The Detroit times., 1917-02-21
POLICE GET
new CLUE
IN Staying
Find Four Empty
Shells 40 Feet From
Scene of Crime
OFFICERS SLAYERS
STILL SOUGHT
Four Men Now Held
Probably Will Be
Released

With the nnding OF four s2-callber
automatic revolver shells in front OF
a window In the saloon Of l. Philip
sky. al the southerly intersection OF
Grand River-aye. and Sirteenth-st.
Detroit police believe they have un-
covered the nrst tangible clsv 20
the slayers OF Patrolman Emil
Schmidt. who was shot 20 death
about 40 feet from tha, point early
Tuesday morning
That Parrolman Schmidt was Kill
ed while the lights we're still on at
that point. and not IN the darkness.
as supposed. Is revealed by TIE story
OF Harry Wilson. who lives above
the saloon and saw Sehmidts body
| In the street.
Wilson agrees with others TIA;
there were i've shots nred and
states that he ran 20 the window
and looked out. Looking across the
Grand Hverave tracks. he saw
Schmidt lying a. the WGrren-avs
intersection and saw two men run
ming away. down S.xteenth-st
Wilson called 20 bis wife. saying
that a man was lying dead In he
street Before Mrs Wilson could
get from the BID 20 the window
however. the lights had gone OCT
and she could see nothing
This disproves the report that
Schmidt came rpoa his assassins In
the darkness. sltho the fact that hts
revolver was not drawn indicates
that he suspected no danger. The
fact that the lights went out imme-
distely after the shooting proved
providential FOR the slayers. who
thus escaped In the darkness with
ou being fully seen bv Wilson. his
wife. the Waterman in the branch
| iostofice. two doors below. or 9th
ers who rushed 20 the scene after
hearing the shots
Police opinion r. divided a. 20
whether tho siayers stood near the
window where the cartridges were
found. ard shot Schmidt from that
distance. or whether they vrre
standing across the street. near sin
cIair's coal yard. az at tirs' suppos
ed. and dropped the cartridges 10
| fieht
The four men arrested Tuesday. IL
IL said. probably had nothing 10 do
With the shooting and will be re-
leased unless further evidence
against them Is uncovered
Patrolman Alfred Cary. whom
schmid, relieved on the beat but
40 minutes before bis death. be
lieves that Schmidt was taken for
him by gangsters who planned re-
yengs for the shooting OF q com
rade by Cary several months sxo.
Detectives. however, place little Gre
cence in this theory.
Three OF The suspects arrested
Monday. however. live but two
blocks from where Steve Malllch
whom Pztrolman CARY shot lived
There are three or four saloons
near the intersection OF Grand Riv-
crave with warren-ave. and Sir.
teenth-st, which are said by the DO
lice 10 have recently become the
hang-outs OF ganEsters driven from
the downtown section Holc-ups and
robberies In the vicinity have been
numerous during the past few
months
The cartridges and other evidence
were discovered by Detective-Lieu
tenants Black and Reid WORKING
With Detectives Shook Mckenzie
straith. Lambert. sehour and Horn
GanTsiers known 20 frequent thai
vicinity viii be rounded MP and thor
oily questioned.
Funeral services for Patrolu Al
schmidt will be held in the ismil.
] home. No. sss Sevenfeenth-st Sal
I nrday afternoon, n ? o'clock. III
procession then Will 20 20 81 JOIN
! Lutheran church a; MaybgTy an
; PoplAr.sts.. where services also vi
be conducted Burial will be in NJ
} Elliott Lutheran cemetery.
! Three pia'ooas ~ mounted %
2 lice. IN command 81 Inspector Jane
( McNsmsrs. will escort the body q
thc grave The paiibesrers. all "a
trolmen Viii be- Joseph Authiei
l. Arthur Bates Edward Kot;ka. Alor
. 20 Piumloy William Reifstahl an
y Frank yelling