The daily Gate City and constitution-Democrat. (Keokuk, Iowa) 1916-1922, 1916-09-25
Edward Scarlet Shot and
Killed at Eleventh and
Johnson Streets, Sat
urday Night.
AFFAIR SHOCKS CITY
Police Have Examined All
Witnesses and Have Case
Well in Hand Now-De-
tails, of the Affair.

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Edward AScariett, 80, an iron mould
er, Of 2O6 North Twelfth street wa
shot to death Saturday night on tn,
south crossing Of Eleventh and John
son streets. The murder was a cole
hlooded one and has shocked thu
whole .city.
Fromi what the police have beer
able to uncover, the provocation fol
the deed was slight and this has
made the act all the more repulsive
In the eyes Of the law abiding ele
ment Of NEhe city.
With a bullet In his heart, Scarlet
dropped tace downward on the cross.
ing, head pointing due, west. life ex-
tinct moment after the assassin's
ball had ientered his body. The re-
volver was SO close to Scarlet that
the flameAfrom the gun scorched his
coat.
illnesses Scatter.
@ AS ScarRkt dropped to the walk.
breathing his last, those who were in
the party when the shooting oc-
Cured. scattered to the four direc-
tons. leaving a crump8ed and lifeless
form lying there on the crossing.
The man whom the police are
searching for. but whose name Is be-
ing withheld by the authorities. made
good his escape and NO arrests have
been made vet, although the police
have clues that they believe viii lead
to his early capture.
The sound OF the, shot soon attract
ed passersby and police authorities
were notified OF the shooting. The
authorities have been working on the
case steadily since Saturday night
and at the present time have the at
fair pretty well in hand. That the
ends of justice may not be defeated,
the police have withheld certain
names for good and sufficient rea-
sons. Chief Of Police Hennemann is
being assisted by John Scott, sheriff,
and E. w. McManus, county attorney.
The police have held five as wit
nesses. At least four were known
to be in proximity to Scarlet when he
was shot and fifth was fifty feet
away. Through quick work Saturday
might all OF these were examined but
nothing Of any importance could be
obtained from them at that time. On
Sunday morning they were given an
other examination with better results,
authorities state.
The shooting has shocked the city.
Scarlet was not known to have any
bad habits and not an enemy in the
world so far as could be discovered
He was not of a quarrelsome nature
and it is evident that the trouble that
led to the shooting boiled up at a
moments notice.
Bullet P5erces Heart.
One shot was all that was neces.
eary. The bullet, which was from a
thirty-two caliber revolver, entered
his breast at the junction of the fifth
rib, pierced the heart and lodged in
the posterior lobe of the left lung
The cut was clean one and there
was no external bleeding, although a
terrible internal hemorrhage was
caused The bullet that ended Scar
let's life was recovered by the up
dertaker.
When shot, Scarlet wore working
clothes and a grey checked cap. Over
his outside coat he wore plaid
mackinaw. Both coats were open,
the bullet not going through them
After Scarlet dropped, passersby
discovered the body. Two calls were
sent into the police station. Of
ficer John Griffey had just called in
from Tenth and Main streets at 900
o'clock and he was sent to the place
of the shooting, the first police Of
ficial to arrive there. Chief of Po-
lice Hennemann and Officer Wilson
followed.
Lying Face Downward
When Griffey arrived quite crowd
had collected. The officer found Scar
lett lying face downward on the
crossing. He turned the body over
on its back. In the meantime some
one had stopped an automobile in
which DIR. w. P. Sherlock was driv-
ing at Eleventh and Main streets.
He found life extinct. The bullet had
pierced the heart and death evident
ly was instantaneous.
After Coroner James Burrows had
been called, the body was removed to
the undertaking establishment of
Holbrook Bros, where it was prepar-
ed for burial. Nothing of Importance
was found on the body. Mr.. Hol-
brook states that Scarlet did not
bleed as much as a thimbleful on the
outside, although the internal bleed
ing was great The bullet was taken
from the posterior lobe of the left
Jung and turned over to the police
The body was taken this morning
to the home. 206 North Twelfth,
street The funeral is to be I'D
from the home Tuesday morning
with burial at LaHarpe, Ill.
Details Of Tragedy.
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