The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1916-04-25

the undertaking parlors her screams
could be heard for half a block. She
was wild with grief and the two wo-
men who occupied the rear seat with
her held her However she did not
leave the automobile.
She was not in condition to look at
the body of her child. Soon after, she
was taken to her home
The father, from whom Mrs Dins-
more had been divorced, had already
sene the body and identified it when
he stepped up beside the car in which
Mrs. Dinsmore sat. Apparently he
wanted to to talk to herr. But she
would have nothing to do with him.
Go away she moaned, Go away"
Spent Nights Away.
Mrs. Dinsmore has been spending
the nights at 1903 East Third street.
This morning the little girl accom-
panied her mother to the Colonial
Bakery at Tenth and Monroe streets
at seven o'clock. She remained there
until Sis and went north on Monroe
street towards Lincoln school
First Clue.
A first clue that may lead to the
identity of the girls assailant was
found this afternoon when an en-
ployee OF the Topeka laundry told the
police late this afternoon that a man
called at the laundry this morning and
asked If Mrs. Dinsmore still worked
there.
1t seems that ct one time Mrs
Dinsmore had been employed in the
laundry. The man who called up re-
fused to give his name
The mother and father have been
separated for some time. The coro-
ner's jury will sit at o'clock Mrs.
Dinsmore at a late hour still refused
to enter the undertaking parlors The
girl accom- MED hpT fn n
bakery this morning and then left for
Lincoln school at Fifth and Madison
streets.
House Was Empty.
Immediately after the body had
been identified City Detective Miller
jumped into an automobile and hur-
ried to the Dinsmore home at AIS
East Third street. He found the two
room house occupied by the girl and
her mother locked.
AT a store operated by Miss Zetta
Melborne it was learned that Mrs
Dinsmore worked at the BisseII
bakery, Ninth and Monroe street. Miss
Melborne identified a bracelet worn
by the girl and showed to her by the
city detective.
The officer instantly drove to the
bakery, told as best he could til sad
story to the mother, who broke down
instantly. With others sh ewas taken
to the undertaking parlors.
Mrs Dinsmore is divorced, accord
ing to Information given out by neigh
bors.
Given Last Sacrament.
While the murdered girl Law in the
basement of the vacant house, her
feet and hands still tied, and with
water seeping from the floor above
Father OLeary and Father McInerney
entered the room. Kneeling in the
water the two priests pronounced the
last sacrament for the child, while
firemen, policemen and on-lookers
stood near with heads uncovered.
Immediately after pronouncing the
rites, the two priests hastened to
waiting automobiles and with the po-
lice, sheriff's force and newspaper re-
porters began combing the city in an
effort to discover the identity of the
child.
Hardly half an hour had elapsed
before the morbidly curious gathered
in hundreds around the house and
pushed their way into the damp, dark
basement where the child breathed
her last. Most of those who entered
the house were women.
Anxious mothers, in morning frocks,
covered with coats, rushed to various
school buildings and demanded of
teachers to see their children to as
sure themselves that none of their
loved ones had been the victim of the
tragedy.
Smoke From House.
When the firemen arrived they
found huge volumes of black smoke
belching forth from the vacant house
and Fire Chief Hanlon ordered his
men to attack the old building from
front and rear.
In Six Different Places.
When the firemen entered the build
ing they found the interior on fire in
six different places and after hard
ten minutes work succeeded in con-