OBIT: Andy OLA, 1915, Jerome, Somerset County, PA

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Ola, Andy

JEROME MAN MURDERED, Coroner H. S. Kimmel, of MacDonaldton, and County Detective 
Lester G. Wagoner were called to Jerome, Tuesday, to investigate the death of 
Andy Ola, whose dead body with a bullet hole in the head, was found that morning 
along the road about three fourths of a mile from Jerome. The investigation 
proved that the man had been murdered. In his pocket was found his own revolver 
fully loaded, but no other weapon could be located. The appearance of the body 
indicates that Ola was first shot from behind and that a second shot through the 
right ear was fired to make certain in the event the first one did not prove 
fatal. Ola who is 31 years of age and unmarried is claimed to have been unduly 
intimate with one or more women in that locality and it is believed that some 
offended husband took revenge in this manner. The murderer is believed to have 
approached Ola from the rear while the latter was walking to his boarding place. 
The theory that robbery was not the motive is supported by the fact that the 
man's money and revolver had not been touched. The body was buried in Windber. 
Ola was an employee of the Jenner-Quemahoning Coal Co.

Meyersdale Commercial, Apr. 15, 1915