Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1913-09-30
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Chicago. Sept. 3o.--Aeting on en- On.
tirely new clue. States Attorney
Charles E. Hadley. of Wheaton, at the
head OF a dozen Chicago detectives, to-
day lay siege TO q building in Hyde
Park. where they hope to apprehsnd
the slayer OF Mrs. Mildred Allison
Rexoat. tho tango teacher murderee
near Wayne. Friday night.
Hadley and Sheriff A. A. Kuhn can't
to Chicago following q tip from q young
man. who asserted he knew tho identity
OF the slayer who Is supposed TO hay.
used the name OF Spencer. The in
formant said tho murderer formerly
lived at Bushnell. ILL.,. that no worked
as "bouncsr' at q dance hall three
years ago in an amusement park where
Mrs. Rexroat was employed. He said
the man attended tho dance at olesor,s
Academy last Thursday night when
Mrs. Rexroat agreed to 20 to Wayne
to teach a dancing class. He described
the man as answering the description
OF the slayer.
The story was corroborated 20 some
extent by w. II. Allison. Mrs Rexroat,s
iirst husband He said his former wife
told him about the fellow and promised
she would drop him ~ the man seomed
deep and queer"
Murderer Former Wheaton Reaident
Ihat tho murderer Is a man who.
from his famiarity with tho vicinity Of
Wheaton. Is believed to have once re-
sided there Is the belief OF the officers.
That he must have learned OF q siu,ilar
murder amout two miles from which
Mrs. Retreats body was found. which
occurred two years ago. IS also their
belief.
That he came 10 chicago last SatIr-
day IN indicated by the finding yesser.
day In the yards OF the Chicago. bur.
ington & Quincy railroad some false
hair which Mrs. Rexroat carried IN .
suit case shc took with her on hsr
fatal trip.
Detectives win today 70 TO BUSHNELL
ILL.,. only n few miles from Macomo. 10
see John N. Zook, grocer. who wrots
letter to Mrs. Rexroat rex irdins
chages for dance hall he owns. This
letter. parts OF which are illegIble, was
found last night. II bears no date hut
Is in reply to letter OF inquiry written
by the woman on Sept. 4.
Allison Pays Funeral Bill.
The body OF Mrs. Rexroat will be
buried by her first husband, William
Henry Allison.
She divorced me and married an
other man. but at tho last she wanted
to come back to me. and am going to
take care OF her body" he said.
In the house which the detectives
We're watching they found only wo-
man. She inferred from scraps OF
conversation that tho "bouncer's" homo
was in Bushnell.
Sheriff Kuhn and Mr.. Hadley took an
carly train for that city
Spencer Had Aocomplios.
Sheriff Kuhn said that he was con-
vinced that Spencer" had an ac-
complice and that tho motive was rob-
berry. There Is only n slight likelihood.
the sheriff added. that tho victim had
knowledge dangerous to them and that
they resorted to murder to silence her
II think that ono man rode out to
Wayne with her and that the accomp-
lice was waiting for them." said tho OF.
f1cer.
man believed by detectives to
answer the description OF Spencer"
was arrested In downtown barber
for people who could identify #Spen-
GER" The latter denied he was the man
sought and said he lived at Elmhurst. a
suburb.
The latter established his identity as
Albert 2a3ec, accounted for himself
satisfactorily and was allowed to 90.