East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1919-02-22


from Milton Eagle by phOnc) --I9vi-
IDENTIFY the killing was done Wedncs-
day evening. Investigations reveal
that the shot hit Olingcr near the
center of the back and passed through
the body, coming out near the throat.
This indicating that he was ia "a stoop-
ing position when the shot was fired.
Coroner Brown il In Milton having
come In from the scene ahead of the
body. Owing To the deep snow Il seems
they are having difficulty in getting
the body out
Omar Olingcr, the owner OF a small
store I'm tho Blue mountains about
10 miles south of Milton and near
Tanks, was murdered by AN unknown
party, his body being discovered yes
tcrday by neighbors. The store had
been pillaged and the telephone wires
Ind been cut. Sheriff Taylor has a
MIN In custody under suspicion but
requests that his name be withheld.
The body of Olinger was found
buried beneath manure pile. Ac-
eordlnE To one report. A. q Sprngue
and two Stark brothers, the men who
first found the body. alarmed at not
hearing or seeing Olingcr for several
days, went To the store to see what
WAS the trouble. In looking around |
they followed tracks through the snow |
which was about two feet deep, To the 1
manure pile, where foot of the man |
was found protruding from the ma
nurc They then came 10 Milton,
leaving everything Just as they found |
IL. and reported the discovery 20
Deputy Sheriff West.
MIR. Olingcr was between 35 and 40
years of age and lived alone. lie was
unmarried.
He was widely known and very
popular with summer campers and
residents OF that district who bought
supplies from him. lie was IA brother
OF Jasper Olhgcr and william and
David Olingcr. ranchcrs of Milton.
His little store was located at the
edge OF the timber not far from 'sThe
Tanks. II was near the Olinger mill.
ARREST is MADE.
Sheriff Taylor at the time of
hearing OF the discovery of the mur-
der OF OIlnger, also learned of cIcws
pointing to IA young man who he has |
since hnd under surveillance. but un-
Ill moro particulars are learned the,
mans name has not beer made pub
lie. He was arrested in Pendleton by
the sheriff last evening. 1t Is un-
derstood that the man is known to
have been i'm the neighbOrhood of the
stare "Wednesday, which fact has lean
10 his suspicion.
a story from the Milton Eagle 10
the East OregOnIan is that Amar OIL ,
niger was last seen by some ncIghbors
Mt about 3 o'clock Wednesday after
noon At that time lac was talking !,
to his nclghbors who wccr cutting /,
wood. and said that somebody had !,
rut his telephone wires. This is so
far as Is known the last time he was 4
seen before being killed. 4
SHOT IN BACK. II
That Omar OIingcr, the store keep /
nr ON Lincton mountain south of Mil
ton was shot I'm tho back Is the report
received today from Milton by the
East Orcgonian. Sheriff n. ID. Taylor
had no news of how the man was kill
ID when he left for Milton at 1880 to-
lay. Coroner J. II. Brown left for the
scene of the crime last night, he and
Deputy Sheriff West of Erccwatcr,
IRVING from Milton to the OIingcr
store ON the mountain. The party had
rot returned to Milton with the body
It , O'Clock and until it docs there
will he little more learned about how .
he crime was committed. The party .
Is expected to arrive In Milton any
ime with the body.
A NEIGHBOR'S STORY
A telephone story from the Free
water Times to the East Orcgonian to- .
lay reports a conversation from Mrs. :.
Spraguc, wife of Jesse Sprague who
ives not far from the Olinger store. :.
According TO the story OIingcr and y
\ young man were at the Sprague
home ON Tuesday. That night the :.
young man returned to the Spraguc "
IOme and said he was intending 20 go Il
lvcr the mountains and had left his
morse at the gate some distance away. :,
On Wednesday Sprague is said TO
have gone 10 the OIlngcr store 10 get
some groceries. The store was closed =
and no one was I'm evidence. Sprague
noticed, however, that the young o
nan's tracks reached from his home
10 the store and that nc had evidently g
not been horseback. c
Not dreaming of a murder Spraguc e
tried ON Thursday 10 telephone 10 the h
store but could not raise anyone. On
Friday he went TO the stark brothers b
place and the three men then went TO y
the OIlnger place 20 investigate. They $
then discovered one leg of man L
sticking from manure pile where the 4
body had been buried. They then 3
proceeded TO give the alarm hut did I
not mOlest the body, leaving IL there L
for the Officers 10 see. 4