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LiiV. .. v**' i — .. . - •.. • •iy. way: hontB«M 1 / ; •; .. .*•..r..-•‘•lt;i8otf“Pofthc©f,-''Sa}ns/8oott.v^--;.r:^■Walter ' Scott. - Va-ho' jccompanled -FU?-. Arftld to’ the .West Entf, lR...his^ta“f icuf sa.ys: 4lI met .FiUeraJd.at the Steam bat’Hotel*. vr wonted, him. to ffO /ith me but: he objected and I took him • □ • Kelly* Getanrs: shanty* where .};:****; ,ften = visited.. and;./slept :xnany ,a^ntght. ^ gut; there about 12.30' o'clock Sunday horning and ^ound • the Bhanty .vacanj.V ••X' rijped :up0PFr an k,: Geran,-. ^h0-^ icxt door; - but .Kelly r etumed before. j-rank came in.--He had three bottle^, of-jeer with . -hira. f. Kelly, was . stagsering Irunk—crazy drunk. -. There; were .some irguments and we decided to ,ffet;opt. telly Geran picking up .tho^ axe, aakk y.y -. :• •'you. can’t .leave-here.Fitzgerald ;-.said: lot’s 1 ' puigmat shovlns: Goran to on side.^erald followed’, me out, Gsnui followingivjth the; axe. ' ,Ha . sruck; a Fizgerald,fv-ho turned and -Area, v - .i * Brother: Kno^s But Little* r“I went in the / shanty,'' said F^uikSeram a brother to .the dead man, ;lm hi3statement.'- ‘‘and found. Scott. : ^herald 'there, with.’my- -brother. Kelly. I lid not hear any,/argument.Fitzgerald left the room ao^I £o”Q^’ rrty brother--coming: after xne..: I was between Fitzgerald and- my hroth^whcn the shot waa ‘ fired, I saw no ;axe. .and heard no threats: and. sawno. drinking., I know nothing', of what ..happened before.I’ feached dho--cabin , andi heard^o serious argument after 1 got thpr axe was kept , under the' steps inside thearrived upon tho scene of . the. crime at 3 o’clock'Sunday morning:',satd^po-Uce: Sei-gcanf -Sill!-in;his statement, and. found Frank Geran in;the cabin; Kelly Goran. was lying between -his :own. cabin and ’the - Handdn-Hand ■ boat, house,: His. feet oti the walk-, and ;his. head .on. the ground, , two feet below. dThe head ;waslying sideways, left':side up and; wocould'see the' bullet hole ;tn his, ear. Hjs. right hand was'tinder.the-body-'and ..the axe'..was also ; under; bis body, near ...hishand* .
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Chester Times
Chester, Pennsylvania, US
Mon, Oct 07, 1912
Page 7
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