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from* witn nil?** m.'West Bid about 11 o’clock.pore*cii?est wjo auuuv ^ . ... .Enroute- a discenslon- arose .and Fuz-gerald .declined, to accompany Scott ... home. - Scott then-' proposed- that- they I•60-to the cabin; or ••Kenr^ ^ thec-Iifoot of Morton street, -where he (co.t). had/often been a visitor. The couple arrived at the- Morton street place nbout (j130 o’clock . yesterday, morning-. Geraa ..sefured three-bottles of-beer, after which -another- argument took place.. It 5 that -Kelly*’..; Geran;. was . crazy ^J Th^arsnmen t waxing warm Scott and. -1? Fitzgerald both, decided that it. was-time . .- for them to 1 hunt - more .friendly sur- of roundings- Before 'they could _ W shanty, so it to- -claimed by both^Scoft and -Fitzgerald, Geran'. eecurod tha axe'which was kept- inside the cabini under ■ a pair .of steps,-- Geran ordered boft of the men to stay,/swearing at them, atthpco“tra.eayS that Geran followed them to . the dqor and as he and Fitzgerald made a. hasty retreat and struck .at iitsgerald with the- axe -as .they left I aFitzgerald then turned and fired at Gcr im. who -fell to .the floor The-bullet. one hof 32. calibre, entered the. ^Geran's head, .causing instant death and -vet permitting, but: a drop or . two of .. blood to flow front.the wound. fPiscovery of Crim©.1 ^' James Foster/ 'of Third a^d Engle t street, was the first to leant of the t- tragedy- Hearing the pistol shot and. i * frvpstigating-, ‘ Foster came across Ge-£*tRV U m a pool of blood- ona rude 'platform, near the cabin, nte hastened to the Felton Fire C?m-pan/s headquarters, Third and Mor-ton streets,' and notified the police by telephone.' When :'the police arrived on the -scene they ’found Geran lying on .his right side ■with the bullet wound on the -left side Of his 'head exposed. Geranupon the axe, with ^hlch^he __had__en-lllVJ. to Slay the Virginian. durin h?Patrolm^ Hanley arrived: upbn the
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Chester Times
Chester, Pennsylvania, US
Mon, Oct 07, 1912
Page 5
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