The Detroit times., 1909-12-11

Becker No. l65 Harrison-ave., another
aunt OF the dead girl. The two wo
men fell into each others arms and
the scene brought tears 10 the eyes
of onlookers. Kind neighbors gave
what comfort they could To the sor-
rowing mother and consented To look
after the younger children while she
went to the county morgue. She was
still weeping when she entered the
coroner's once. She was not permit.
ted 10 see the body at once.
An examination Of the body by Cor
oner Burgess and County Physician
Grimes at the morgue showed beyond
all doubt that the child had been out
ragged. The indications were that she
had been slowly strangled or smother.
cd To death. Marks about the face
would tend TO indicate that the fend
had held his hand over the girls
mouth and nose and thus prevented
her from breathing.
Saw Man skuIkinq Near Scene.
Mrs Krause. wife OF PatroIman
George &. Krause, No, PA Fourth-ave..
corner OF Jonesst., says that she saw
man hanging around the corner be-
tween q and o'clock Friday even
ing. Her attention was called TO the
fellow by the barking of her dog a.
the stranger walked up and down
Jones.st.. along the side Of the Krause
home. The Whitman yard Is just to
the rear of the Krause home, and
across the alley.
Mrs. Krause describes the man rs
being fairly well dressed in a dark
lon nv no nj a
overcoat He weighed about 1T5
pounds. was about ) feet inches tall
and had bushy dark mustache.
4 man answering the same descrip-
ton was seen in the neighborhood be-
tween and o'clock by another Cit
zen. who notified the police. but no
Officer came to investigate.
Speaking between sobs. Mrs. Brown
told In the coroners Office OF the last
time she saw her daughter alive.
Helen complained OF feeling sick
and weak Friday morning" she said.
so, when | went to work, leaving her
TO take care OF the younger children,
I gave her a dollar and told her To
get good dinner. She told mo she
was going over TO Mrs. Palmers IN
the afternoon, and didn't mind. Mrs.
Palmer was making her some clothes
for her first communion and Helen
could hardly wait until they were
done
Mrs. Brown had intended placing
Helen in st. Nincents orphan asylum,
next Monday. Two other children,
Florence and Kathleen, are already IN
the institution. At home, besides Hell
en-. were Margaret, Bernice and Don
aid. Helen attended the wilkins
school.
Mother Passed Close to Scene.
Mrs Brown returned from work
about 6 o'clock. and ON her way TO
the famly's humble living apartments
on the second floor OF the house at
No. 27t Third-st., passed within half
a block Of the carriage yard, whore
perhaps. even at that moment-for
the murder IL supposed to have taken
place somewhere around . O'CLOCK
the struggle that resulted In her
daughters death was in progress. The
post-mortem showed that the child
had been dead several hours. The
body was frozen.
News that Helen was dead came TO
Mrs Brown from one OF the younger
girls, VINO teiepnOneu 10 tH' tHcdtS'
where Mrs Brown was AT work. she
I did not believe IL at first.
II thought they were fooling me,
sobbed the poor woman. "Oh. Ia they
only had been
Mrs. Anna Willis, No. 2l0 Fourth
ave. ssays that she passed the alley
adjoining the carriage company's Of
fice about 6: 80 O'Clock and saw man
answering the general description of
the one seen by Mrs. krause. He was
lettering about the entrance To the
alley and she came upon him so sud
denly that she was given quite scare
An excited youth giving his name
as Willie Howard rushed into the cor
oners Office during the forenoon and
declared he had seen man with
little girl the night before last. The
man, he said. had smooth face ana
Smooth eyes" The coroner chased
Willie out. and he was later picked mp
by Patrolman Lester Potter on sus-
picion. He was not detained, how
ever
The body of the girl will be removed
late Saturday afternoon TO the nome
of her grandmother. Mrs. Margaret
Brown, No. 29I Selden-ave. The moth
or has not seen the remains as yet