The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1911-09-10
WHEN INDIGNATION
FAIRLY B0|LS
Nude Body Of seven-Year-old Girl
Found In Lake After
Search Of Four
Days.
WHOLE CITY AROUSED
Most Dastardly Crime at Madison
Has Created tho 0restest Ex-
element Among tho
Citizens.

IGate City Leased Wire Service.1
MADISON, Wis, Sept. 9.--With the
finding today of the body of Annie
Lemberger, 7, nude and floating in the
lake, indignation at the kidnapping and
death of the little girl whose disap-
pearance has for four days kept Madi-
son in ferment, is tonight at fever
heat. A fund of $1,000 was raised to
capture the child's slayer. Though
detectives today worked more dill
gently than ever, following the find
ing of the body floating in Lake Mon
ona, no clue has been discovered and
the case tonight is enveloped in mys-
terry.
Wednesday morning when the
Lemberger children were called to
breakfast, Annie did not respond.
When she continued absent her
parents searched the neighbor-
hood. Then the police were
notified A search of the
house showed the bed in which she
had been sleeping was empty, the
child's clothing on a chair beside 1t
and window broken open. Since
the screen had been removed, the
1 police believe the work was done
from the outside.
After two days of futile searching
bloodhounds were put on the trail
They led the way to Lake Monons
after single scent in the bedroom
They went to the lake shore ans
stopped No further trace was fount
until today when the girls body was
found.
The preliminary investigation wal
made today. 1t was determined tina
the girl had not been drowned am
that assault was not the motive TO
the crime; that her body had beel
in the water for at least three day
, and that discoloration about he
throat may have indicated she wa
strangled to death. The coroner
: jury will resume Monday and will Ell
: deavor to find whether the child wa
strangled before she was cast int
e the lake.
Beyond these few facts and the al
n ditional one that the child's nigh
gown was stripped from her bod
, after she left her home, the detective
are at a loss. 1t must be case {
e revenge, they assert, but they hav
l. failed to find the slightest trace
It any enemy of the family of Marti
q Lemberger.
!, ycn
1t mother, heartbroken, sobbed:
s. "Why did they do it? Why did the
1t kill my little Annie? Why did the
~ do it?"
is Asked if she knew of any rease
y why any one should kill the child,
le any enemy of herself or her husban
the woman silently shook her head
lie ONLY one other theory Is tenabl
SO far as the police can see. tt
I'd Lemberger home is in the heart
n. the Italian district. The police h
of lieye the girl may have been carrie
n away and killed by mistake-the "
tim of blackhand threat AS yet ]
facts have been produced to suppo
this theory,
The fund for the capture OF &
II murderer or murderers was start
this afternoon by thhe mayor, WI
to subscribed $1,000. In a short tir
$500 had been added. Attracted
the reward offered operatives frc
the Chicago offices of the Hur
agency arrived tonight to assist
Ii the search for the child's slayer.
Is, Tonight the indignation OF the p'
or. ple here at the brutality of t
ts- child's death became SO intense tt
open threats of violence were ma
on should the murderer be captured.
rs Careful search about the premi'
M has added to the mystery OF the ca
er, No marks of automobile whee
he horses or even human footprints CO..
ac- be found about the window nor in
all vicinity of the Lemberger home. !
OF detectives discovered that even
OF Scotch terrier watch dog which
ct, usually alert at every sound, was
lows