The Cairo bulletin., 1904-05-17
B EDFORD CASE
NOW ON TRIAL
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ANA time again
Shc can ten no more now. She win
be one Of tho most important wit,
pcsses called On at the trial, hut she
says She can come no nearer solving
the question Of who killed her frient
now Than she could at the time Of the
murder
The murder of Sarah G. Schaler
was the most brutal that has ever
I been known in the criminal annals #
! Indiana, She was the teacher of Lat
in in the Bedford high school On the
morning OF January p, she was found
dead in the cab shed OF w J. Cook
/ IN an alley between l. and NJ streets.
rear Fourteenth street
Sarah Shafer had been in Bedforc
emily since September, when school
! began. She secured the position in
the Bedford schools through the in,
4 thence Of :. u. Lowe. president Of
/ the school board, He had another
woman in view for the position Of
Latin teacher ana had practically em.
ployed her At the last moment, how.
ever she decided to accept a posi-.
ton In another place and Mr.. Lowe
was able to secure the services OF
Miss Shafer on the recommendation
Of The state school authorities. Her
acceptance Of the situation tea her g
her doom.
She came TO Bedford unknown. Shc
Kept no company She was popular
with all with whom she came into
contact ana was loved by her pupils
On the evening Of the murder she
left her boarding house and started
to her room three squares distant, On
The way she had to pass the alley
where she was killed She walked q
short distance with Capt ], G. Alex
ander. The night was dark an(
stormy Rain poured in torrents
| Capt. Alexander was overtaken b,
the young teacher shortly after sht
: had left the boarding house. She wa.
inging ana talked jocularly wnei
he overlook him Al the next sta
ion she left him ana continued o.
ler way lie turned down anothe
treet. That was the last time sh
Aa5 ever seen alive.
Miss Shater left her boarding hous
: It ESQ O'clock The murder wa
. committed some time within the uaz
% minutes, The food she had cate
i It dinner was not digestcd ii any d,
! gree.
q The next morning when Capt. Goo
+ Een. to his cab shed he found nt
il holy stretched under the cab. r.,
q storm Of the night hal dashed MI
h uycr her clothing. anl blood III
n. soaked every garment Three hol
n Il her head inflicted by blow fro
Dr. some blunt instrument told the sto
e. If the cause Of her death
Il. Trained sleuths from all of Il
n leading detective forces In the cou
IL try were brought into the ease J
d elew could be secured. Theory aft
~ theory was worked upon, only to ei
iii IN the detectives being bafIel r.
Nv city and county offered large rewar,
4 Men were arrested In several 81
az rounding cities as suspects. No
could be connected with the crime
n. On the evening Of the murder 50
ID. tral persons saw a tall man with
.ay long oyerc0at and a black SLOUGH
nd over his eyes standing across t
40 street from the boarding house wins
gn Miss Shafer took her meals, He "
in suspected. and every effort was ma
Il to trace him, but he was never
ny Gated
Az A Clinton man was hunted dow
an Il was found that he had gone to b
on ford the night Of the murder and b
-. left on an early morning train wi
ee. CA, paying his bill at the hotel 7
IRE clew however, like the others
civ pished no results, ana nothing ca
Tho of IT,
70, After weeks of unsuccessful r
ming down of false cIews, Detect
the Reed decided that the motive Of
ma murder was assault and that "
ave Shafer hal lost her life in a terri
is battle in defense Of her nonor.
9TH. ing upon this theory, he placed
nee tectiyes in the different camps
his quarrymen AMI among the lo~ly I
ION pie of Bedford Through differ
re- statements made by James MELON
.ers al different times in discussing
case suspicion began to point TO
lies and he was arrested. He was a I
&c, wagon driver
ner Excitement was high In Bedi
ates when il was learned that an ar
ED Eas imminent. Lynching was FRI
rial talked Of The Bedford Jail was
j 20 safe Mcdonald was arrested at
the O'Clock at night and was taken to
lays JefiersanWlle reiormatory on
al early train the next morning for
To Keeping.
e Il Shortly afterward. however. he
taken TO Bloomington. where he
since been incarcerated.