The Cairo bulletin., 1913-10-01
SEEK SLAYER OF
MRS. REXROAT IN
CITY Of CHICAGO
Dance Teachers Murderer is Traced
From Scene of Tragedy to
Aurora, Illinois.
DETECTIVES CONDUCTING
WIDE SEARCH FOR MAN

The search of the mysterious
Spencer" wanted for the murder OF
Mrs Mildred Allison -ReXroat, whose
mangled body with bullet in it was
found Friday night on the tracks OF
: the Elain, Joliet & Eastern Railway
+ Inc near Wayne, has now centered
in Chicago
In c. A. Goodwin Of Wheaton the
police have found q second eye-wit-
= ness to the hwing of Mrs. Alison
Rexroat to her death, Goodwin sat
in the seat IN front Of the woman
and Spencer on the fatal night
He has told Of the conversation that
he heard passing between the two
lIo heard spencer telling Of his
independent income OF his pros
perty', of his Indifference to jew
elry." and he heard Spencer" Of
fering guesses as to the weight and
value Of the diamond that the vic
tim was wearing. Goodwin heard
the woman say: 81 wish had all
the money that is tied up in this
line.
The detectives know that Spen-
Ger" was in Wheaton as late as twt
O'Clock in the afternoon of Saturday
the day after the murder. They
know that he left Wheaton at
O'Clock Saturday. And they have
the strongest reasons to believe that
he came from Aurora to Chicago OF
a Burlington train, either freight o.
passenger.
Hair Gives CleW
In the Burlington yards near SIX
teenth and Halsted streta Monday
afternoon was found a switch Of wo
mans hair 1t was hair almost ex-
actly matching the natural hair ot
the dead woman When this switch
was shown Mrs. victor ! Johnston
with whom Mrs. Rexroat had lived
Mrs. Johrston gasped and eXclaim-
ed:
Why, that is Mildred's switchl
It's the switch she put in her sui
csea she took with her to Wheaton
/ have seen it many times. have
had it in my hands, and | can identi
fly ii absolutely. | know Just how
Mildreds switch was bound together
just how heavy it was ana how long
! 1t is impossible that | should be mis-
taken.
The finding of the switch is th,
newest and strongest clew that Sher
iF Kuhn has obtained Combine.
with the latest revelations concern
ing the movements og1 the mat
known only as Spencer, Sherif
Kuhn says the switch promises tt
throw him at once upon the riehf
trail
The theory now is that "sper.
Ger" hid himself somewhere il
Wheaton from the time of the trag
. edy until early in the afternoon
that he undertook to get away; tha
he road on the electric line to Auro
ra; that he changed at Aurora t
the Burlington; that he came L
p Chicago, and that as he entered thu
i city he threw away the switch, tn,
last item Of physical evidence tha
, could have been found on his person
p unless il was the jewelry fut
= which he is believed to have com
b mittod the crime
/ Spencer is Traced
{ Armed with a perfect descrintiol
of Spencer a description complet
from his manner Of dress to his man
ner Of speech, and his peculiar man
ner of glance, Sheriff Kuhn went t,
the ticket agent OF the electric lin
at Wheaton. There he learned thes
' facts:
A man answering perfectly thu
description of Spencer" stepped nj
to the ticket window at Wheaton a
4 , o'clock Saturday afternoon an,
asked for ticket to Elgin. lie wa
y Informed that no car would leav,
d for Elgin until 4 O'Clock.
5 What's that car waiting for GU
o here now?" asked Spencer"
o "That goes to Aurora, then,
@ Spencer" asked.
o Sheriff Kuhn was elated when h,
h learned of these incidents. becaus
hes already had the switch and tn
e identification of it.
e 1t means. he said that on Sat
It urday Spence" ---or whatever hi
I real name may became to Chicag,
.1land that h. bad With hin.- ltlaaG.
Which would connect him With tn