The Cairo bulletin. (Cairo, Ill.) 1???-1928, 1913-01-02
|ONYX SET RING
IS LATEST eI[W
IN L0CUE CASE
Bears Names of Woman and il
Found in Murdered Brokers' j
Papers. s....sI "A
POLICE SEEK THE WOMAN
Discovery Gives Added Impetus in
Hunt for Mcvicker Build
ing Slayers.
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Chicago, Jan. L. Another wom-
an and an onyx ring added tlewE to
the mysteries Of the murder of Jos
eph III. Logue yesterday.
The ring found in Logue's safe in
the diamond shop where he wns
slain. bore q tag with the name
MRS. Moore"
The police sci out to find MRS.
Moore" and learn from her the story
of the ring and all that she might
know Of Logue.
Detectives Cooney and Farreliy OF
the city bureau found the ring while
rummaging through papers which
had been overlooked when the. Off
cial inventory Of the diamond shop
was taken.
Every police captain in the city
was instructed to take an active part
In the case at conference held by
Chief McWeeny. The chief suggest
| ed that the captains scour their dis
tricts for suspicious characters.
watch for attempts to dispose OF dia-
monds and keep watch on pawn
shops
Build New Theory Of Crime.
4 Tho police built i rifw fRseers' 'ofs
the murder. with the assumption
that the eriinc was committed py
lyoung eangsters. probably three IN
humber.
Two more bits of fact had been
added to the evidence Of the case.
1t was pointed By detectives. that
the murder of Logue was "a dime
move, murder"
The old man was bound gagged,
choked, beaten, shot. chloroformcd,
slashed and burned with acid lie
died a half dozen deaths. The
crime bore the stamn of imagina-
ton, an imagination of the horrible
From the viewpoint OF the most
cold7blooded robber It. was an un-
business-like murder. The risk was
too great for the prizs and the
means employed for the robbery did
not justify the end.
From the material evidences OF
the case, the detectives built the
theory that the work ssnf such pe-
culiar desperation was dohe BY three
young thugs. -
1t was assumed that the man hid
ing in the fifth floor. Mushroom was
engaged in watching the door OF
Logue's shop. while his tive accom-
plices were concealed about other
parts of the building at points Of
vantage. So =
Blonde May Have Been Lookout
The last blonde woman to visit
the diamond shop ON the day OF the
murder may have been an aecora-
plice. She asked TO see diamonds.
talked much about Q purchase. look
ed about and went out. The man on
| the fifth floor saw her across the
corridor. A simple signal could
have indicated that the old man was
lalone. This woman was shown the
few diamonds. which the old man
had in stock, including the two
stones, worth s300. sent from South
PEND Presence OF the loot thus
was assured
The blonde woman was in the
shop just before noon. II was just
triae after IL o'clock when the
man was discovered ON the fifth
aoor by Mrs Younghlood
The heavy set man on the fifth
floor went down to the third by the
stairway. This is indicated by the
fact that the elevator man in the
building eou d, recall no. one OF the
description given.
The theory of the murder Is that
one man addressed the old dealer, as
though to make purchase another
seized the gems. and as Logsie lung
cd after him the third fred at him.
Then the mnrderous tight with the
tr.o ensued.
Bullet Wound Supports Theory.
Even. the location of the bullet
wound in the shoulder appears 10
support this theory. The Wo1l
lsangcs downward ess lo41