Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1914-02-19
Fellow Night School Stu
dent Gives Police New
Murder Mystery Clew.
BURY MISS H0LLANDER
Isrents Of aurora Victim Be-
come HysieriCaI During
ChEcI Services.

amor. IL. Feb ia new witness
* utom the police hope 10 connect
t-+hony Petras with the murder OF
Tss-esa HollauLer. was discovered to-
az ir Peter EisJach. q fellow night
aehocl student OF Petras. Eisbach told
~ pollce he saw Petras idling on a
sgrrer in the center of the business
district the night OF the murder and
Psrras. after letting a car 20 by. caught
~ one on which Miss Hollander was
passenger. The police will try TO
.toE Petras was lying in wait for the
gil
Mis- HoI!ander was buried today.
he parents OF the girl were hyster-
l,al At the services IN ST. Nicholas
esurch.
ne inquest IS set for this afternoon
Negro No Longer Suspected
About all accomplished was the de-
esson that there was no ground for
Inspecting Walter Hickman. the negro
uhose story implicated PetTas. he
sticks to his story that Petras ran
down the street after Miss HOllander
short time before the Staying.
49,. .-ls uOes uOt mean the author
res are any more convinced that Pet
rs. who Is still in Jail, is the man
,hey want The more they look at the
EVIDENCE the more doubtful they be-
cone. The conductor OF the street
e1r on which the girl. Petras and Hick-
uzn rode home confirms the negro's
SON that Petras ran back down the
rack after the girl had left It q bloch
isfJ-e. The authorities are convinced
Prr-zsu--slss rforfaHrrsr-Tney are
1r frcm convinced that he did the
aling. and think she may have been
Elylaid at the cemetery gate by some
sas else.
Believe Petras 700 Frail.
An important factor IS Petras' frail 4
physique. They do not think he was /
abe 70 drag a young woman Of Miss 4
HoilGnder's strength from the side I
yak into the cemetery shelter near ,
Ehieh the body was found. Petras 4
vas quick TO mention this in his own
license
When We were good friends I used
70 vrestle with her" he said. She
could throw me every time. l wasn't
lsariy as strong as she was"
In the finding Of a knife a few
isei from where the body lay the po-
Ice may have an important clew- The
u!ie bore the name Of Frank Darl-
aonct OF 1881 Wallace street. Chi
s1gO. formerly a resident of Aurora
rac benchmats OF Petras in the
Azrora Automatic Machine company,
Eaere Petras and Nicholas FeltneT,
EAon the girl was engaged 10 marry
ie1t month. are still employed
Darimondt had an alibi. He said
= lost the knife three years ago. II
Z nov a question OF who had the knife
snee them. Efforts were made last
,isnt 70 have Chief Of Police Michaels
weston Petras on that point, but the
Aief declined.
I'll do T. in the morning ne said.
Res had enough today
Feltner will also be questioned on
ais point. Thus far the police have
40 no attention 70 him
Little Evidence Against Him.
We're not done working on the
as" said States Attorney Tyers.
he only thing We have against Pet
as nov Is the story Of his running
hter the girl No one saw them to-
',ther and there's nothin gto show
= vas with her any length OF time.
2 The contrary. his wife insists he
'as home soon after he left the street
a.. The girl might have been killed
4 hour after that for all we know 70
ae contrary"
he funeral vii be held at 9 o'clock
'1orrow morning From the house 7
mere the girls manned body lies Il
p9asibie TO see the place where she
a. Killed Scarcely 20 feet from that
,OL where the bloodstains show.
ave j. dug. Before the burial Mr..
1efs plans 10 take Petras 10 the
'1etery again 20 see II the prisoner
= oe forced into admitting anything.
- inquest will be resumed at p.
Snen u j. thought Mr.. HoIlander >