The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1906-05-06
Mystery of the Falls Hotel
Murder Seems Close to
Solution.
Three Men in the Robbery
Which Led to Tragedy,
Instead of Two.
Woman's Discoveries Fur
nish a Lead to the Identity
= = Of the Men.
~ HARLES o. BADER IS murderers
will be brought to Justice.

~ HARLEs; o. BADER's murderers
q will be brought to justice.
Such at least is the present
prospect, made possible by the work Of
William Baxter of the Baxter Detec-
tive agency. who claims to have the
names and full description of the men
responsible for the violent death of the
Falls hotel proprietor, the night of
Dec. 90. 1905.
So direct and So positive is the clue
to the identity of the murderers, that
there seems little doubt of their ulti-
mate arrest and conviction, and one Of
the most talked-of murder mysteries of
Minneapolis seems near solution.
Three men were engaged in the mpr-
der and robbery, instead of two, as was
at first supposed. The third man. who
was stationed outside of the hotel as a
lookout, is in small town not far
from Minneapolis, and his first move
will result in his arrest. When he is ar.
rested. 1t Is believed he can be forced
to tell much that vii throw light on the
murder.
The Three Criminals.
According to the new clue, the three
men implicated in the crime of Dec. %
are OF German descent. They are not
members of any local gjGof criminals
and are not known to have any GRIM
NAL record here. They came here three
weeks prior to the commission of the
tserime and engaged rooms in a Wash
lngton avenue rooming house. Dnring
/ the period preceding the Bader mi der
| they slept daytimes and were, roas aag
around nights, never getting n us.tsI 5
clock in the mors.ing. They kept on
their dresser two large loaded revolvers
like those used in the hold-up and mur-S
der, and took especially good care OF
them. IL .5s-- sz...
+ On the night ofsthe murder the TIRES
men were absent from their room. They
did not return until nearly l clock
Sunday morning, and after they didA
arrive did not leave even for their meals
until the Tuesday afternoon following.
Then two of them went out for only a
few minutes and returned with edibIes
in paper sack.
| Woman in the Case.
Tuesday afternoon the woman propri-
etor of the place where the men lived
visited their apartments and, in discuss
ing the murder, said that if she did not
know them she would suspect them of
having had something to 10 with the
crime. They laughed at her and
changed the subject of the converse.
ton. ~ -..
| The next morning two of the men had
left. When the woman visited the re-
naming member Of the trio she asked
him what had become of his pals, and
suggested that 1t was queer that they
should have left him without money.
He replied that his comrades had left
on business and that he had plenty
Of money.
'Then suspect more than ever that
you had something to do with the MUIR
der of Bader,' exclaimed the woman.
| Third Flees the House.
That night the third and last mem.
Der OF the trio left. He did not take
anything with him, not even his over.
coat, altho it was cold winter weather.
The mems trunk was left packed and
altho the third member had told the wo.
man that his friends would send for il
no word of their whereabouts and no
claim for the trunk has since come to
her.
This trunk and the other possessions
Of the suspected men have been care
fully examined by the detectives. In
them have been found several things
tending to prove the guilt of the own
ers. There were three copies of The
Minneapolis Journal of the three DAYS
following the Bader murder. folded
with the accounts of the tragedy and
the arrest of suspects outside. These
articles were marked. There were the
red handkerchiefs corresponding to
those worn by the bandits who killed
Bader. There were clothes correspond.
ing to those worn by the murderers,
and there was one revolver in the
trunk, the other two evidently having
been taken by the men who left SO
hurriedly.
Streetcar Glue.
Two Minnehaha transfers were found
in the trunk that were punched al
First avenue for 1880 pm. Dec. 23
From this the detective has reasoned
that after the murder at clock Sat.
urday night, the murderers went into