Richmond planet. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1883-1938, 1920-06-19
(By the Associated Press, J


: (By the Associated PresS)
Hanover, N. H., June 16.-A student
quarrel over whskcy early today re-
suited in the killing of Henry E. Ma
roney, Of Mcdford, Mass, Il senior at
I Dartmouth College, and the arrest of
Robert II. Mcads, of La Grange, ILL.,,
q junior, charged with his murder.
Meads fed after the shooting, which
occurred ut Maroney's rooms in the The
tn Delta Chi fraternity house. While
q posse Of students was searching for
i him he walked twelve miles TO Mas
coma station and boarded a train for
Boston. He was captured OH the train
by High Sheriff Claude NJ. Murray, who
took from him an automatic pistol and
obtained a confession in which Meads
claimed he fired in self defense.
Says Father VIII Defend Him.
When arraigned here before Judge
Harry e. Burton on the murder
charge, Meads waived examination and
was held without bail for the Scptem-
Der grand jury. He was taken to the
81 county Jail at Woodsville. He an
nounced that his defense would be d.
rected by his father, A. III. NIcads, of
u Chicago, who is an attorney.
Out Of the conflicting reports of the
affair the college authorities and coun.
W officials found It difficult for time
N to determine the facts. Mcnds' claim
that he acted In defense of his life was
mot supported by details given by
u Others, II. Early atements Ito the cox,
sleEe authorities that a visit to Meads'
room early this morning by Maroney
y and other students had no connection
with liquor were disputed by subse.
quent statements.
& Tho story told TO County Solicitor
/ John II. Newton, by Harold w. Whit
taker, Of Somervilin, Mass, Maroney's
4 roommate was regarded rs the most
direct account OF what happened
Fired Three Shots, lie Says.
"tN Whitaker and Nlaroncy went to
Meads room in North Massachusetts
Hall to purchase Il quart OF whiskey,
he said. They offered him SIS. Finally
he agreed to sell them pint for
that price and had gone to get it.
I Whitaker said, when Maroncy picked
up Il partly filled quart bottle, passed
it to Whitaker and told him TO take
1t away.
II Whitaker jumped from the window
to the ground, twelve feet below and
as Maroney followed, Mcads fired three
shots after them. Neither Of the men
was hit and they thought it was an at
Y tempt to brighten them.
Alaroney and Whitaker then went
\ to their rooms at the fraternity house
.and prepared to 80 to bed. They had
not touched the liquor he said.
Fired Without n Word, 1t is Said.
! Shortly aft9rward Meads entered
their rooms. Maroney was in the bath
room. Ncads sat down at Mar0ney's
II desk. When Maroncy came out of the
bathroom, according to Whittakcr's
Il story, he approached .AIeads. Meads
reached across the desk, pressed his
. pistol against Maroncy's side and fired.
No word was exchanged between the
men, Whitaker said. Maroncy died
almost instantly, shot through the
heart.
Mcads ordered Whitaker, the latter
told the officials, to get out of here,
or I'll do the same to YOU" AS Whit
! taker started to leave by one door,
! Meade backed out of another, covering
his retreat with his pistol. Two other
students, James G.. Chilcutt, of Bangor,
Maine, and Clifford II. Hart Of Brook
lyn, N. Y, aroused by the shot, rushed
out of their rooms, but not in time to
catch Meads.
Thought 1t Trivial Scrapc.
N In his flight, Meads was joined by
ii T1IWln L. "clS, OF Hull, Ala., VINO,
when questioned later, said he knew
!, there had been a shooting, but did not
know the nature Of it, and sought only
to aid his classmate in what he thought
! was a trivial scrape. They walked to
Mascoma, where Meads boarded to
Boston-bound train. Weis returned to
Hanover and was detained for a time,
but was released later.
Sheriff Murray boarded the train at
Canaan, having received a telegram to
be on the watch for the fugitive. When
his identity. Asked if he was armed,
/ the student surrendered his pistol. He
said he was going to Boston to get in
touch with his father, in order to have
him help i'll his defense.
Says He Was OveIpowcred.
Meads told the sheriff that several
students, among them Maroney, had
gone to his rooms, overpowered him
and stolen the quart bottle of whiskey,
He fought them to recover his liquor,
he said, and in quarrel, fired in what
he considered selfdefense.
Both Maroney and Meads we're en-
b signs in the navy during the war,
h Maroney in the transport service, and
Meads as a fier at Pensacola Ma
rOney was president Of the Dartmouth
Dramatic Society and was popular at
college. He was suspended last year
because of drinking row, but was al
lowed to return on a pledge that he
would abstain from liquor until he
WAS graduated