Rock Island Argus., 1915-05-07


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ChtcaEo. III. May "A man gained
eatraacs 90 = rat AZ Zoo Lose avenue
yesterday H~ killed a woman and a
ehid who Wsrr alone iu the housc.
Thea b. washed the blood from hiE
handa az th~ kitchen sink. took from
che uoaau's nnE~r her engagement
aad -ueddtaE riaEs. robbed her hand
haE % $50 OF $50 and escaped
The woman vas Mrs. Fila Copper
saith. The child vas John T. Copper
smith. Jr years old. John l.. Cop
prrsmith. sr.. member uf fhr cnmmis-
stou Eru of Copp-rsn.ifh Brothers.
State end South Water streets. vas
AZ worf-iust az hundreds OF th0us-
ands ot other husbands are az work
while thrir wives are az home. alone
or with their chiidFcu
The murderer ia believed 90 have
heeu a pedtisF or a beEEar. ono of the
cognfrrss horde ttat goes from door
90 door durinE The daytime. frequent
" Wifh things 90 sell.
Hr may have visited "a hundred
other JgUfu~n before h~ wcut 90 the
Goase st TlEe t.1w~ avenue. Tho po-
lice are aurstlouiuE every woman in
the surrounding territory. and every
man uh1 looks suspicious o. arrested.
afFs. John Adams1u of 5i5z Lowe
avenue. q atsteE % Mrs. CopperEmith.
Wrat % visit thr latter shortly after
g o'clock iu the afternoon She rang
the froat door bell There vas no an
suer. So she Veut around 90 the rcar.
There Werr a few toys ou thr hack
porch. Johnnie iuuioF had been play
inE with them. Mrs. Adhms0n took
then "a her hand with a smile. and
then tried the door knob The door
vas not locked. She opened g.
H~r sister was on the floor. her skull
battered %. her head nearly severed.
hcF eiothiuF torn and ciotted with
blood
Mrs- Aaausou dropped the toys and
r~eird out onto che porch. Women who
heard her screams ran toward the
a1us~.
Eveutuaiiy the police arrived. They
found the body % the boy iyirE six
yards fruai his mother His head had .
been crushed with the hammer. and .
sis throat cut with q butcher knife
The ruE v'us diEarrauErd. us though I
Mrs Coppersmlth had atruEEied with /
ne man for her life. Her slipper was .
'5urf under a fold % the rug. beneath /
} pillow covered sofa
The katie and the hammer were I.
'gund tn the kitchen. the hammer
yinE near che woman's head. There
Fcrc tracks % blood IN the kitchen 4
md the Fca print % a mans large left
saad showed on the kitchen table.
\ large handbag tn a drawer in the
JuffCt Was open. 4 small purse had
,eeu taken out % a. II was found.
.npty. and standing upside down
searby There vas a diamond rims
n the handbag aud some papers. 4 I.
.uarter and a dime Wcrc on the kitch-
20 noor. near the out-thrust hand of
frs Coppersmith
Chicago. III. May Chief of 20
Ice Healy and Assistant Chief Schust- 4,
i~T personally are directing the work
{ detectives In the search for the
layer Of Mrs Ella Coppcrsmith and
tWo-ysar-oid son. John Jr The po-
Ice believe the crime was pcrpetrat-
8 b. a maniac or degenerate. Ten
aspects we're rounded up over night
he ctcW consists principally in a
arnmsr and knife. newly sharpCned. I
nj bit % cloth believed 20 have
iipp-a from his -assunediy n
orr oae-and blood stains. The men
rrrstrd we're peddieFs or scissors
rinasrs or men showing scratches as
iiEht have been made b. n Wouian's
usrr naiis- Among the detectives
lorkinE on the case - James Carlin.
rosher-in-iaU % the slain woman. I