Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1915-08-31
ARREST DUE IN kAYsER MURDER
Russian or Serb, Excited by Pastors
Fiery Speeches, Suspected of Crime.

Russian or Serb, Excited by Pastors
Fiery Speeches, Suspected Of Crime.
Gary. Ind, Aug. 3l.-Chief of Police
Pontus Heintz promised an arrest
within q short time, which he expects
will solve the mystery Of the murder
Of the Rev. Edmund A. II. Kayser, pas
tor of ST. Johns Evangelical church
in Tolleston, a suburb of Gary.
The chiefs announcement came aft
er a week of incessant work. In the
first week OF search for the assass ms.
scores of persons have been ques-
toned. taken into custody and re-
leased with the same result-the mys-
terry still remains
The arrested man is certain to be
some person believed to have commit
ted the crime because Of the pro-
German utterance and activities Of the
late parson. That his war activities
were responsible for his death is the
belief of. all the officials who have in
vestigated the case.
chief HeintZ has not ctuue uut fat
footed for this theory. but it was
learned today that he has been work
ing secretly, Issuing statements which
would throw the persons he is looking
for of guard.
Deputy Prosecutor Clyde Hunter
said he had made thorough investi-
cation on his own behalf. and after an
analysis of the evidence he had coll
lected he holds to the belief that either
Russians or Serbs, Of whom there are
large numbers in Gary, brought about
the murder.
Il took all day yesterday off to study
the evidence that 1 collected" Attor-
ney Hunter said. Il took into consid-
Grafton all the evidence that has been
gathered by the chief and myself on
the theory that woman might have
caused the murder and am confident
that here was no woman in the case.
Then l looked into the $500 mort
gage and the trouble which the parson
had with the Saxon verein. Those Sax
ons are peace loving persons and there
isn't any reason in the world for sus-
pecting that they had anything to do
with the case.
Then l took up the war theory as to
the motive for the crime. The Rev.
Kaysedr was very outspoken in his
statements and was abusive of the
Russians and the Serbs. They resented
these attacks. although they said little
publicly about statements of Kayser.
The Russians and the Serbs feel
more deeply such attacks than we
Americans can imagine. Some of the
Serbs and some of the Russians belong
to a desperate class. They have been
responsible for much of the crime in
Gary. Understand, I don't say that the
immigrants as class are criminally
inclined, but there are some among
them that need lot of attention.
Coroner Frank NJ. Smith likewise
leans toward the theory that agents Of
the allies, knowing the activities Of the
parson in behalf Of the German cause,
decided the best way to stop such
movements in Gary was to get rid Of
the parson.
Gary is crowded with secret service
men and private detectives. The local
police report that the underbrush III
the neighborhood Of the church in
Tollestton is full of men with change
able mustaches and rubber heels.
Some Of these men undoubtedly have
been employed by the German societies
Of Chicago, Gary, and Hammond to fix
the blame for the murder, II possible.
The Germans feel that Kayser was the
victim Of a plot Of the allies, and they
want to bring that fact to light If pos
sible,