The Detroit times., 1909-12-31
||ImURDERs IN
.Tn0|TUMsOLvED
- Brown Case One Of Long List
-pf xysteries- Staying Of Four
Policemen Unavenged.

Murder will out" says the old
kim. but. like every good rule. II
- IT, exceptions. and Detroit has It's
knre OF unsolved murder mysteries.
51lch were increased by the recent
)rutal Staying OF little Helen Brown
Not trace Of her murderer have
- police been able 20 find. Chief u
(sctives Mcdonnell. after sending
o. his men on frantic hunts for any
a clue which might be foun".
Nv gives up the crime with the
rds. 1T is hopeless"
Perhaps a death-bed confession may
ar up the murder. That OCCASION
Nv happens. But the type OF degen-
ute who murdered the little girl, Is
1rdly the sort TO make death-bed
nfession.
a One of the oldest mysteries, which
&rosent-day members OF the force re-
nomber. was the murder OF Don Ever.
y @. A. r. man from Port Huron.
ound dead in an alley near the Mich
IAN Central depot, with bullet
trough his heart.
Ever, a sporting man. was well
faown around Detroit. He was known
N carry large sums OF money In a
1olt around his waist. He was on
~ way to the depot one night when
overal citizens and some police offi-
&ors heard number OF revolver shots
Running 10 investigate they found
~ body OF Ever. His money was
one: there wasn't sign OF the assass-
and no trace of the murderer or
16rderers has ever vet been found.
knother crime OF the long ago.
NIeh still remains a mystery. was
~ murder of Cornelius Allies. a drug
vrk I'm w. H. Pritties drug store,
fbley-st and Cass-ave, in September,
80S. Ailes was found dying on the
&1dewalk. near the door OF the 'Tri-
nngle" drug store, as IL was then
Known. A. number OF persons had
heard the shooting. Some declared
That man had driven rapidly away
M hack.
n Cher of Detectives Mcdonnell says
khnt he has always held lurking suS-
|Dicipn as TO the identity Of Allies
MAYER, but he never learned anything
51efnite about the case.
The Chauvin murder in Hamtramck
ID sfill fresh in the minds of many
Detr0iters.
Rfchxrd .Chanvfn, a hermit, reported
NJ hxve large sums OF money hidden
a. N miserable shack. WIS found one
norninE.: about ~ years ago. hacked
no pieces with an-ax. The interior or
NE hoase. -was -splattered with blood.
|1estifying TO desperate struggle. A
|certain known crook was suspected OF
the crime, but while the police were
hooking for him. on general. Suspicion,
be left town. A few weeks later the
Ipolice received word that he had been
KILLED by train in Ohio. Chief Nc
Donnell believes that the secret OF The
ChAuvin murder died with this man.
Murders OF four police officers have
n0ne down into the annals OF crime as
Mysteries. In some, the police have
hold strong suspicious as to the STAY
Eers: trials have resulted in some OF
the cases. but no one has been pun.
1ohed for the crimes.
Patrolman George Kimball was shea
md killed while on duty, Nov. s. 1883.
IIis slayer left no clue. but the detec-
hives searched for Billy Common a
'6esperate crook, who was operating
|nt that time. Common left town the
night OF the Kimbail murder. He
was later shot and killed in court
room in Covington, KY. while attempt
x ng to shoot an officer.
Jack Daley's murder. in the rear
Tor Michigan-ave. jewelry store.
\ Nov. z. 1904. has never been
~.
lack and Floyd. were arrested on the
Scharge. and evidence against them
MAS strong enough to obtain Floyd's
conviction on his first trial The case
developed into feud between the de-
'fectives and the uniformed men, with
the former fighting for acquittal OF the
pair. and the patrolmen seeking a con-
siction. Zach Harper was finally ac-
ouitted. and Floyd. on second trial.
was also acquitted.
The murder of Patrolman Albert w
Thayer was another unpublished
crime. The police suspected two
crooks named Bill Johnson and Lahe
OF perpetrating the crime. but Meth
err OF the men has ever been seen
since.
Patrolman- George Wilson. shot
Through the forehead while attempting
10 arrest an Italian. member OF a
\ rowdy gang which had attacked n
4 woman IN a resort. is another martyr
whose death has gone unavenged.
Chief Mcdonnell says that he has
( the names or all seven Italians who
were in the gang that night. and that
/. he had under arrest. one man who
& nred shot, but that he could not
get SUFFICIENT evidence to warrant a
trial. ,4r
Daniel walser. proprietor OF little