Free trader-journal and Ottawa fair dealer. (Ottawa, Ill.) 1920-1927, 1921-09-13
POLICE SEEK CLEWS
TO THIRD MEMBER
OF ARCH-FIEND GANG
Chicago, Sept. l3.-After first refusing to sign
his confession duplicating himself with Harvey
w. Church in the handcuf Staying of two auto

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statesmen, Leon Parks, a
garage employe, finally
signed the 40 page tran
SCRIPT telling the story Of the part he
played in the gruesome murders.
Parks first declined to sign because
he said he had been beaten and forced
into making the admission. Detec-
tives are searching for Clarence VIII
der, named by Church in his confess
sion in the killing of Bernard j.
Daugherty and Carl Ausmus as the
man responsible for the mutilated
condition of the bodies.
Chicago, Sept. 1.-Two confessions
obtained late last night and early to-
day were believed by the authorities
to clear up the mystery surrounding
the murder of b. J. Daugherty and
Carl Ausmus of Bloomington. H..
automobile salesmen.
Harvey w. Church, at whose home
the men are alleged to have been kill
cd after Church had led them there
to receive payment for an automobile
he pretended he wished to purchase,
late last night confessed that he was
aided in committing the crimes by two
accomplices and implicated Leon
Parks employed in garage where he
formally worked and Clarence Wilder,
friend of Church and OF Parks as ac-
completes.
No 2 Squawks To Officers.
Parks, when confronted by Church.
confessed. according to the police tell
ing the part the three had played in
the two murders.
Wilder, third man alleged to be
involved in the crime, Is in the Gus.
tody of the police today and is being
grilled to verify essential details as
told by his alleged confederates.
Parks confession for the first time
barred the real motive of the double
murder. The only reason given by
Church in his original confession that
was he wished to obtain possession Of
the S5,40G automobile he was dealing
for
Parks asserted the three had plan
ned to steal the car from Daugherty
and Ausums, sell it and divide the
profits. Parks confession differed
little in essential details from the
original confession of Church except
that he told of the three being in
volved in the commission of the two
murders and the disposal Of the bod
les
Reveal More Grimes
Parks and Wilder, according to
Parks waited in the basement of
Church's home until Church brought
Daugherty there at the point of gun
after Daugherty Church and Ausums
had driven to his home Daugherty
was handcuffed, bound and then
struck over the head with a baseball
bat and his throat cut Ausmus who
came to look up Daugherty suffered a
similar fate, Parks in his alleged con
fession, blames Church with the actual
staying Of the two victims. The three
dug a grave in Church's garage where
they buried Ausmus. They then ate
supper and at 3 o'clock the next morn
ing Parks and Church took Daugher-
tvs body to the Des PLANES river,
Parks said.
With Church already held to the
grand jury as the result of a coroner's
inquest. speedy action in bringing the
case to trial was anticipated today.
A number of persons were to be
questioned today by the police in an
effort to clear up any discrepancies
that yet exist Church's mother to-
day was in a critical condition here
her sons confession Yesterday
ed of her sons confession yesterday.
Authorities expressed some doubt
that the men whom they had in Gus
tody include Wilder The names of
Joseph Spaula and Charles Robinson
were given as those of two suspects
in custody and police were searching
for others. The signed confession OF
PARKS and a supplementary confession
we're taken to the grand jury which is
hearing evidence in the case.
Epilepsy In Family.
ST Paul Sept IA sister of Har-
vey Church in statement here today
disclosed some evidence of epilepsy
in the family She and Harvey, she
said. were the only children out of
eight born TO her mother, who are a.
live. The other six had died within
three days after birth and each of
these six were born with misshappen
heads.