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imii lMIIIIJMiKMMllllll II 1 1 111 BY BAND SETTLEMENTS i ror Hearing In Profc Court of Knox County, Ohio, via; NOTICE OF HEARINQ ACCOUNT Following account has boea or settlement ind will bo heatd 'y 'A i A CK ME HAVING SATURDAY EVENIN ELSWORTH DAILEY SHOOTS HIS THE And Then Falls On Her Dead Body And Buries His Face Against Hers NEIGHBORS SAY TIUT DHLEY HAD THREATENED TO KILL HIS WltE ON SEVERAL OCCASIONS, BUT IN COUNTY JAIL HE SAYS THE SHOOTING WAS PURELY A'CGIDENIU Dailey Talks To A Banner Reporter In Jail And Says The Shoaling Was Accidental-A Charge 01 Murder In First Degree To Be Filed Against The Prisoner-Details Of The Affair A most horrible crime, having all the evidence of murder in the first degree, occurred about 6:20 Saturday night on East Gambier street -when Elsworth C. Dailey, aged 27, shot and instantly killed his wife, Minnie Rowley Dailey, aged 29 years. There were no eye-witnesses to the shooting, although Cecil Dailey, the dead woman's daughter, came in the front door of the house just as the shot was fired and saw her mother fall to the floor with a bullet through her neck, fired by her step-father. Dailey was arrested at the home shortly after the shooting and in the Knox county jail declared that the affair was purely accidental and that he did not intend to kill his wife. On the other hand there are many things in connection with the shooting which would indicate that Dailey did intend to kill his wife and that it was a deliberate murder.

Only a few days ago Mrs. Dailey informed a number of neighbors that her husband had threatened to kill her, but that she was not afraid of his threats. The neighbors say that whenever Dailey went home intoxicated he would pull a gun from his pocket or take a knife in his hand and threaten to take the life of his wife. There appears to be no doubt but that Dailey was intoxicated when he fired the fatal shot. He had been drinking during the afternoon.

At 2 o'clock a case of beer was delivered at the home and Dailey commenced to drink. He had consumed nine bottles of beer from the case before the fatal shooting in the evening. After drinking several bottles of beer, Dailey went into the back yard and pulling a 32 calibre revolver from his nocket commenced to shoot at a mark. This frightened Mrs. Dailey, according to the statement of the neighbors, and she remained in the house all the afternoon.

It was just at the supper hour and Mrs. Dailey was standing by the stove in the kitchen, watching her bread in the oven, when Dailey entered the kitchen door from the back yard and fired at his wife, the bullet entering the neck just under the right ear and coming out at a point just a quarter of an inch higher under the lett ear. Just as the shot was fired the young daughter entered the house and heard her mother exclaim: "Oh my! Oh my! Oh my!" And then, according to the story of the little girl, "all was still." When neighbors reached the house Daily was lying on the floor with the body of his wife with his face buried against her cheek and covered with blood all over his face and shoulders. After the shooting Dailey threw the revolver on the floor and this was found under a cupboard by Mr. Dennis Corcoran, one of the first persons to reach the house after the shooting.

After the shooting Dailey was guarded by neighbors until the arrival of Chief of Police Clements and Lieutenant McElroy in the patrol wagon. The man was locked up in the steel cell in the county jail and slated "held for warrant." The remains of Mrs. Dailey were conveyed to the morgue of Chappelear and prepared for burial, ALL TH Mill! 0 AT mm VEIN ENCE OF FIR i AH WIFE THROU FIRST DEGREE MURDER To Be The Charge Against Dailey 8ays Prosecuting Attorney Cromley Prosecuting Attorney Cromley visited Dailey In the Knox county jail Monday morning and talked with the prisoner for nearly an hour. At the conclusion of the Interview, Prosecutor Cromley stated to the Ban-ncr that a charge of murder in the first degree would be made against Dailey. He stated that he wao desirous of having the charge filed Monday, but owing to the fact that Sheriff Parker and Chief of Police Clements were both out of the city, no affidavit will be filed before Tuesday.

