South Bend news-times. (South Bend, Ind.) 1913-1938, 1914-10-29

Importance in tho finding OF the car
The discovery OF the car In New
Carlisle has resulted In a theory that
the stranger made his escape from
the scene OF his crime and from the
vicinity OF South Bend IN an automO-
bile. The descriptions OF the two
cars-the one used in the Foldasi
case and the one used in the present
case-are similar making stronger
he belief that the men in the two
cases were Identical
Similar Case in Dayton.
report from Dayton. o., TO the
effect that such a 1end as had attack
ed Mary Foldasi and Hazel Macklin
in this city, had attempted an assault
upon little Frances Bacon, IA years
old. in that city, was received by the
police department Thursday morn
ing.
The tactics Of the man in the Day
ton case were the same as had dis
tinguished' the cases here. He an
swered an advertisement inserted by
Miss Bacon In Dayton papers and had
made arrangement for her TO go into
the country with him TO keep house
and to look after a baby He fur
Their stated that when the girl should
meet him he would be accompanied
by his wife"
AS in the course Of events in South
Bend. the girl went to a lonely spot
to meet him and was taken into the
country I'm an automobile and brutal
ly assaulted. The man left her in a
vacant field far in the country and
after giving her a small sum OF
automobile and escaped. Dayton au-
thorities were unable to trace the as
sailant.
The opinion Of the Dayton authori-
ties as stated TO newspaper men was
10 the effect that the man in that case
and the one connected with the local
affair are the same The Dayton
crime occurred on oct IA.
MANY Offer Help.
Chief Kuespert said that as is usual
ly the case following q murder which
is given countrywide publicity, he and
the heads of the department were
flooded with countless solutions" 10
the affair. Letters. long distance tele-
phone calls and other means Of COM
munication are used by the wise"
parties, but as yet none have even
approached a plausible solution.
Pres't Augustine stated that a re-
ward would probably be offered later.
He said that such a step at present
would result in a siege of letters and
unwelcome help" from outside per-
sons. He personally, he said, would
II
ward to be given the captor of the
slayer Of Hazel Macklin.
A constructive story Of the events
which transpired in Island park on
the night of Aug. 10 was given out by
Chief Kuespert before his departure
from the city Wednesday. The chiefs
idea Of the fend's and the girls
actions on the night In question was
to this effect:
From what has been CLEANED from
witnesses, it seems to be a certainty
that Hazel Macklin was in Spring
brook park. The fact that screams
were heard coming from the direc
ton of the spot on Island park where
her body was found would indicate
that she had met her death at that
point To get there she had either
to cross the river by way OF the
Ernsperger st. bridge or cross the
river from the foot Of the dancing
pavilion in a boat.
THE fiend that strangled her ac-
companied her TO the woods after
they had spent some time in the park,
away from the several amusement
booths and games, probably in the
shadow of the river bank. His at
tempt to assault the girl resulted I'm
a terrible battle in which his brute
strength soon conquered the weak eff
forts Of the child. Her screams
frightened him. no doubt. and in an
effort TO silence her, ne killed her.
and his next thought was Of a suit
able place OF concealment. Only the
direct fright or the lowest degener-
acy would lead a man to place a dead
body where the decomposed remains
Of Hazel Macklin were found.
His fight from the park led prob
ahlv up through the woods to the
bridge and from there-well. that
Will solve the mystery. The moment
we learn where the murderer was
next seen after his meeting with the
girl, we will be very close to a sOlu-
ton of the entire matter"