| Show A woman confesses that an old soldier was thrown from a bridge to a watery grave in the kaw river kansas city feb arhoda taylor made a written confession to the police of argentine kas across me river from here today that noah long tie aged stonemason who disappeared mysteriously from his home there a week ago today had been robbed and his body thrown into the kaw river long waa an old soldier and had drawn pension money from the bank on thursday last he visited a saloon in argentine that which was the last time he had been seen today the police are searching for the body in the river which except at the it ia alleged lie was in is covered with thick ice according to the comans womans confession which was signed in the presence of a reporter henry donogue and james goff were with her and long at dono hues house on alie thursday night long was infatuated with the woman had she asserts taunted her with not being able to secure the money from long who it appears had also paid her some attention during the evening she declares the men robbed the old man and then compelled her to start with him across a bridge over the kaw while in tho middle of the bridge the men she asserts caught up with them held long and ordered her to hurry on and not turn back A moment later she heard a splash she saya and knew that they had long into alic water Dono hiie dave moran a nephew of the missing man and the taylor woman were arrested on tuesday last and gos was taken today after she had made ahe confession all live in the bottoms along the river last night mora moran n attempted to corn suicide by trying to cut an artery in his wrist the nature of the against moran is not known on tho day before long disappeared argentine was another mystery in tho finding in his lot of the dead body of thomaa carroll 65 years of age who lived alone for years he wai known to have considerable money and wounds on his bead made it appear that he had been murdered by robbers no clue to his assailants have been foid I 1 following this george 63 a farmer was found dead in his home i where he had lived alone six miles west of argentine the body was frozen stiff the coroner however decided thata zim bermana mer mana death was due to heart disease A |