Either of the above named officers will make the affidavit. Dailey will be arraigned for a preliminary hearing before Mayor Mitchell sometime Tuesday. The facts leading up to the fatal shooting are exceedingly meager and the real cause of the affair will probably never be known unless Dailey makes a statement. He protests to the sheriff and other officers thattheshoot-Ing was accidental and that he did not intend to kill his wife. The Dailey home Is located on Gambler avenue, the last house on the north side of the street, next to Center Run, and the shooting ocurred In the kitchen, a small room in the rear portion of the house.

Dailoy, who is 27 years of age, was born In Fredericksburg, Ohio but had worked In Canton, Ohio, before coming to Mt. Vernon about 6 years ago. He first worked as a section hand on the Cleveland, Akron and Columbus railroad, but about six or eight weeks ago he left his wife and family and went to Detroit, where he found employment in a stove factory. Mrs. Dailey had consulted the authorities about having Dailey brought back here on a charge of non-support, but about two weeks ago he returned on his own account and went to work at the Mt.

Vernon Bridge Works. According to the story of neighbors the family relations had not been pleasant and that Dailey had gone to his home several times In an Intoxicated condition and had threatened to take his wife's life. That he would flourish a revolver in her face and sometime? a knife and that she became so nervous that she could scarcely work. Relatives of Mr. and Mrs.

Dailey say they knev nothing of the family difficulties and that Dailey never said anything about taking the life of his wife In their presence. STORY OF THE SHOOTING Litle Girl Nine Yoars Old Heard The Shot and Saw Her Mother Fall To The Floor Dailoy did not work Saturday ou account of the fact that the Bridge Works was closed down to nllow the employes to uttend tho picnic at Cedar Point. He spont tlio morning about tbo house and at 2 o'clock tho expressman arrived with a caso of beer. Dailoy had this put in tho collar and shortly afterwards commenced to drink. Mrs.

Lottie Hunter of Gambler, Dalloy's niothor, was at the home about the noon hour and remained for dinner, She states that thero was no troablo between Dailey and his wifo while she was at tho houso. In the aftornon Mrs. Hunter wont down town and was thero whon the shooting occurred. It appears that Dailey spent Romo-timo l'i tho afternoon shooting at a mark In tho hack yard, but as far as can bo learned had no troublo with his wife and that no argument of any kind ensued betwoon them. According to Htt'o Cecil Dailoy, aged 9 years, a (laughter or Mrs Dillov and a stop-rtnughtor of Dallov, tbo mother pert her to tho crocorv store about 0 o'clock, Sho cijjr that her SI DEGREE MURDER ON EAST BAUER STREET ss siammm '5A'U mm ELSWORTH C.

DAILEY mother had a dollar and a nickel and just as she was about to start to tho grocery store she heard her father ask her mother for a dollar. This the woman refused to give up. Dailey then asked his wlfo for the nickel and according to the statement of the little girl the woman refused to give Dailey either tho nickel or tho dollar. The little girl, in an Intervlow with a Banner representative stated that whon she left the house her father and mothor were still arguing over the money. Is it not possible that this argument over the money led to the shooting? Mrs.

Dailoy was standing near the stove. Sho had been watching her bread tho oven and had been peeling potatoes as tho knife was still in her hand when alio was shot down by her husband. Dailey camo in the rear door of the houso Into the kitchen, evidontly with revolver In nand," and then the shooting occurred. The little girl came back from the grocery and wns just cnteiing the front door with Bessie Hunter, aged 9 ycara Dalloy's tynlf sister, when the shot rang out. Little Cecil was badly frightened, but said that she saw her fnther grab nor mother and that they both fell to the floor at the same time.

She said she heard her mothor cry out: "Oh my! oh my! oh and then nil "was Tho two children ran out the house screaming, "mamma has been shot." Mr. Dennis Corcoran and Mr. W. W. YoiWg, both neighbors, who reside just across the street from tho Dailey homo, were the first to reach tho house.

