South Bend news-times. (South Bend, Ind.) 1913-1938, 1913-09-25
Are Making Search of ROOming
Houses and Hotels for 10
Seph Ellis, Alleged Slayer of
Joseph SChlanSky.
TOOK ADVANTAGE OF
LIKENESS TO BROKEW
Father of BrokaW Claims Son
Has an Alibi-SOn Says He
Never Was in Louisville Nor
indianapolis.

INDIANAPOLIS Sept 25.-Work-
ing on the theory that Joseph Ellis.
who they say murdered Joseph
Schiansky. a merchant here Monday.
still is i'm Indianapolis the entire po-
lice force Wednesday night is search
ing rooming houses and hotels. hop
ing to find trace OF the man. \ room
ing house keeper late Wednesday no.
titled the police that man answering
the description OF the man wanted and
closely resembling the picture pub
lished, had applied at her home Tor
room.
Audra Baker Anderson. who be-
lieves Roy Anderson. whom she mar
ried last July is Ellis says that she
met the man here and at that time
was told he was a chauffeur. This the
police say. II Anderson and Ellis are
the same man. leads them 90 believe
that the robber made his headquar-
ters in Indianapolis.
Mrs. Anderson. who shot herself
when convinced that 10 was her hus-
band who had killed Schlansky. stll
is i'm a critical condition, physicians
said
Used Brokaw's Picture.
The rObber VINO has operated in
several cities took advantage of his
likeness To Fred Brokaw. under ar
rest at san Francisco. 10 hide. the de-
tectives believe. They say that IL is
barely possible that the merchant
robbed in Pittsburgh identified the
picture of Brokaw as the man who att
tackled him. when he really was a VIC
tim OF the man believed to be Ellis
The picture Of Brokaw also was
identified as Maurice Raft Of Louis
Vile, as the man who robbed him last
Saturday and by sons OF Schlansky
and a pawnbroker here 90 whom
Raff's wat1h was pledged for few
dollars
The fact that an excellent descrip-
ton of the Schlansky murderer has
been sent broadcast without results
causes the police 10 believe the man
is in this city
CLAIMS AN ALIBL
TACOMA. Wash. Sept. 25.-E. A
Brokaw. father OF Fred BrOkaw. told
the police Wednesday that an absolute
alibi could be offered in defense OF the
young TacOman whose name is
strangely entangled with q murder i'm
Indianapolis and "A robbery IN Pitts
burgh. Mr.. Br0kaw said Fred was in
Tacoma Sept. / and left shortly after
for san Francisco. writing from Port
land and San Francisco. Mr.. BrOkaW
admitted. however. that the photo
graph ia the police circular is that or
bis son.
lit is the height OF righteousness to
connect Fred with these crimes said
Mr. BrOkaw. Evidently some of his
companions have taken Fred's photo
graph and name and have worked a
game on him. j have received stories
of this before
DOESN'T KNOW FILLS.
SAN FRANCISCO. Sept. 25-Brokaw
declared Wednesday that ne would
fight eNtraditfon He gave his name
as Fred Harold Brokaw. - years old.
son Of Hosmer BrOkaW now OF Ta-
coma lie denied that he had ever
been IN Louisville or Indianapolis and
gave a complete account OF ms move
ments backed mp hy receipts from
o--erv hotel in which ne had ever
IN portrait sent out in the Pitts
burgh circular he identified most pos
itiVelv as that OF himself I'm Pitts
burgh he was arrested for obtaining
money under false pretenses but the
case was compromised. Later he was
sent TO the WOrkhOuSe for vagrancy
and IL was then the picture shown IN
the circular was taken.
The prisoner advanced the theory
that Ellis saw the Pittsburgh clrcu-
lar. noticed that he resembled the
photograph and forthwith took the
name BrokaW. He said he did not
know Ellis
vTNCENNES. Ind. Sept. 25-Jo-
seph Ellis. who Is believed 90 De- the
man who killed Joseph Schlansky. 40
indianapolis Monday. is thought to
have been here Tuesday. a man am
swering the description Of the muir
derer called et the home Of 1irs. q. j..
Hanev late Tuesday afternoon and
asked for food. He was invited iuto
the house and given "a meal The de-
scriDtIou Of the murderer. AIRS. IfaneT
saws. tallies exactly with that of the
slayer The man told Mrs. Hauer
that hc was on his way to Springfield.
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