Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1915-11-13
MAN WHO CONFESSED IN CEDAR
RAPIDS TO NUMBERING CHI
cAoo BROKER TAKEN BACK.
DETECTIVE FINDS STORY
CORRESPONDS WITH CRIME
Some Discrepancies RsvsaIsd-Weman
Under Arrest May b Sister Of
Burke, Who 10 Also Known 40
Moran-surke May Hang For Part
in Robbery and Shooting.

Cedar Rapids, Nov. 13.-"John Burke
MA. swing for the murder of Franklin
Voorhees," said Detective Kane OF Chi
cago.
The detective arrived from Chicago
at midnight and went at once to the
island, where he held a long converse
ton with John Burke alias Frank
Moran, who was being held there as
VOORHEES, murder suspect.
The Chicago officer spent the night
at a local hotel and early Friday morn
ing made his way to the island again
where in company with Chief Burgln
and Captain Mcclure he listened to
second narration of Burkes story.
1T is possible that he is the man
who killed VOORHEES," said Detective
Kane. His story corresponds IN
many details with the story of the
killing of the Chicago broker. There
are, however. many matters in which
the account is off color. Burke seems
to have a rather limited knowledge OF
Chicago yet he knows enough to tell
where the saloon was located in which
he and his pals divided their booty.
Fifty ninth and Halsted is the exact
location and Burke is positive of that.
He also tells of an area-way in the
rear of the place where the actual di-
vision of the spoils took place There
is just such an area way in the rear OF
the saloon at the above mentioned cor
ner Likewise Burke speaks Of wa
tering trough standing in front of the
thirst parlor" and in reality there is
just such a trough in front of this sa-
loon.
Discrepancies in Story.
one item in Burke's story which
does not correspond with the facts in
the Voorhees, murder is the size of the
man which Burke claims to have
killed He says his victim was man
Of perhaps six feet in height and quite
slender while Voorhees, was under six
feet and was quite heavy, weighing
230 pounds.
Other discrepancies appear. 1t is
Burke's claim that he took from the
inside coat pocket Of his victim
purse containing s1,5. Voorhees, car
ried no more than $40 and the only
thing missing from his person was his
diamond stick pin, the stone of which
had been shipped off. His watch was
not stolen as reports In the Chicago
papers had it. Neither was there any
gun found on the front porch as many
news stories have claimed.
Ever since the murder occurred De-
tective Kane in company with his
partner Burns. has been assigned 70
the Voorhees, case. These two men
have been working on the suicide the
DRY and have thought that Mrs. Voor-
hees secreted or made away with the
weapon which her husband used in his
own self destruction. Consequently all
the time the detectives have spent on
the case has been used in an endeavor
to make the woman reveal the where
abouts of the missing revolver, II such
weapon was used.
There is theory afloat that he wo-
man who was arrested for the crime
may be a sister of Burke. Her name
is Evelyn Moran and Burke is known
to have an alias, Frank Moran. II
such was the case it would be easy to
understand why Burke would give
himself UP rather than see his own
sister go TO the gallows or chair for a
crime which she never committed.
Kane, in company with Burke, left
the city Friday afternoon bound for
Chicago.