Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1917-08-28
SAYS KILLED WOMAN;
THEN TRIES SUICIDE
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went over the correspondence found
in his effects, and decided TO tele-
graph the mans wife at the address
given in Baltimore. 1t was decided
also to send a wire to Mum &
Blackburn.
1t was at this time that a young
man leaned over the desk and in
quired the cause of the excitement
He was visibly affected when he
learned the news, and announced that
he was Mr.. Blackburn, junior men,
Der OF the hrm of Mum & Black
burn.
Yesterday his firm received two
wires from their representative.
both saying that he was in need of
money. Failure to receive regular
reports had aroused the concern of
Mr.. Blackburn, and he left for Har-
risburg early this morning to get
matters Strengthened out.
Bayer, he said, had been in the
employ of his company for some
time. According to his EMPLOYER.
the man is not only a good salesman
and thoroughly reliable. but be-
longs to a good family. The firm
deals in leather soles, and Bayer
represented them throughout this
section.
Acted Queerly
The suspicious of the firm that
everything was not right were veri-
fed when Bayer failed to get his pay
check three weeks ago. He did not
give his address last wsek, and
Blackburn had with him checks rep
resenting almost a months salary.
Officials at the Dauphin Hotel
said that Bayer had been acting
queerly for two or three days. Last
night he went to his room and called
himself upon the telephone. When
told that the party for whom he had
called could not be located, he ex-
pressed surprise, declaring that he
had talked with him himself in the
office only a short time before.
At the time it was thought that
the man had been drinking. Accord
ing to attendants at the hotel, he
talked about having killed a girl.
and declared that authorities would
be here with a warrant for his ar
rest to-day. When found in his
room this morning. it is said that
this statement was repeated, and 1t
was believed by those in attendance
that the mans mind was temporarily
deranged.
May Be Tragedy
Later developments hint at a pos
sible tragedy, and the police are
making every effort to learn certain
facts.
While the excitement was at its
height at the hotel this morning, a
man stepped up to the register and
carefully searched the names of all
visitors. When a clerk questioned
him, he said that he was hunting for
man named Bayer, and carried a
warrant for the mans arrest. At the
time, no one paid any attention to
him. Those who were near thought
that he had heard of the attempted
suicide, and that possibly his mind
was unbalanced.
Later the man explained that he
was resident of Greensburg, West
moreland county. Bayer, according
TO the mans story. had been work
ing out of Greensburg, and had in
some way become acquainted with
his wife. Three weeks ago when
the salesman left Greensburg the
woman disappeared. and the man
claims that he traced the pair to
Lewistown. The woman has dis
appeared as completely as though
the earth had opened and swallowed
her up, and the strange behavior of
the travelling man together with his
repeated statements that he was
wanted for the murder of a girl have
led the police to conduct a careful
Investigation