The Rock Island Argus and daily union. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1920-1923, 1921-08-13
To ARREST
HIGHTOWER
FOR MURDER
Warrant Issues for Man
Who Led Police to
Priests Grave.

San Francisco, Calf, Aug. ia
complaint charging William A
Higntower, itInerant baker, with
murder of Rev. Father Patrick L.
Heslin, ColIna priest, was sworn 10
before Justice of the Peace Ellis o.
Johnson 2t DAILY City, San Mateo
county, at noon today by Constable
Landlni of Gonna
1he warrant will be served, it
was said, just as soon as Hightower
is taken from San francisco, where
he is now under examination.
San Francisco, Cal, Aug. 10
Constable S. A. Landini of Colma,
on his return early today from Sa-
lada beach on the Pacific ocean,
south of here, announced his belief
that another body is buried in the
immediate vicinity of where the re-
mains of Father Patrick E. Heslin,
murdered Catholic priest, were ex-
! humed last Wednesday night. This,
with the unearthing of further EVIL
dence by William A Hightower, held
! in connection with the death of Fa-
ther Heslin, were developments
| looking to a solution of the mys-
| terry OF the murder of the priest
! Constable Landini said that late
/ last night he and others dug in the
sand near the priests grave but
were forced to abandon the search
| because of a coming fog. He stat
ed that the search would be con-
tinued today when the fog lifted
/ A strong stencil, probably that of a
decomposing body, rose from
spot where the digging was carried
on, Landini declared.
The new evidence against High
tower is in the form of a tent pegs,
guy rope, clinch blocks and other
articles dug up in the sand around
| the grave of Father Heslin. These
/ tent accessories, according to the
| police, fit a small tent secretly re-
moved by them from the hotel room
of Hightower who led the author
/ tiles to the priests body for the an
nounced intention of securing the
! Sc, 500 reward offered for its re-
, coVery.
Find Tent Pegs.
The tent pegs and clinch blocks
were recovered from a sand ledge
directly above the priests grave 10
which Hightower led authorities
last Wednesday night
| 1t was further pointed out by
| the police that the tent found in
, lIightower's room was full of fine,
gritty sand and was conspicuously
marked in large pencil printed
I letters:
tuberculosis"
Planks and boards, other than
those located by authorities the
morning following the exhumaton
of Father Heslin's body, have been
| found buried at the scene, it was
stated.
When collected all these articles
are said to form complete tent
outfit.
/ Digging at the grave also reveal
| ed additional papers and currency
belonging to the priest.
Police handwriting experts have
made a comparison of the lettering
on the tent with that of the orig
inal letter received by Archbishop
Edward J. Hanna, demanding $500
ransom. The experts stated that
there was a startling similarity.
Ten pieces of fish cord found
near the grave were said by police
to be Identical to cord found
wrapped around a bomb contTl-
vance taken from Hightower' S
room and with which he said he
was experimenting. One of the
pieces of string had been passed
around a tubular explosive and so
buried that if the string had been
jerked the cap would explode
Burial Plans.
While these new developments
/ were reported plans were complet-
ed for the funeral of Father Heshn
from ST. Mary's cathedral here to-
dav. Last night the body laid IN
the cathedral and a service for the
dead attended by hundreds was
held.
Police continued their search for
the unidentified man and two wom-
en-. Dolly Mason and Doris Shirley
said to have been friends of High
tower.
It was from Dolly Mason, High
J tower said, that he received his IN
formation as to the location of the
slain priests grave
The unidentified man for whom
the police are hunting is believed
nv them to be the stranger who
Ilured Father Heslin from his home
:, at Colma on the pretense that a
diving man needed his spiritual
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