 According to Asbury, Dolan attacked Noe with eye gougers before beating him to death with an iron bar.According to the "Times," the burglar struck Noe on the head with a rattan cane, then grabbed an iron tube ("paint-iron") and repeatedly hit Noe over the head with it.After Noe collapsed, the burglar was even "considerate enough to provide a pillow for the bleeding, mangled head," using rags found on the floor, the "Times" wrote.