Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1914-05-30
KATHERINE WlNTERa, Nn1o go
APPEARED YEAR Aoa, SNoo..s
=, ABLY MURDERGuI -
BLOOD srAlNGp oAAaaIsgTo ~'sSsN
FOUND IN WlNTIRososem1
Father and Step .Meshsr q an 49,
On Charge Of Conspiracy - cesNsnlt
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Spent in Search For oiri.

Nswcastle Ind. May s0-Dr. and
Mrs. w. A. Winters, father and ston.
mother OF Katherine Winters, aged 8.
who disappeared from her home more
than year ago. were arrested ON their
arrival hero from Terre Hauts, Ind.
today. They were charged with COM
sptracy to commit felony. This makes
three arrests In the case. w. H. Cooper.
FORMER rkoomer In the Winters home.
having been arrested late last night.
IT was said a second search OF thA
home OF Or. w. A. Winters. father ok
the girl. would be made late today.
Private detectives and local police or.
ficers who searched the home last
night asserted they found. sealed In the
basement wal a rcd ribbon. . rcd un-
der shirt and red sweater. which had
belonged to the missing child.
Blood on 0irls Garvnsnta.
The sweater the police officers d..
clare. had holes In II which looked -
II they had been burned there and lho
undershirt WAS tained as by blood.
Cooper was a roomer at the Wintsra
home at the time OF the disappearanco
of the girl. but left Newcastle the day.
after she disappeared and remained
away for ten days, He did not seem
much surprised when arrested and do-
clared that he could prove an alibi. HI
also blamed Mayor Watkins for htol
predicament
Mr.. and Mrs. Winters were In Terro
Haute where motion pictures are be.
ing shown 60 raise funds to further the
search for Katherine.
Large sums have been spent In search
for the child and she has been reposteA,
found In various parts OF the counSa1
but each report has proven untrue.
Girl Inherited $3,oo0
Katherine W1ntafs. the 1-year ~
daughter Of DR.. w. A. Winters, aiaap-
peared April 20. 1913. The child hs1
been cauvassinx the neiGhborhood IN
which she lived trying to sell needles
FOR church society. She was laae seen
late in the afternoon. The police wass
not notified until the next day.
Katherine is the daughter Of DR.
Winters by his wife who died several !,
years ago. Katherine inherited $1,000
on her mothers death.
1t WAS stated THAI the charge of COM
Spua'y W commit u lelOny nA0 0S00
placed against tho three persons under
arrest merely as means OF holding
them and that the charge might b
changed later.
Grand Jury to Act.
Tho warrants for the arrest OF Or.
and Mrs. Winters and Cooper were In.
sued by Mayor Watkins. who has been
a leading figure in the investigation Of
the disappearance OF Katherine Coop-
er's bond was placed at $1,000. which
he WAS unable to furnish. The win. /
tcrs' bonds have not been fixed.
w. Z. Myers. county prosecutor said
today he would file affidavits against
tho three in the circuit court and that
n grand jury investigation would bo
begun Immediately.
Seeking Girls Body.
Police officers and the private de. !
tcctive employed by the mayor began
today by digging up the floor Of the
cellar In the Winters home with the
hope as they expressed It,. of finding
the body of the girl or evidence of how
the body had been disposed or Il
was said II not traces were found In
the cellar other parts of the premises !
would be dug up. ,
Mrs. Winters, following her arrest,
was questioned regarding the clothing
worn by Katherine on the day Of hee
disappearance March 90, 1918, and the
police said that among other effects
she described the sweater which wa0
found last night.