The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1918-03-22
Mysterious Attack ON Watson
y Woman Still UnSOIved.
Officers Believe Degenerate As
kSaiIed Mrs, Frank Bucheim.
he TRIED TO CHOKE HER
Husband Working Near House
,iE When Man Made Attack.
He Clicked Woman and Hit
Her With Bag of Shot.

A fiend similar to the man VINO
c1rnmitted the cold blooded murder
sat Villsca, Ia, several years ago and
Sequally as dangerous as the Nllllsca ak
murderer is credited with the attack
ON Mrs Frank Bucheim. wife of a
farmer living a mile west of watson.
Not only is the man at large but there
lis little hope of capturing him until
She commits some other crime. in the
copinion of Sheriff Hugh Larimer and
-llis deputies.
- IF we caught the man there would
be no way of identifying him." said
sI5arimer today. Mrs. Bucheim says
he wore a mask over his face and
stfere was absolutely nothing in her
description that would incriminate
@one man any more than.any other"
Z The Bucheim family never has had
Trouble in the neighborhood. it is said
There has never been an incident in
the lives of its members that would
Head to the preparation of such an
sattack as occurred in broad daylight
son the Bucheim farm Thursday after
moon.
Z The attack was not that of a sexual
Idegenerate, officers say. The fiend
didn't try to commit an offense to the
farmers wife. He is man with a
TERRIBLY twisted brain bent on a bru-
tai assault, they believe.
st Only One Small Clue
Et Only one clue is in the hands of the
aofficers which might enable them to
identify the woman's assailant He
Struck Mrs Bucheim over the head
with a bag of BIB shot. The bag
burst and several hundred of the shot
sspilled on the floor. They were picked
sup by the officers and are in the sher-
sif's office today. man arrested
swith shot in his pocket in the next
few days without good alibi for
Thursday afternoons actions might
gfind himself in hot water.
\ tour of the country surrounding
sthe Bucheim farm was made this
sTporning by Undersherif Bob Miller
sand Joe Holman. colored deputy.
After dinner Sheriff Larimer. I'm
gdersheriff Miller and Deputy Sheriff
Holman drove out to the Bucheim
farm. A thoro search of the premises
was promised and a talk with all the
sneighbors concerning their suspicious
may lead to some other clue besides
shat of the attack being the work of
a hend. Bucheim called at the sher-
in s office this morning. He volun-
teered all the information possible, but
mad no suspicion of any particular
Fperson, according to information given
out by the officials
The attack occurred shortly after 8
o'clock in the afternoon. Mrs
Bucheim is recovering from an opera
ton and was lying on couch resting.
sShe heard a noise in the kitchen and
Thought 1t was her husband, who was
working near the house
Tried to Choke.
The man with a white mask over
his face, entered the room in which
! Mrs Bucheim was lying. He held the
sack of shot in his hands and struck
her in the face two or three times
and then endeavored to choke her
when she screamed
Suddenly he turned and fled past
the barn, running one side of the
Fbarn as the husband rushed iowa I'd
the house in answer to the screams
: ON the other side. After administer
ing first aid treatment to his wife
L Rucheim rushed to the home of Clark
W. Taylor, neighbor. Taylor rang
Z his dinner bell and soon aroused the
neighborhood. The sheriff's office
was notified and a search of the sur
pounding country continued until late
lin the evening.
Z Ravines and woods cut that sector
of the country. and hiding places are
4 numerous DR.. c. B. Van Horn wa.
4 called Mrs. Bucheim's condition i.
not serious. Her description of the
man was meager and could not pos
sibly lead to his identificat ton, accord
ing to officers