Mr. Young went in first and discovered ho body of Mrs. Dailey on tho floor and Dailey lying by her sldo with his face buried against the face of his wife. Blood was flowing from the bullet wound in the woman's face and by tho time the neighbors arrived both Dailey and tho body of his wife were covered with blood. Dailoy attempted to rise whon Mr.

Young 3hook him, buthe was commanded to He still and not get up. In the meantime Mr. Meggs Paine telephoned to Dr. Newton It. Eastman and another call was sent to Chief of Police R.

S. Clemonts. Tho Chief and Lieutenant of Police McElroy hastened to the scone In tho patrol wagon. Dailey was still lying on the floor with his face against that of his dead wife whon police arrived. He was loaded in the patrol wagon and locked up up in a steel coll in the county jail and slated, "held for DR EASTMAN'S STORY Tells Of The Position In Which Body Was Found And Of The Wound Which Caused Death Dr.

Nowton It. Eastman, who was called in tho case, and who was ono of tho first persons to reach tho homo aftor tho shooting, was seen by tho Banner and gave tho following story of tho affair: Dr. L'astman stated that on hh arrival it tho scone of tho shooting he was confronted with ono of the most rlckcnlng eights of his professional career. On entering the room his first lmproacIon was that it had been a murder and aulcldo as everything gave Mint nspoct, Mrs. Ditloy was lying on tho floor with her head turned frowns' nril her husband wns lying sit her sldo with his left arm encircling j.

w'Qst, OCCURS i8f mKHUHHllitiaBBBBBH 1 MINNIE ROWLEY DAILEY her dead body. He was lying with his face against her neck where tho blood had been spurting from tho wound Inflicted by tho bullet. Dr. Eastman stated that both forms lying on tho floor were literally covered with blood, their clothing being satur ated, in addition to this, the floor was covered with probably fourteen pounds of blood. As soon as the first shock of tbo terrible scene passed an ay, an e'ESUt- inatlon of tho two prostrate forms was made and it was found that Dailey was not oven wounded, but that he was sweltering in his wife's blood which had evidently ran from the wound in stream.

The examination showed that the bullet from tho revolver, used in tho shooting, had entered Mrs. Dailuy's neck on the right side at a point Just two inches below the ear and that it had passed through the jugular vein A jagged hole was torn clear through the neck and through the Jugular 'vein gn the left aide, the bullet emerging at a point In exactly the same position as where it had entered, about two Inches below the lobe of the ear. The fact that the shot passed squarely thiough the neck in such a level line Indicates that Dailey held the weapon close to his victim's neck when he fired the shot. This theory is further strengthened by the fact that there were powder marks around the wound made by the entrance of the bullet. During tho Interview by the Banner man, Dr.

Eastman stated that Mrs. Dailey had been doing washing for the Eastman family and that on Thursday, July 13th, she washed and that on Friday she ironed. As she had been in the employ of Dr. Eastman In this capacity, sho had talked to him to a certain extent about her tiouhles. She stated that her husband had threatened to shoot her at tarlous times but did not believe that he meant to do it.

At this time, Dailey waB working in Detroit, Michigan, but was not properly providing for his family. Dr. Eastman told hor that she could make some arrangements whereby her hus band should send her money to meet expenses. Dailey returned to Mt. Vernon shortly after that time and on Monday evening, July 17th, ho had a talk with him about various matters.

He, Dailoy, seemed to bo "grouchy" and did not appear to caro to hold a conversation about his family troubles or anything else. After having tho talk with Dailey on Monday evening, Dr. Eastman hoard nothing more of the affair until ou Saturday evening when he was informed of tho fact that the affair had ended in a probable murder. MR. YOUNG'S STORY Was The First Person To Enter The Dailey Home After The Shooting Had Taken Place Mr.

W. V. Young, who lives almost directly across tho street from tho Dailey family stated to a Banner reporter that ho had Just finished eating supper and had gone out Into tho yard whon his nolghbors, Mr, Dennis Corcoran called to him and snld that Els-woith Dailoy had killed his wife. Mr. Young nnd Mr.

