The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1900-08-21
the Son of One of the Men
He Murdered.
FAMILY OF FIVE BUTCHERED
WIFE AND -FOUR STEPCHILDREN
SLAIN BY A FARMER,
Who Wounded Another Child. Burned
His Barns and Fled-Girl
Killed by Burglar.

NEW YORK, Aug. 2o.--Frederick Scharn,
brother of Kathryn scharn, the young girl
who was murdered in her apartments Sat-
urday night, and Lincoln Eisenprice, said
10 be the girls lover, were arraigned to-
day and held for the coroner. The police
10 longer think robbery the cause of the
crime The young woman had been lead
ing double life, and the detectives be-
lieve that a man she had met in dance
hall may have killed her.
DIR. Donlin, coroner's physician. per-
,ormed an autopsy on the body of the girl
Today. He said the young woman was
not hanged to death, but was strangled.
inspector Harley, who has the Scharn
murder case in hand, gave out late to-
day the following: "An undertaken who
lives next door to the house where the
murder occurred says he was sitting in
front of his place adjoining that where
the murder occurred from o'clock Satur-
day evening until 1890. During that time
he saw no one enter the house where
the murder was done, or come out; neither
did he hear any unusual noise, and the
people in his house heard no unusual noise
during the night" The inspector said
that so far as he had investigated he had
found no evidence derogatory to the char
acter of the dead girl. In his opinion the
murder was done by someone who was in
the girls apartment with her knowledge.
RE believes this by the lack of evidence
of a struggle. The only thing overturned
in the room was an easy chair, and he
thinks she was knocked over while sit
ting in the chair and was dragged from
it to her bedroom. He thinks the murder
was committed in the sitting room, as
he found a clot of blood on the carpet
where the body had probably lain for
little while before it was dragged to the
other room.
A CLERKS TESTIMONY.
The search of the apartments where the
murder committed revealed an un-
opened bundle containing pillow slips,
stockings and some lace, which was
wrapped in the paper used by a store in
this city. Inspector Harley succeeded in
finding the clerks who had sold those ar
ticles. They at once recognized the goods
and the photographs of Miss Scharn as
the purchaser. They said that the articles
were sold about clock on Satur day aft
ernoon and at the time of their purchase
Miss Scharn was accompanied by we'll
dressed young man of about twenty-five
years. They said that they would be able
to identify him again, and gave Inspector
Harley a full description of Miss Scharn's
companion, mentioned certain peculiarities
about him, which they noticed at the time
of the sale, and said he paid for some of
the things which the girl bought. They
failed to identify young Scharn and Eisen-
price and said those men did not in any
way resemble the man who had visited the
store with the girl.
Inspector Harley said he expected to get
the man who bought the things for Miss
Scharn because of a special delivery letter
which furnishes clew. This letter was
delivered at the house on Saturday fore
noon The letter made an appointment
with the unknown man. This appointment
eliminated in the trip to the store. 1t was
to keep this appointment with the we'll
dressed stranger that the young woman
broke the engagement to meet Eisenprice.
Judging from the statement of Mrs. Null
ligan, who rents the adjoining fiat, the
tragedy Is supposed to have been COM
mitted between 10:30 and 11:30 o'clock on
Saturday night. Mrs. Mulligan says that
when Miss Scharn went to the store she
noticed that she had left the windows
open and that the curtains were being
ruined by the rain. At 7:2O p. m. Mrs. Null
ligon looked out of her back window and
noticed that the curtains had not been
| taken in, but ten minutes later the curtains
| had been cared for. This is believed to
| indicate that the young woman was at
home at that hour.
The police scout the idea that the crime
was committed by a burglar. and do not
| think the blue mask which they found
| will figure prominently in the evidence
Inspector Harley said that as far he
had proceeded in the investigation of Eisen-
prices's story he had found il to be all
right but he could not say the same con-
cerning the explanations made by the
dead girls brother. The inspector claims
! that young Scharns statements are con-
hicting. The young man has. it is said
| practically admitted that some parts of
| his assertions are untrue.
The stranghng of Miss Scharn. strange
| TO say. was committed only few doors
| away from the spot where the brutal mur-
der of Matte Cunningham was committed
| several years ago, and some OF the persons
| who figured prominently in the Cunning
| ham case are being carefully watched
! by the police. Assistant District Attorney
l. George Henessey tonight said that within
! forty-eight hours he expected that the po-
lice would have the slayer of Miss Scharn
| IN custody.
Eisenprice. who has for the past eleven
J years been employed as mail clerk in the
Western National bank, first met Miss