Jasper County Democrat, Volume 12, Number 28, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 21 July 1909 — SUTTON TALKED OF A GIRL [ARTICLE]

SUTTON TALKED OF A GIRL

West Virginia Man Declares That Roelker Is In Wheeling. Wheeling, W. Va., July 20. —According to a statement made by Harry B. Thomas, Edward P. Roelker, wanted as a witness in the Annapolis investigation into the death of Lieutenant. Sutton, is in this city. “I first met Sutton,” said Thomas, "in Washington, having gone there to prepare for my examination for the United States Marine Corps. Sutton showed me a letter from Adams, challenging him to fight a duel with pistols. "On the night of the tragedy I went over to Sutton's quarters to get my Overcoat and was returning to go to the city when I saw Adams and Sutton in a fist fight. Sutton was beaten. "Sutton then went to his room. I waited for him and he and I walked to the gate. I called his attention to a cut from which blood was flowing down his cheeks. He said he would get even for It, but he said very little to me regarding the real trouble except he spoke of Adams taking away his‘girt-’"