The copper country evening news. [volume] (Calumet, Mich.) 18??-1907, 1897-12-02
MERRY MURDER CASE.
os+ectiyes Return from Wiscon-
sin Empty Handed.
WERE CHASING TWO BROTHERS.

,y,,sn They overhauied Them They Dis
,,.red They Were Not the Murderers
:, Mrs. Merry-Police al Work Tearing
noyn the Merry Barn In Seorch of Evil
.,o,ce of other Crimes-Money Said To
~. the Motive of the Fiendish Murder.
chicago, Dec. 2.-Detectives Hanley
md Ross returned from northern Wis
.onsin after making the discovery that
,hav we're not on the trail OF Chris
Merry. charged with the murder of his
wife and Jim Smith, his alleged ac-
complice. They finally located the two
suspicious men at Marinette, and after
long chase from Sturgeon Bay
through several lumber towns they
,yere overhauled at Marinette, opposite
Menomonee, Mich. The men proved to
no brothers, who gave their name as
Klatz. The detectives say they resem-
hled somewhat the Chicago fugitives.
officers Hanley and Ross are con-
vinced that Merry and Smith did not go
into northern Wisconsin or Michigan,
Of least the trail left by Klatz brothers
was the only one found on their trip.
Captain Wheeler went before the grand
iurv TO give evidence that Will undoubt-
edlv result in the indictment Of Merry,
smith and Hickey, the latter being UNI
der arrest on suspicion of at least
knowing something about the murder
of Mrs. Merry.
Digging in Merrys Barn.
Under the supervision of Detective
TONY Hageman OF the Maxwell street
notice station a gang of workmen are
engaged in digging up the earth at the
Merry barn at 40 Hope street and 1t is
expected that evidence of further crime
against Chris Merry will be revealed.
The further the police look into the
case the more are they impressed with
the idea that Merry and Smith are still
in the city. Captain Wheeler is having
every possible clew followed. An officer
has been sent to Omaha to look at the
men arrested in that place, and who
are believed to be Merry and Smith.
Rumors that the murderer and his
accomplice had been captured in four
different places have been received by
Captain Wheeler. The Omaha police
felt sure they had them. Magistrate
F. II. Macarthur of Geneseo. Ills, has
wired that he has both Merry and
Smith in custody. He was telegraphed
for PARTICULARS Word has also been re-
ceived from Town Marshal Seldt of the
town Of Desplaines that he is sure he
has Chris Merry Sergeant Tyrell anc
Detective Shaughnessy, who were SEN
to Desplaines, say the marshal is mis-
taken.
Money Said To BE the Motive.
x,o,,. ,,,otixa for tho horrible murder
of Mrs Merry has been brought to ign
by Captain Wheeler. who now thinks
the woman was murdered for the pal
try sum of $7.78. Mic Schwartz, pota
to peddler, living at 124 Washburn ave
nue. and a member of the Merry gang
has told Captain Wheeler that for three
years he had worked for Chris Merr'
and was treated like dog all the time
He told long story Of his grievances
and said he was the man whom Merr'
had shot at on Wednesday night, an
that II was because he refused to pu
can of beer Schwartz says he CAV
Mrs. Merry $7.7S the receipts or ~
fridays sales for her husband, Frioa
night. Hickey finished the story. II
\ said after Schwartz left the house Fri
day evening Merry came in and de
manded the $77S. Mrs. Merry retuse
to give IL to him, and he flew INTO
rage and began beating and chokln
her. He only stopped when his VII
was dead The inquest over the pody
the murdered woman has been pos