South Bend news-times. (South Bend, Ind.) 1913-1938, 1914-10-29
Detective KueSpert Makes Fly
ing Trip to WinamaC But
Gets No CIeW From Follow
inc Anonymous Letter.
new CARLISLE GARAGE
MEN FURNISH CLEW
Police Believe Man Who Left
Car on Aug. 20 May Have
Connection With MaCkIin
Murder; Dayton Case Similar

Asserting that the police dragnet
was slowly but surely closing about
the murderer Of little Hazel Macklin.
Detective Chief kuespert returned
from his mysterious "trip out OF the
city" and gave out the developments
of the case Thursday morning. The
chief had returned 10 the city Wed
nesday night but had not reported 20
police headquarters.
An anonymous letter referring 10 a
Winamac, Ind, farmer: a wire from
New Carlisle authorities concerning
an automobile which had been left
there upon the night OF Aug. 20. and
the discovery of q Mishawaka stone
worker who saw "a man Of medium
height with a dark suit and hat in
company with a glrI in a red sweater
pink skirt and white shoes on 4 rainy
night in August, were the most ir.-
pOrtant OF the days developments IA
the search for the man who strangled
Hazel Macklin and su subsequently
threw her dead body into a vault in
Island park.
Here's Mysterious Letter.
\ mysterious typewrttten letter
from Chicago addressed TO Charles
Miller, 744 Harrison av., uncle Of the
murdered child, led Chief John Kues-
pert upon what he termed a wild
IL.
The letter read as follows:
Look up Nicholas Longley I'm
Winamac, Ind. He may be- able
TO tell you about the murder.
1t was unsigned and was written
upon a plain sheet OF white paper. The
envelope was pOstmarked Chicago
and there were no return directions
upon 81.
1t resulted in the chiefs hurriedly
Taa E~ire hfss 7n "a r inc -
first train out Of the city for Wilma
MAJ There he interviewed Longley.
who is a respectable farmer Of middle
age, with splendid reputation ia his
community.
why, 1 haven't been in South Bend
in % years" I.0ngley asserted 10
Chief Kuespert If that letter WASH
the result Of spite work by my per
sonal enemies. I have no explanation
for IL. / never heard OF the murder
until / read Of II III the papers / do
not know any Of the persons inter
ested in it,
That letter was from either
clairvoyant. a done fiend or an insane
man." said Chief Kuespert upon his
return 10 the city Thursday morn
ing. IT'S Dure bunk"
Kerr on Personal Busincss.
Chief Kerr when interviewed con
cerning his trip TO Chicago Wednes-
day declared that he had gone 10 the
Windy City purely upon personal
business and that his visit was not In
any sense connected with the mystery
which is at present battling the police
department
1T is true that while in Chicago ]
was the guest for a short time OF Chief
Gleason and other authorities" he
said. "but the most OF my time was
taken up with personal business con
cerning a land deal in which 1 am in
terested. 1 saw Pres't Burr augustine
while I was there"
Pres't Augustine said that ne had
been in Chicago Wednesday and had
spent the entire day with Chicago po-
lice officials.
But ] was there merely TO examine
the Chicago BerullOn system" ne de-
clared. Il did no more than hold up
my end OF the conversation when IL
directed TO the Macklin case. We
are thinking seriously OF installing the
BertillOn system here and my trip
was for the sole purpose of going over
the Chicago files"
Gives Valuable Clew.
II. J. Peters, $50 ". Marion 81.
Mishawaia, gave Detective Diver what
the latter considers a valuable clcw
in the search for the slayer.
Peters reported that on a rainy,
drizzly night IN the middle OF August.
he had come from his home In Misha-
waka down 20 a former marble and
stone shop near SpringbroOk park.
While on his way there he saw stand
ing on the curb about half way be
tween the shop and Springbrook park
young girl in a red sweater. pink
skirt and white shoes. She had moth
ing on her head but some sort of
shawl, although Hazel Mackhn was
claimed TO have worn a dark blue
straw hat
he said that after he had entered
the shop and procured his tools, the
girl and a man remained standing
there The man was dressed IN "a
dark suit. dark hat and was rather
tall. Peters approached him and ask
ed for q match The man refused 90
answer and pulled his hat farthex
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