Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1911-10-19
Does Hardy Crime Haze Any
Connection, With Others?
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also the case in the triple Hardy muir
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Appeal to Chicago Police.
Upon the appeal to the Chicago po-
lice to assist in running down the muir
de.rer. who Is believed to have been the
same in the last three cases on rec
ord. and because of fears that on the
night of Oct. 20 the country will be
shocked by some other terrible crime
Of similar nature. the Record Her
aid Of Wednesday reviews the murders
Of recent weeks in the following:
Frantic appeals by the authorities
Of three cities were made to the Chi
cago police last night to assist in the
capture of maniac who within the
toll Of fourteen lives.
The mysterious trail Of death began
in Colorado Springs Sept. II. From
there It led to Monmouth. Ill, on Oct.
1. and last Sunday night the murderer
visited the town Of Ellsworth. Kan.
satisfied his craving for human lives.
and disappeared. IS. ~
Kills Two Wsstss Apart.
THE murders weresall committed on
Sunday night. and two weeks apart
October 20. II the murderer maintains
his schedule, will witnes repetition
Of the murders and the police in the
central and western cities have been
notified to keep . strict watch for the
criminal.
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Sept. II, Colorado Springs-Mrs. A.
]. Burnham and two children and ]. c.
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murdered in theirs homes. their skulls
crushed by blunt instrument
Oct I. Monmouth, Ill.-W. f. Daw-
son, wife and 13.year-old daughter
Clara. The Dawson family were muir
dered in the house az they slept. Their
skulls were crushed. as tho an AK or
lead pipe had been the instrument of
death.
''Oct. Is. Ellsworth, Kan. WIN
Snowman, wife and three children,
Lester. aged Z: Fern, aged 4, and Fen
ton, aged 9 They were all murdered
in bed and as in the previous crimes
their skulls were crushed by a blunt
weapon.
mot clew has been obtained by the
police of the three cities the maniac
visited The similarity of the crimes.
their accomplishment on Sunday night
and the two weeks intervening between
each murderous. visit, alone give the
authorizes tangible working basis
for solving the mystery.
Find Bloody Gas Pipe.
"a bloody gas pipe and small flash
light were found yesterday near the
scene Of the Dawson murder In Mon
mouth. An inscription on the search
light read Colorado Springs, Sept. A.
This date may mark the time Of a
crime as yet undiscovered, as It is two
weeks prior to the first known mar
der by the maniac in Colorado Springs
! on Sept II.
1T Is believed the man is insane and
that ne may have escaped recently
from an asylum. It is thought that the
peculiar method OF killing his victims.
the choice Of the Sabbath as the time
and the solemn hour Of midnight may
bear directly upon the original cause
Of the mans Incarceration in an asy-
lum.
Insane asylums In the central and
western part Of the country have been
notified and descriptions Of all escaped
the police Of all cities. towns and VII
lagos.
Fear Crime on Oct. 20.
Sunday night. Oct. 90, especially
will be watch night. as the regular
chain OF the maniae's killings would
lead him to commit on that night an
other Of his dark deeds.
'SThe Burnhum and Wayne families
slain in Colorado Springs were not
known to have any enemies, nor have
the police been able to form any sort
Of reasonable theory TOR tbs com.
mission Of the crime.
The same conditions exists in Mon
mouth. where tho police and private
detectives. after more than two weeks
Investigation, admit their failure to
find trace Of the guilty person.
Now the scene has shifted to the
town of Ellsworth. The state Of Kan
sas has had no such mystery since
the days when. the Bender gang lured
its victims 70. their roadside home
crushed their skulls and hid their