The Cairo bulletin., 1904-01-31
LOVE LETTERS
TO GIVE CLEW
That Will Lead 10 Ending Bed.
ford Mystery.
JAIL is NOT STRONG.
OFFICERS DO NOT WANT TO TAKE
CHANCES ON MAKING sus.
PicloN ARREST.


BY the Associated Press.
Bedford Ind, Jan. 80 No arrests
were made in the Schaefer murder
mystery today, The detectives. how
ever say they have made more pro
gress today than on any other day Of
the investigation
The mysterious letters received al.
most daily by Sarah G Sehaefer. the
Bedford school teacher for weeks
proceeding her murder today figured
in the investigation Of the local po-
lice and detectives. The identity of
the young womans correspondent,
known TO have been man, remains
undisclosed. Until it Is discovered no
arrest viii he made in the case, ac.
eording to Mayor Smith.
In connection with these letters. all
1f which were destroyed by the school
teacher before her death the author
tiles are considering the theory that
the girl may have been murdered be
cause Of a secret not considered safe
10 her keeping
In this view of the case there Is
involved a young woman now in Bed
ford and young man said to reside
in indianapolis. Sheriff Frank Smith
spent today in indianapolis, presum
ably at work. on this clew The fact
that the Schaefer girl received the
letters has been concealed by those
,f her friends who were questioned
oy the court of inquiry. Today 0
seacher in Che Bedford high school
made the following statement:
Sarah had a young man cores.
Jondent whose identity she carefully
kept a secret He began writing to
her shortly after her return from Elk
1art after the Christmas holidays and
lid not cease until few days before
her death She destroyed his letters
Us soon as she had read them. Every
lay at noon when SCHOOL was dis
missed for luncheon Sarah would hur
~ home in order that she might get
her letter. No doubt she wrote an
answer Immediately because often
he was late in returning to school
or the afternoon session.
A witness testified the Schaefer gir
had said on being asked the cause oi
tardiness that her correspondence
Kept her busy. Lillian Stout, another
witness before the board Of inquiry.
Identified a picture shown ner as that
If young man she had seen talking
10 Miss Sehaefer on the train when
10Th were returning to Bedford after
he Christmas holidays. Miss Stout
said the school teacher had referred
0 the young man as her friend,
,ut had not mentioned his name The
picture Is said to have been that Of
Frank Shellenberger, Of Flora, Ind,
Who met Miss Scaefer on the train
recording to his own story.
The Jail in this city is rickety
Did structure, condemned fifteen years
lgo The authorities are. therefore
yery careful what they do, hut it Is
practically admitted by them that they
nave information not made public and
something will soon develop. 1t Is
iecretIy admitted by officials but that
or the state of public feeling here
here would be an arrest on suspicion
The authorities will take no chances
When they do make an arrest they
'ay they expect to have sufficient
avidence to convict. and even then
he man will be placed behind stronger
walls than those of the Lawrence
county Jail
An expert says that the brick with
which the murder was committed +
l fire brick, which is very scarce In
this city II is not paving brick
as at first supposed Efforts are being
made to find ont who has used fire
brick In this city within the last
month or two.