Ottumwa semi-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1916-1918, 1916-12-19
|MUN[EY DIES;
ARREST THREE

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Will Await Outcome of
CorOner's Inquest
Martin Munley, who was held up and
shot Tuesday night died in ST. Josephs
hospital at 615 o'clock this morning
and Charles Higdon, Lawrence Yates
and Tom Reese are in the county jail
held in connection with his death.
Higdon. south side teamster. was
arrested Wednesday evening; Reese
who works at the gas company, was
taken into custody Thursday night and
at o'clock Friday night Yates. who
was released from Jail a month ago to-
day. was arrested. City Officer Alva
Fielder took all three in charge.
Holding Inquest.
Coroner l.. A. Hammer began the
inquest at o'clock this afternoon in
the small court room at the county
building. Mrs. Higdon. wife of one OF
the prisoners ,Nwill be among the wit
nesses before the hearing is finished.
She is in Des Moines and is supposed
to have left here Tuesday night: Her
husband received a letter from her at
the Jail Friday. A long distance call
was sent this morning to the Des
Moines officers to locate her and in
struct her to appear at the hearing
which will be held in Moroneys under
taking parlors.
1t is probable that the coroner will
open the inquest to swear in the jurors
and then adjourn until Mrs. Higdon
arrives. This will allow the under
taker to remove Mr.. Munleys body to
his home. Alb North Sheridan avenue.
Robbery Not Motive?
County Attorney Daugherty. who
has been busy in court with another
case since Munley was shot. assumed
active charge of the investigation to-
day.
Mr.. Daugherty does not think that
robbery was the motive which prompt
ed the person who shot Mr. Munley.
What the motive was he is unable to
say aside from the suggestion that it
may have been the outcome Of an ill
feeling of long standing.
Yates is Nervous.
| OF the three men. who are being
held in Jail Yates is the most ner-
vous. He PAGES the floor and appears
/ i'll at ease all of the time.
When arrested he and his brother.
Leslie Yates. were in the vicinity of
the pool hall and soft drink parlors
which Munley ran at 304 Church
| street
/ He told the sheriff that since he
was released from Jail he had been
working at the Morrell packing plant
but investigation of this tale showed
that he had worked there but two
days
Yates and his brother were in Jail
| all summer awaiting action by the
grand jury on the charge of stealing
horse in Green township last May.
They were indicted and received thir-
| ty days as their sentence. On Aug
ust 80 Lawrence Yates and Ernest
White broke Jail and when the pres
ent prisoner pleaded guilty on this
charge he was given twenty days
more. This term expired November
j16.
| Nothing in Statement.
County Attorney Daugherty. in
commenting on the statement Nun
ley made Thursday night to Mr..
Daugherty's assistant. ]. l.. Chairman,
said that he did not consider that it
contained anything Of any great i'm
portance Mr.. Nunley gave descrip-
{ ton of the man who attacked him
but Mr.. Daughertv says ii might fit
anyone of thousand men in city
of this size The Injured man WAS
F., not able al that time to tell anything
about his assailant's voice other than
that he had heard it before. The
night before. in statement made to
Sheriff Giltner Munley intimated that
| it was Higdon's voice he recognized.
Await Arrangement.
Arrangement of the three prisoners
will probably await the result of the
! coroners inquest.
Mr. Daugherty said today that their
would depend entirely on the inquest.
He intimated that they might not
! reach even so preliminary stage in
| the proceedings as an arraignment,
! Higdon is held on charge of as.
, sault and the other two on a vagrancy
charge.
Funeral Monday.
! Funeral services for Mr.. Munley will
! be held at 9 o'clock Monday morning
| in ST. Patrick's church with Rev.
Father Henry Hogan in charge. In
| terment will follow at Calvary GENE
terry. He is survived by his wife.
i Honora; one sister. Mrs. Joseph Geno-
chic: two brothers, William of Otnlm-
wa and Michael of South Carolina. He
was born in Canada. April 10, 1865. and
lived here most of his life.
SHORT COURSE CLOSES.
! Charlton Dec. 1.-THE Lucas coun-
fty short course which has been held
in Charlton this week has proved to
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