rooms failed to re-
veal any more stains or any other ev-
i6ence.
There is no object that MaIIoy's
head could have struck In falling that
could have produced the fractured
skull, If "Fatty" Monroe's story is
true. Monroe was in the room Friday
morning when Chief of Police Parker
Prosecuting Attorney Charles Ber-
mont and Officer James Taylor made
the investigation and he demonstrate
ed how MaIIoy had fallen backwards
and showed the exact spot where he
struck the floor. He was asked If
MalIoy's head could have struck eth
er the bed or the window sill and re-
piled in the negative.
It is firmly believed by Chief Park
er that Jones, in an endeavor to rob
Malloy of money he is known to have
had, either struck him on the head
with sharp instrument or, the latter
resisting, pushed him against the win
dow sill and battered his head against
the end of It; that he later placed
MalIoy in bed, where he bled freely;
that Malloy was in a delirium We'd
nesday afternoon when he appeared
at the door and asked for bucket,
and that the effort of STOPPING for the
bucket caused him to keel over and
later die. This opinion of Chief Park
er's is strongly substantiated by "Fat-
ty" Monroe's story.
II a murder actually occurred, it
happened between the hours of three
O'Clock and five o'clock Wednesday af-
ternoon, as both Jones and MaIIoy
are accounted for before and after
that time. Jones told Chief Parker
during the grilling Friday morning
that MalIoy took sick early Wednes-
day morning and was in bed all day
In contradiction of this, James Brick
er, neighbor, tells Of seeing MaIIoy
as late as 8 O'clock in the afternoon
when he dropped in for a little chat
with Malloy and Jones. 6ricker re-
turned at 7 o'clock in the evening and
was then informed by Jones that NAL
10y had sustained bad fall.
Malloy peddIed junk and mended
umbrellas and had been making Mt
Vernon for over IS years. He was
here last fall and was arrested on
Oct. for intoxication. Jones, who
was with MaIloy at the same time,
was likewise arrested on the same
charge.
Just this past week, MaIIoy return
ed to Mt. Vernon and, talking to Isaac
and Benjamin Dubinsky Wednesday
morning, stated that he was thinking
of buying a horse as he had saved
enough money to make such a pur-
chase. Shortly afterwards, Jones
came into the Dubinsky office and at
tempted to borrow rs cents from Ben
Jamin Dubinsky who refused him on
the grounds that he owed him a dol.
lar borrowed Monday. Jones and
Malloy departed together.
With the knowledge that MaIIoy
was in possession of some money
with his own hard-up condition, a mo-
tive for the murder, If it be such, is
easily defined. 1t is only speculation
that Malloy may have resisted Jones'
plea for funds and that the latter at