The Marion daily mirror. (Marion, Ohio) 1892-1912, 1909-04-27
MAN UNDER ARREST
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his other shoes in the pockets Of his
overcoat. The nhe returned at II
ol.lock, carrying the workman's
shoes in his hands. He saturated
the overcoat, slouch hat, corduroy
trousers, all covered with mud, and
the other disguises, with kerosene
and burned them before the eyes of
the woman ana the daughter. Then
he threatened their lives IL they
breathed word of what they had
seen.
"He told them that they would
know all about his adventures in
the morning, according to Mrs. Mid
dlestetter's long confession, and
they did. 1t related to the brutal
murder of lite Mary Forschner,
who was sent by her mother TO the
corner grocery store about z o'clock
that night and who was found near
1 midnight, murdered in a stable three
blocks from her home. She had
been outraged and brutaily murdered.
I TAnd on the night of Jan. 81
last. so Mrs. Middlestetter says In
her testimony, Carr had young
eighteen-year-old Lizzie Fulhart in
her boarding house. He went away
with her just before mignight and
she was never seen alive after that
hour. This was on Sunday night.
! At 9 o'cldck the following night,
Carr came back and sent for Mrs.
Middlestetter to meet him out In the
dark. He wanted to know IL the
papers had contained anything inter-
esting that afternoon. She hadn't
seen anything startling, but he as
sured her she soon would and that
IL would Dturn the old town upside
down"
"He wanted her TO go with him to
an abandoned old mansion on Jstier-
son street, near the heart of the
business section OF Dayton. He had
the keys to the house, but she was
afraid and would not go. He came
back next day and she accompanied
him. There he pointed significantly
to the cistern in the back yard oi
the property, and told her 1t would
somo day tell its tale. On the fol
lowing Friday morning, two work
men found the dead body of Lizzie
Eulhart floating in the cistern, he
head covered with a gunnysal
which came from the Middlestette
home.
TTWhen he was arrested as sus
pect, having been seen with the gir
when he had no disguise on, Car
sent word to Mrs AIiddlestetter L
hide the big picture hat belongin
to the Fulhart girl, which she ha
left at the boarding house. Thi
> she promptly did by chucking 1t u
the chimney.
''The evidence of Mrs. Middlestei
ter is corroborated by numerou
witnesses, most of them roomers a
her house. Inasmuch as the print
s of the corduroy trousers furnishe
! the best clew in the hunt for tb
, murder OF the Forsehner girl, Mrs
Mlddlestetter came near getting hel
/, self in trouble when she hear
about the murder next morning.
o an unguarded moment she acted SUI
7 plciously, as if she knew somethir
n she did not tell, but she would 50
nothing when detectives visited he
She says Carr told her she wou
die exactly in the same manner an
on the very spot II she uttered
Y word against him.
y because of their utter failure
4 accomplish anything in their effor
d TO clear up the mysterious murde
n the police Of Dayton ridiculed Il
Il idea that Carr is guilty, but Tho
!: have none OF the evidence as yet.
Dayton. April 27-The local poll
q. persist In their refusal today to b
i lieve me story Of Mrs. Middlestette
4 as SET forth in the statement of Sta
le Fire Marshal Rogers, duplicating e
III mer Carr, now under arrest for arso
lt char ginE her with the murder of Il
ID Torshcler and Fulhart girls, but 81
TO the result OF disagreement betwe6
e. her AID Carr The flre marshal b
lg day said he was only pushing Il
arson charges but that murder evil