Arizona republican., 1920-06-11
MAN WHO KILLED PIONEERGOUPLE
 STILL AT LARE
In Spite of the Combined Eff forts of Police and Men of Sheriff's Office No One Yet Charged With the Crime

Although both the police and the sheriff's office have been continuously al work in an effort to discover trace of the murderer of Mr. and Mrs. Jacob Erhardt since the discovery of the ter rible crime last Monday morning, nc information has been made public that the solution of the mystery is any nearer than it was five days ago.
 Many arrests have been made and there are a number of persons still in custody, while all their movements during the past five days are being closely investigated. A few of these it is said, cannot give very satisfactory accounts Of themselves, but this may be possible without having any con- nection with the Erhardt case, the offi- cers say.
 That the motive for the sIaying of belief of many officers working on the case. The intruder was recognized, it is supposed, and for that reason made certain that the blows he dealt the couple should be fatal ones. There is no evidence that there was more than All the wounds could have been made with the heavy hammer. the cuts which at first were believed done with Q hatchet, were caused by q nail in the handle near the top of fhe jack officers explain.
 
 The absence of electric globes in the house. which led a first conclusion that the murderer had removed them to make it impossible for Mr. or Mrs. Erhardt to turn on the electric current and flood the house with light when first aroused, was explained by Depu- ties Price. BIedsoe and Wilson, who said they removed the globes so as to connect an extension cord in the diff ferent rooms when making the search of the house.
 Search for evidence of the place where the murderer washed his bloody hands and changed his clothes after the crime is still going on. It is certain this was done before daylight, as there was no train for him to leave town by. It was learned that no train went north on the Santa Fe from Il o'clock Sunday night until o'clock Monday morning.
 Reports early yesterday morning from the posse in pursuit of two ne- groes seen near the Erhardt home on Sunday indicate that the fugitives are headed for Kingman The leader of the posse states that they are having trouble trailing the negroes, who are In Ford car. because they travel mostly by night and few people see them. Several false trails have been followed in the chase.
 Says He Phoned at Union Plant
 Al SILOHeOuS report gwen out de lAs 5heriffs office stated that a man, an sx-convict. who had been arrested and was held for investigation in connec- ton with the search for the slayer ot MT. and Mrs. Jacob Erhardt, had tese- phoned for a taxicab at the plant of the Standard Oil company at o'clock Monday morning, the morning follow Ing the double crime.
 This was corrected yesterday at the sheriffs office. This taxicab call was sent in from the plant of the Union Oi company, they state. The night watch man at the Standard Oil company plant was question ed by officers, al was everyone who was anywhere nea the Erhardt home, but he was fount to know nothing whatever of valu concerning the affair.