South Bend news-times. (South Bend, Ind.) 1913-1938, 1921-10-26
AUTHORITIES NEAR
END OF ROPE" In
DOWAGIAC MURDER
Hope Against Hope That Mys-
terry Will Be Solved
"Spiritualism'' Fails.
(By a stan C0rrespondent.l

Thy Si2tU AfUFNNIfDtutHA+l
DOWAGIAC. Mich. Oct 25.-WiH
the shake OF a hand or n yelled
voice solve the mystery surrounding
the horrible death of VIII Monroe
and also place the guilt for the club
bling 10 death with a spiked bludgeon
OF mis- wife. Mary and their daugh-
ter. Neva. at their now deserted do
micile IN the western part OF this
city? VIII Ardeth. II. ever know
who welded the club that sent her
mother. father and sister into an
other world. and caused her TO suf-
fer terrible agony during those hours
that she lay semi Unconscious on the
floor beside her bed. suffering and
blinded. and during those hours that
she spent in the Lee sanitarium here
while physicians treated and attend
ants nursed her back to health?
Dowagiac doesn't know But Do
wagiac is a city at the end OF its
rope, and those inhabitants OF the
town who believe in justice are hop
ing against hope that something.
whether 10 be an unexpected grip OF
a nervous hand or the stilled voice
OF a spirit in another land. make
possible the solution OF the battling
case Failure Of county authorities
20 make steady progress and bring
TO justice the club murderer" has
left a sting OF defeat and dissatisfac-
ton in the community. And now
any possible solution. from any an
gle. would be welcomed.
IL Il 4
name the voice OF the murderer have
faded. and the detective who was
said 10 have depended upon the un-
seen TO aid him in bringing to ar
rest the hunted man. and place in
his jeans a purse of rich reward,
is said TO have found his hopes shat
tered The wireless trend has brok-
en-. There are no connecting waves.
From the county jail at Cassopolis
Mr.. and Mns. Herbert Smith walked
Tuesday evening. free. They had
been held by officers for question
ing. Smith was twice arrested and
held in jail. Mrs. Smith was de-
tanned at the time of the murder.
They live next door 10 the Monroe
home. But they have thrown no
light on the mystery.
And from the Jail walked Glenn
Blue. %. who also had been held
for questioning.
There remains in Jail only Ray
mOnd Nash. %. Just why he is be-
ing held officers refuse TO say He
was convicted here recently Of win
dow peepsng" A CassopOlis court
acquitted him.
County officials now have simmer
ed their case down TO near rock
bottom. There Is very little evidence
left 10 sift. and is the screen takes
al the stragglers. the case IS lost.
Works on Case.
But Charles Powell. Kalamazoo,
for five years chief Of police here,
and also a one time deputy sheriff,
is working quietly on the case. He
was refused pay by the city council,
and is working with the reward as
a goal. He has gathered up the fine
points OF a speedy investigation. and
with Il has found a new angle which
he believes will bring developments
within a few days. Powell is work
ing with Pros. Asa Hayden and with
Coy Hendrix. who was acting prose
cutor when the lifeless bodies Of the
Monroe trio were found in the cot
tage home.
That robbery might have been the
motive for the crime is the belief OF
clifford McClish. brother OF Mrs
Monroe. Officers have been asked to
look into that angle.
Ardeth. who is at the home OF
her grandparents. Mr.. and Mrs. Leo
nard McClish. In Kalamazoo. IS ex-
pected 20 give Powell information
upon which TO work.