Northern Wisconsin advertiser. [volume] (Wabeno, Wis.) 1898-1925, 1904-02-11
WHO COMMITTED
THE GREAT CR|ME2
HOOSiER TRAGEDY INVOLVING
PRETTY SCHOOL TEACHER.
A SECRET LOVE AFFAIR
Efforts Directed Toward Finding
Man with Red mustache
Mystery as to Author OF
Letters Which Made the Victim
Both Laugh and Weep.

Who killed pretty Sarah Schafer
That's the great mystery which stir
the good people of Elkford, Ind.
The murder was particular.
atrocious. Miss Shafer was the Latin
teacher at the high school in Bedford
She was twenty-three years old, ant
a pretty and attractive girl. She wa
about feet inches tall, slender
graceful and of a good carriage. He
face was round, her eyes brown, he
lips smiling, and her complexion frest
AMI clear She was one OF the bellies
of Bedford. She was adored by the
members of her class in the higt
school and greatly admired and re
spected by the men of the town.
On the morning OF Friday, Jan. %
Capt. Cook, who runs a cab line in
and crossed the alley az the side OF
his house to 60 to the shed in which
he kept his vehicle Upon opening
the gate mis- foot struck the head OF
dead woman who was lying stretch
ed upon the ground. Cook ran to the
entrance to the alley and cried,
Murder! Help"
In few minutes the alley and the
shed were crowded with people. The
body of the girl was borne out. The
ground was trampled down and clues
that might have led to the discovery
of the murderer were wiped out. The
identity of the girl was not discovered
until she had been lying in the under
takers shop three hours.
Going to Her Death
At 6;15 o'clock on the night Of
Thursday, Jan. 81. Miss Schafer left
the house of Mrs. Martha Johnson,
on /. street, near Fifteenth street, her
boarding place, where she had just
eaten her supper, to go TO her room
in the house of Mrs, Edna Smith at
Thirteenth and NJ streets. two and
half blocks distant. The night was
stormy. Rain fell in torrents, and the
wind blew. Miss Schafer was dressed
in a short gray skirt and shirt
waist, over which she wore a short
tan jacket. She carried pair of tan
gloves in her hand and an umbrella.
AS she left the house she was singing
a merry little song.
Before she reached the corner of the
street to the north, Fourteenth street,
she overlook and passed Capt. Alexan.
der, to whom she gave CHEEKY greet.
ing. Capt. Alexander shouted a good
night 10 her and turned west on Four
teeth street.
Ever since O'clock. a man had been
seen lurking behind one of the large
maple trees which line l. street, ap>
parently watching the johnson house
Occasionally he paced up the sidewalk
to the north and back again. Once or
twice lac crossed the street and walked
by the Johnson house, stopping to
look IN at the window where Miss
Schafer was laughing and chatting
with other boarders. Six or seven
persons saw him and there is little
discrepancy in their description oil
him. He was almost six feet tall ans
powerfully built. He wore Ions
overcoat and black SLOUGH hat an,
had 3 red mustache
Met Her Slayer.
After Miss Schafer passed Capt
Alexander she continued her wa,
north on l. street, but it is believe.
that after she had gone a few Zee
past the corner she turned back to g,
west ON Fourteenth street to Nj street
This was her usual route to her lolg
ings. 1t was at this point that tn
man with the red mustache inter
cepted her. He had followed her o
the opposite side of the street and ha
crossed when he saw Capt. Alexanie
leave her.
Miss Schafer aud the man with tn
red musfache walked west on Fou
teenth street TO NJ street. Mis-
Schafer. when she left the Johnso
house. wore gray Tam O Shant,
cap. 1t wes the only cap of the kin
Ia Bedford, and was particular
noticeable. Even Capt Alexander o
served that she wore II when 81
passed him. About 6:20 o'clock Abe
Diech. merchant of Bedford. on h
way home, near the corner of Fou
teeRth and NJ streets. approached
woSaaG in gray Tam o. Shanter ca
and man in long overcoat who hs
red mustache. He heard the woI
an in the most emphatic manner sa,
II WON'T"
To which the man replied in HAIRS
positive tones; by -. you Will"
''I'll die first" the woman said.
All right" replied the man, ID,
by -, you Wilt"
The couple then passed beyond b
hearing. but Mr.. Diech looked aft
them curiously and noted their chars
teristics.
A few minutes after Mr. Die,
heard this conversation man in
long overcoat and woman who wo
a gray Tam-o'Shanter were seen on
street, between Fourteenth street al
the alley to the north by ID. c. Shol
who was walking south on the @
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