Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1921-09-17
Suspected Slayer
Caught in Canada
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Woodsley. Canara. 1t wns known he
had come from that part Of the country.
Doran went after him.
4 When Dorar got into Canada he
learned. according to n night letter
received by Prosecutor Wolverton this
morning that there were two children
answering the description Of the miss
ing youngsters in South Woodsley. He
went there and found the two with rel
atives Of Dobson. Here he learned
Dobson was with relatives in Cortland,
Norfolk County, Ontario.
Dorm got Dobson early this week at
the home Of his brother in law. Syl-
vester Dodge, at Cortland Norfolk
County, Ontario. Doran, Of course,
could not make an arrest in Canada,
% he got the assistance Of Constable
Frank Brown. Brown and Doran went
TO Dodge's house and formally arrested
Dobson for murder.
Dobson offered no resistance and
waived extrpdition.
County Detective Howard Smith left
this noon for Detroit to aid Doran in
bringing back the man and the two
children. The news that Doran had
located the children came as a distinct
relief to the Camden police. 1t was be-
heved that II was more than possible
that Dobson had done away with them
in order to cover his flight. The fact
that the party was such a conspicuous
one made 1t comparatively easy to trace
1t. Smith and Doran will probably
leave Detroit in time to arrive In Cam :
den some time Monday afternoon.
Mrs. Dobson, who was thirty nine
years old, was found murdered in her
bungalow by neighbors at 1870 the
morning of September 0. Her husband
was teen leaving the house the morn
ing OF the previous day with the two
McKeown children and his son.
Mrs. Dobson had been beaten to
death with Stats from her bed. In ad-
dition to the wounds that caused her
death there were marks OF blows from
mans fists and bruises on her throat
showing she had been choked.
Mrs. Dobson had replied to a want
ad inserted by Dobson, asking for a
wife. She was selected from a number
OF applicants because she had small
piece of property. the bungalow In
which the couple lived. The Dobsons
had only been man and wife a short
time before they began TO quarrel
Their loud arguments, sometimes
punctuated with blows. were com
mon disturbance IN the neigh borh0od,
A few days before the murder Mrs.
Dobson had raised a mortgage on her
home, and no trace of the money was
found when the body was discovered
II was Immediately the theory of police
chat Dobson had committed the crime
and had taken the money to fee to his
former home in Canada.
For several days after the crime
posses searched the woods in the vi
cinity Of the Dobson home for the bodies
Of the three children. It was believed
Dobson had slain them and hidden their
bodies.
Later John McKeown was located at
the home OF his grandfather at Mt.
Holly. He was able to shed little light
on the crime. He said he had heard his
aunt and step uncle quarreling but had
heard no screams. He said Dobson
awakened him the next morning and
took him md the other two child rem 10
Camden terminal, where he was put on
a train for Mt. Holly. The Others
left for Clayton but never reached there.