Fight Ends in Murder 1901

MCCLOSKEY, MALTBY

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Date: 2/11/2017 at 21:58:09

Dubuque Telegraph-Herald, Oct. 31, 1901

Fight Ends in Murder
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Davenport, Ia. Oct. 31. – George McCloskey, of Clinton, Iowa, was killed here yesterday by B. L. Maltby of Streator, Ill. The latter was getting the worst of the fight when he drew a revolver and shot McCloskey twice in the neck and abdomen. The latter died at a hospital