Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1914-07-06
MURDERER WITH AK
WIPES OUT FAMILY
Father. Mother. Daughter and
Grandchild Killed in Suburb
of Chicago.

CHICAGO. July "A family Of four
Was wiped out by blows from an ak IA
its home in the German settlement Of
Blue Island. a suburb. last night. The
victim. are Jacob Neslesla. n German
lahorer aged seventy-tNo years. his wife.
their daughter. Mrs. Martha Mansfield.
aged twenty-four years and the latters
-year-old daughter. The stiffenet
bodies and the lood-stained AK alone
remained to outline the story when
the crime was discovered by neighbore.
Whether the hutchery was the work OF .
maniac OF Of a person seeking revenge
was not disclosed in the first cursory IN
vestigation. II was learned THAI tho
young mother OF the infant had been
living away from her husband for some
time. and efforts to find him were begun.
The murderer. according to BENJAMIN
Knirsch chief of police OF Blue Island.
proceeded with great deiberation. Each
swing OF the AK apparently carried deatn
with it-death without even groan 70
arouse others sleeping in the house. Each
of the slain was struck in the head
Think Husband First Killed.
Neslesla slept in front bedroom on
the first floor OF the little frame
dwelling In the attic the two women
and the infant had their beds. The AK
was found near these beds. indicating
to the police that Neslesla was the frst
victim Nothing was taken from tho
house. 1t was the home of a lsborer.
and the few trinkets the inmates boast
ed were OF slight value.
The crime was discovered by Jacob
Neslesla jr.. son of the couple living
IN fhnr ~ ne oil
He is a track laborer. and went to the
home OF his parents. which is near the
tracks. TO get a pail OF water. He said
he found the back door open. and that
he called to his mother several times
before he entered. Then he found the
bodies. He said Mansfield left his sister
a year ago.
Bloody finger prints on the AK handle
were photographed. Search was insti-
tuted for Mansfield and for Michael
Cherewinki. The latter was compelled
to vacate the Neslesla house three
weeks ago by the landlord in orde~
to make way for the new tenants. He
is said to have uttered threats against
the landlord and Neslesla. Mansfield
has not been seen in Blue Island since
he left his wife.
Twenty-Five Murdered by AK Blows
Twenty-Five persons have been muir
Il
Kansas. Colorado. Iowa and Illinois by
| ak blows The details OF almost all OF
| the murders are similar. and in most OK
the cases the murderers AK has wiped
out entire families. The crimes were
committed at night while the victims lay
asleep in their beds In each instance
the murderer left but slight clues. A list
of the so-called ak murders follows:
H. c. Wayne. wife and child. and Mrs.
ai,av oh 81 lara -
| Springs. Col. September. 1911.
William E. Dawson. wife and daughter.
Monmouth. Ill. october. 1911.
William Snowman. wife and three chill
dren. Ellsworth. Kan, October. 1911.
Roll!n Hudson and wife. Paola- Kan,
June. 1912
J. B. Moore. four children and two gin
guests. Nillisca, Iowa. June. 1912.
Mrs. Mary J. Wilson and Mrs George
Moore. Columbia. Mo. December 1912.
Jacob Neslesla- his wife their daughter
and the latters infant child. Blue Island.
H.. July g. 1914.