The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1909-11-18
GANG STAYS GIRL
IN VACANT HOUSE
Milwaukee Police Hunting for
The Men Who Made That
Place Headquarters.
WAS MOST BRUTAL MURDER
NEAR TROY, N. ", is SUSPECT.
ED OF BEING THE ACT OF WIS.,
CONSlN MURpERERS.

Milwaukee. Wis, Nov. 1S.-Fighting
as desperate battle for her honor as
ever woman waged, Hattie linda.
IA years old, was strangled to death in
an abandoned office in Humboldt bou-
levard, near Commerce street, last
Friday night. The body Of the CIR!
was found yesterday.
The whole neighborhood was arous-
ed over the crime and little groups of
men and women determined on ven
geance gathered soon after the news
had become general.
The girl was dragged into the office
and held against her will by the men.
who had made the office their head
quarters for over week. Empty
beer bottles and other evidences of the
occupancy of the office by band of
hoodlums have been gathered by the
police.
The men directly implicated in the
murder are supposed to have taken u
train to Chicago and kilograms have
been sent to Capt Wood, chief of the
Chicago detectives, asking him to ar
rest them. His task is made difficult
however, as the s.ayers have had time
to get far away.
Second Victim in East?
A telegram was received here yes
terday afternoon from the chief of po-
lice at Troy. n. Y. to the effect that
the police there are searching for the
murderer Of a young woman whose
body was discovered this afternoon
on the banHs OF the Hudson river in
Green Island, suburb of Troy. The
body was that Of Miss Caroline d.
Gorgen. 20 years of age.
Chief of Police Jansen said last night
that while he did not know that there
was any connection between the two
murders. he was working in conjunc-
ton with the police of Troy on the the
DRY that the men who killed the linda
girl may have committed second
crime at Troy.
Hattie linda is +, cousin of the Rev
Father linda of st Hedgwick parish
The people of this parish are aroused
to fever heat. The Rev. Francis
Czerwinski assistant rector of the par
ish. said tonight that if the assailants
of the linda girl were captured that
alive.
Priest Aids in Search.
Father linda himself. was working
with the police in an effort to obtain
some trace of the murderers The
parish house is within a few blocks of
the office in which the tragedy occur
red. ST. Casimirs parish is on the
>tl ,rsI &C <E> t1,
bers of this church are as much excit-
ed over the murder as are those of the
neighboring parish.
The body of the linda girl was dis
covered by Detective John Shenar.
who was walking along Humboldt bou-
levard and saw a piece of ribbon lying
on the sidewalk in front of the de-
serted office. Forcing his way inside
he found the mutilated body in sit
ting posture on the floor between two
desks.
Chief Jansen FASTENED to the scene
He was accompanied by Secretary
Robert Haukohl. police department.
and Detective Thompson Mulholland.
A thorough inspection was made. The
body of the girl was removed to the
morgue. where post norton examina-
ton was held.
The examination. which was per-
formed by DR.. H. E. Bradley and DR.
Wilhelm Becker. confirmed the gen.
eral theory that two or more men We're
implicated in the crime. That the girl
was strangled was made certain; alsn
that she had been dead since Friday
night
Scarf Used in strangtine Girl.
The strangling was accomplished
first with the hand, then with a scarf
Deep finger prints were found on the
neck and breast. The scarf had been
tightly tied to make sure of death. and
had become loosened in the girls death
struggles.
From all appearances the crime was
the work of two men. Every trace
shows how plainly the men tortured
their victim. 1t was evident that she
resisted to the utmost. The scant
furniture in the room was knocked to
pieces and the dust covered floor was
marked by trails where the girls body
was dragged about.