The Marion daily mirror. (Marion, Ohio) 1892-1912, 1909-04-28
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Columbus. This proved to be untrue,
for the woman was apprehended
some hours after Yates was lodged
in Jail. Yates was taken to Dayton
last evening for thorough grilling..
Prosecutor Jentz OF Montgomery,
county reached here and Mrs. Ballard
was put in the sweatbox for more
than an hour. The officials refused
to discuss developments further than
to say that the Ballard woman corro-
borated "to certain extent" the
testimony of Mrs. Middelstetter, Civ
en- to the state fire marshal. Mrs.
Ballard will be taken to Dayton to
appear before the grand jury in con-
nection with the charges against
Carr.
Yates repeatedly insisted he was
not in Dayton at the time the Full
hart murder was committed, but was
in Springfield, where he remained for
week after the body was discov-
cred He says he ramained there
during a period of six weeks with
the Ballard woman. He then spent
day in Dayton, he says, and came
from Springfield, with his woman
companion, to Columbus. While in
this city he has associated himself
with the Volunteers of America and
has posed as a man out of employ
ment and searching for work.
AFTER serving Ave years for burg
larry and larceny, Yates was released
from the Ohio pententiary last
August. Since that time he has been
spending his time in Springfield,
Dayton and Columbus He is said
to have been living with the Ballard
woman at the Middlestetter home in
Dayton at the time Carr is alleged
TO have attempted to set fire to the
place.
The testimony of the Mddlestctter
woman shows that Carr was arrested
last fall on charge Of arson in con-
nection with the burning of restau'
rant and a residence belonging to the
Middlestetters, for whom he worked,
Through the efforts of State Fire
Marshal Rogers and his deputies, o.
B. Hullinger and Harlan H. Hollen-
beck, additional evidence was discov-
cred against him. The arrest Of
Yates followed a conference here be-
tween the prosecuting attorney of
Montgomery county and the state
fire marshal.
Mrs. N1iddlesteter states that prior
to the time the Fors hner murder
is supposed to have been committed
young girl came to her home in
company with a man she now thinks
is the murderer. The police are try
ing to substantlate the clew ;ha
Yates may know all about this man.
Disturbed by what he says is the
lukewarmness of the Dayton police
officials in taking hold of the case
Fire Marshal Rogers said today:
"We will go forward, following up
the lead given by the testimony of
Mrs. Middlestetter, whether the
Dayton police try. TO block the inves-
tigatlon or not.
81 believe the deputy fire marshals
have woven about Carr one of the
strongest nets possible and we have
every reason TO believe the statement
of Mrs. Mlddlestetter The deputy
fire marshals we're investigating the
burning of Mrs. Middlestetter's prop
erty in Dayton and accidently ran
into this other evidence.
''We are willing to assist the Day
ton authorities in the case and will
follow all the clews we have tending
toward corroboration OF Mrs. Mid
dlestetter's story. But We can prose-
cute Carr for arson only, and 1t is
up TO the Dayton authorities to act
upon any evidence concerning the
killing OF the two Dayton girls.
''We are seeking confirmation of
indications we have that Carr has
time in the Mansfield reform
atory and in Sing Sing prison. We
have given TO the public all the ac-
tual evidence we have secured
against Carr, and win continue SO to
treat the Developments as they come
along"