Corcoran went to tho houso. Mr. Young was tho first to go in. Dailoy was lying on tho floor, with his arms about his wife's waist and liij head burled agalnBt hor face, Dailey was groaning and kept say Ing "Oh my poor wlfol oh my poor wlfo!" "You havo no said Mr. Young, "sho Is dead," To this Dailey said: "Somcono shoot me, oh, please, sonracono shoot mo!" Mr.

Young stated to tho Banner that Mrs. Dailey was not dead whon ho entered tho room and that sho broathed sovcral times after his arrival. This would co oborato tho statement of tho little Cecil Dailey whon sho stated that her mother murmorod "oh my!" after the shooting. Mr. Young and Mr.

Corcoran mado a search for tho revolver and found tho gun, a 32-callbre weapon, under a cupboard. According to tho statement of Mr. Young It would appear that after the shooting Dailey dropped tho gun in an effort to catch his wlfo as she wo3 falling and that tho revolver fell under the cupboard. Tho revolver was secured by Mr. Young and Mr, Corcoran and turned over to Chief of Pollco Clements.

Mr. Young Btated to the Banner that taking the surroundings into consideration and the position of the wo man's body and the position In which Dailey was lying, he is of the opinion that the shooting was accidental. However, Mr. Young further stated that Dailey and his wife hod domestic trouble only recently and that Mrs. Dailey had told at his house that her husband had threatened to take her life, but that she was not afraid of him.

CECIL DAILEY'S STORY Little Girl Who Heard The 8hot Tells Her Story To A Representative Of The Banner A Banner reporter talked to llttlo Cecil Dailey, aged 9 years, who Is a daughter of Mrs. Dailey, and a step daughter of Dailey. Tho little girl said that she heard no argument of any kind bctw een her father and mother during the day. She stated, however, that her father was shooting about the premises during the after noon and this seemed to annoy her, mother very much. She said that her mother went to the door several times and asked her father to quit shooting as it made her very nervous.

Dailey paid no attention to the request of his wife. Little Cecil said that about 6 o'clock her mother told her to go to the gro ery store to purchase some thlnirs. Just as she was starting she heaid her father ask her mother for tho dollar which she had given her. The woman refused to comply with her request. Thereupon Dailey asked his wife for a nickel which he knew she had.

She refused to give him thh. The little girl stated that in the midst of the argument about the money she went to the grocery store In company with Bessie Hunter, a half sister rf Dailey. Little Cecil stated that as they returned from the grocery nnd were en terlug the front door of tho houre, they heard a shot. The girl glanctl into the kitchen just in time to see her father grab her mother and then both fell to the floor. She beard her mother exclaim, "Oh my," three times and then she fled from the house sere lin ing.

The girl stated that after the shooting she siiw her father place the re volver on the kitchen table, but does not bear out tho story of Mr. Young and Mr. Corcoran, who state that the revolver was lying on tho floor under the cupboard. According to the statement of the little girl, her brother, Arthur Dallv 5 years old, was playing at the home of a neighbor at the time of the shoot ing and so fortunately did not wit ness tho terrible affair. The child said she haw the blood In tho kitchen and knew that some thing terrible had happened.

She ran from the houso to the front yard and screamed for help and neighbors wore soon on the scene. A SISTER TALK8 But Has Very Little To Say Concern In The Tragedy Of Saturday Evening Mrs. Annabelle Toms, a sUter of Mrs. Dailey was seen by a Banner reporter Sunday morning at tho Dait oy home on East Gambler street. Mrs.

Toms stated that in company with her brother, Leonard Rowley, sho attended the picnic at Cedar Point Saturday and knew nothing of the tei rible affair until late in the evening She said that sho spent a greater portion of her time at tho home of Mr. and Mrs. Dailey, and while she knew that their domestic relations Continued on pago eight Tuesday, August lti, J011, at 9 a. taj First nnd final ncount at QeondK. Wood, gunrdlan of Horbort 0.

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