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A JEALOUS LOVER SHOOTS MISS AGNES ROONEY!^ IS JAILEDOtto Larson Goes to Home of Ben Salinsky on Vinehurst and Shoots After Girl Has Fallen In Yard. Bullet Penetrates Forearm. Police and Sheriff Fosse Hunt About An Hour Before Of-fender Is Captured and Placed in County Jail. Rival of Larson Said To Be Prominent BusinessMan of Myrtle, MinnSome more big town stuff was staged in Albert Lea Monday evening.Miss Agnes Rooney, aged 22 years, was shot through the arm last night by her lover, Otto Larson, of Kasson, Minn., who has been doing pebble dash work in this city for the past two months. The girl is the adopted daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Henry Anderson of Northwood, lewa. and was a maid at the home of Ben Sal'nsky, proprietor of the New York Fashion Shop here. She had been receiving attentions from Larson. It is said that Larson was jealous of a prominent busmcss man of Myrtle, Minnesota, who was also paying the girl attention. We were unable to learn the name of the Myrtle mpn.Last Sunday Miss Rooney found three notes !~ft mysteriously on her bed at the Salinsky home. One of the notes read: 'Keep this un'ier your hat, or look out. I have gone the limit. Leave the city. If you do not, we die together ”The second note read: ‘‘I mean this for you, for your good. Leave on No. 6, Rock Island. Look out.The third note was as fallows: “Leave tomorrow before 6:3^ .c night. Will get you. You can’t make a damn fed of me. You have lied and have made a fool of me.”The girl p id ro attention to the notes, although was somewhat worried.It is believed that Larson en tered the ~rlin«ky home by i : rear door Saturday night, unobserved and left the notes.Last night about 7 o'clock, white Miss Rooney was alone, Larson walked into the Salinsky home, armed with a revolver.Shortly afterwards, neighborstaw Miss Rooney run out of the front door screaming. She was followed closely by Larson, gun in hand. .As the girl started across the yard she stumbled and fell. In a serond Larson was upon her. As she lay he pointed the revolver at her and fired.Evidently thinking he had kill ed the girl, he turned and ran. The girl continued to scream until she was helped hick into the house and attended by Dr. Folken.Immediately Thief Carey was c riled and be in turn notified Sheriff Fosse, Off'cers Liedal and Liefson. The Chief and Sheriff went to South Madison street, where Larson had been rooming, believing be was hiding there. Finding no trace of the man they wer.t to Hotel Albert and as they entered they met Officer Liedal and Con Olson coming out with Larson. Larson had gone to one of the hotel rooms occupied by his employer, where he was found by Officer Liedal.After the rapture, Larson pretended he was drunk and then that he was crary. At present he talks very little.Before coming to Albert Lea, Miss Rooney was employed by the Lou s Nelson family at Myrtle for one year. She came to Albert Lea last fall and was employed as a rna‘d at the R. A. Wclgamot home on Fountain street. About three weeks ago she went to work at the Salinsky home. Larson has been paying her attention for several weeks.The bullet from Larson's gun entered ore of Viis Rooney's arms above the wrist. Fortunately it missed the bones, passing out at the opposite side. Just v/hnt was the cal bre is hard to determine, but the wound looks as if it had been inflicted with a .32 ball.
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Albert Lea Times Enterprise
Albert Lea, Minnesota, US
Wed, Apr 27, 1921
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