The Detroit times. [volume] (Detroit, Mich.) 1903-1920, 1909-12-14
$1,000 REWARD ron
HELEN BROWNS
MURDERER
County Auditors Make Offer at Re
quest of Police and Prosecutor
Search Made for Slayer at
Victims Bier.
Officer Watches Those Attending
obsequies, Hoping Curiosity Might
Attract Fiend-Boy Faints.

A reward OF 81 900 for Information
leading TO the arrest and conviction
OF the slayer OF 13-year-oId Helen
Brown, whose body was found In the
whitman Carriage Co.'S yard Saturday
morning, was offered by the county au.
ditors Tuesday, at the request Of
Prosecutor Van Zile and Cher OF De-
tectiyes Mcdonnell.
While Helen's funeral was I'm pro
gress in st. Mary,s church Tuesday
morning, Patrolman Lester Potter kent
vigil at the church door lest, per.
chance, the slayer OF the little girl
might venture near. drawn by curios-
lily. His vigilance was unrewarded.
however, and the search for the MUIR
derer OF the child whose body now lies
at rest In Mt. Elliott cemetery is being
prosecuted with more vigor than ever.
A pathetic scene marked the clos
Ing or the small. white, fower.laden
casket In Fred G.. Marshall's under
taking rooms on Beaubien-st., at $3.50
O'Clock. Weeping silently, the bereav-
ed mother. heavily yelled, stood at the
head OF the bier. looking down on the
pale. cold face, which still bore the
marks of her assailants powerful
hands. When the time came for the
last farewells. she fell upon the silent
form and covered the bruised cheeks
with kisses. The aunt, Mrs. Eliza
beth Becker. was also deeply affected
as she bestowed a parting kiss on
the brow OF the little victim.
lleien's little sisters. Margaret and
Florine. from st. Vincent's orphan
asylum, had TO be lifted up Tor a
glimpse of their dead sister, and they
likewise kissed the lifeless cheeks.
The Rev. FIR. Charles Wilhelm OFF,
ciated at the mass in ST. Mary's Cath
Ollie church. Aside from the parents,
the mourners included only a small
knot Of friends. One of the youthful
pallbaarers. Laurence Archam5eau,
No. 3SS Michigan-ave.. tainted during
the service and had TO be carried out.
! The other pallbearers, all young
friends Of the deceased. we're: WIZ
! fred Holmes. No. GA Jonsts~tyfmAfSWsio7
&c hringer No. la Fifth:st: John
Bierlein, No 62 Clinton-st.: George Be-
neatte. No. 304 Mitchell-ave., aud
Louis Hoffman,, No. 92G Garfieii-
ave.
The choir which assisted in the
mass. was also composed of boys and
girls
Among the floral tokens was 4 bou-
quet from Hclcns teacher In the VII
kins school and her classmates in the
B-fifth class.
AS an indication of the anxiety OF
the Detroij police department to catch
the slayer OF little Helen Brown. the
following general order was issued
Monday afternoon BY superintendent
Downey. and sent TO every police sta
ton in the city:
The murder OF Helen Brown. ,on the
night of Dec TO- was so atrocious and
So revolving I'm its character ti.at 1t
has aroused the indignation of che en-.
tire populace OF this city Therefore,
you will instruct every officer under
your command to use the utmost viyi-
lance TO apprehend the guilty person"
II has been many years since such
personal appeal 20 the men has been
issued by the police department He
adds thar he wants every man TO con-
stitute himself n special detective on
the Brown case. and spare no effort In
running down clues. But the urgent
request is lot necessary. Every man
on the force is already trying To solve
the mystery.
Glenn c. FirestOne and James Hag-
gerty, who were held for while as
; suspects. lave been released. At pres
ent. no one suspected of the crime is
in CUSTODY
Detectives have been assigned to
visit the different women who Lave
been assaulted by men within the last
few months There has been NJ epi
demic OF such cases. but there have
been several scattered instances