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River man Shot ia, Head -by Eddy-stone Man Early Yesterday. ■ '* J ** • * * ' . * r *SLAYER IS ARRESTED“Kelly” Geran Alleged to-Have Threatened Thomas Fitzgerald With Axe—Three’ AreEeld.FElilibva*KvwfcC ill mt .of •Tlr t\\Winfield (Lykerisj Geran,; 45-years‘Ola. xvafi shot in the head, ana Instantly.Killed, in Geran’s. cabin..at .the: foot of ^lorton^ street at 1 o'clock . yesterday morning-by Thomas Fitzgerald, 28 .years old,.of,-Ed-. ilvstone. The accused; maii ca^-to^ns , section three ■ weeks . ago ' from : ClLlt;.on. Forge. -Va_ Both of the principals -ary unmarried.The shooting occurred result of an alleged attack, upon 1* ■-tzei.-u t»y Geran. Fitzgerald claims he' snot. }n . self defense to keep' Geran from Ulh-.j. him with an axe. The . accused ; mur-devr.r has .been ;arrested and ; 1ms• made va statement Coroner ;Barney. Carr wLL hold an inquest in the case m the near future.: The' body! 'is now at tttj? morgue of Deputy Coroner E.- F. Wliite at Third and Norris, streets. A post ..mortem .was held yesterday ■ and - the • inquest is set: for to-morrow night. .Fitzgerald :, '.boiler maker ...atthe Eddy stone, plant. 6£ the. Baldwin I.ocomotSvo Works.-and has been board-i,,- nt Craddock’S on Ninth street in Eddystone.' He came,to• this,-city, about 1 o’clock • Saturday . night ■ and aft« h^v-in~ a few drinks at- local hotels, m-t Walter.’Scott• of.. 2106 WesFFourth^treet. af the. Steamboat Hotek, Front and Mar-. ket streets. Scott,’, who-is a. fittei. nt? tit the plant of the 'Federal -Sled . cotnpanv. invited.! Fitzgerald to go to hm S with him; The. pair left -for. the;'crTV*2'■Z\y.roViin*lt; m *ViWest Bid about 11 o’clodk.. - . .F.nroutc- a discension- arose .and Fnz-:P-VCS'ab2.v .O£ster
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Chester Times
Chester, Pennsylvania, US
Mon, Oct 07, 1912
Page 5
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