South Bend news-times. (South Bend, Ind.) 1913-1938, 1921-09-22


ing with Deputy Sheriff Edward Rus
coy. he stared into the faces OF a
large crowd Of local people. Half
smile stole over his face as he walk
cd 10 a machine and was rushed 20
the police station for a second greet
ing
The crowd followed. and after ne
was ordered % the Cass county jail.
pressed about the waiting automobile
10 see him of. i'll feeling was at a
high pitch. but no demonstration
was made by the crowd-a crowd
hat thought uch yet said litIle.
Addicted To Drugs.
Smith Is said 80 have been driven
TO Cass0polIs last week where he
expected TO borrow SIS. money need
ed 90 defray expenses az the Baldwin
Sanitarlum where ne expected 10 take
treatment for bronchitis, and under
xo a minor operation. But ueighbons
say that Smith suffered asthma II
isn't a secret among them trat a
drug has been used quite commonly
90 quiet him. information that was
verified by his wife.
Whether Smith obtained the loan,
no one seems 20 know.
Monroe's clothes. found upon a
dresser in one OF the bedrooms Of
the "lean-t0" home. had been rified
Investigating officers said they pour
ed fourth but three copers Yet Il
was rumored that Monroe had made
a practice Of carrying money with
him. And upon that officers base a
feeble robbery theory
Mental Attack Saturday.
Smith was said 70 have been an
tagonistic toward the Monroe girls.
and & was said. too. that he once
fired weapon in the air 70 frighten
them Neighbors say that the Smiths
and Monroes had had much trouble,
but add IN the next breath that the
Monroes were the kind Of people
tho tend their own business.
They advance belief that the Mon
roe family might have been spurred
into any trouble in self defense. Yet
no neighbor knows the nature Of
their differences.
However. It was said repeatedly
that Smith hated Monroe" And
II was whispered. too, that during
recent days Smiths illness had car
ried him into mental troubles. Mrs.
Smith eaid he was in such a spell
Saturday night
Used Drug To Quiet Him.
She said she sat later in the even
ing on the bedside Of her husband
who, she explained was suffering in
tense pain Needle injections in the
arm were necessary TO quiet him.
Mrs. Smith was in a highly nervous
state Wednesday morning and told
that she had been questiond for sew
eraI hours by officers.
she was gong home. she said-but
when offered a lift IN The News
Times press car Immediately replied
that she was taking her daughter a
girl of perhaps nine years. to school
and had 10 hurry. 1t wasn't s
o'clock. and Dowagiac has daylight
savings time.
Mrs. Smith says she saw two men
run from the Monroe house late
Saturday night. But that did not
excite her curiosity. she said. Then
she heard an automobile pass the
house at midnight Saturday. but al
though 1t came from the direction OF
the Monroe house. she later decided
that she did not know which road il
The Love Romance Glue.
a story of a romance between
Nesa. the 1S-year-old daughter OF
William Monroe and the married
man here. is beng probed TO cast
sight upon the most sordid, brutal
crime in tins state Tor years.
The hunted man. the officers say
came here four years ago and lived
within the Monroe vicinity. 1t was
necessary that the AIonroes pass his
house to go to town. Gossip says
that Neva stopped in occasionally
much against the wish of her par
ents. Then came the time that he
and Monroe were said 10 have clash
cd over the formers friendly rela-
tons with the girl.
lie was 81 and married. Neva &
girl OF II. And as sudden as wa
his departure, 50 sudden was his re
turn. If the statements OF local PEG.
pie are 10 be given credence- RAY
Elliott, Carl phillips and william
Jones are witnesses that he was her,
saturday, the officers say.
NcNa Highly Praised.
People were doubtfuI about an,
such relations existing as have beer
whispered about the streets today
but most OF Dowagtac-that part o
the city that knew the Monroes
spoke loudly i'm praise of the girl
She went TO sunday school with he
mother. they said The mother wa
q Methodist.
Neva worked. too-during tn
summer she had labored in the gar
ment factory, and later became
telephone operator for a spell. An,
p0wagiac's telephone girls spOS'
highly OF her-they didn't thinl
that Vera as they called her, woui,
90 anything wrong. And Neva'
friends. too. spoke well of her-anC
only occasional gossip chirpcd tn,
song Of misfortune.
In City High school.
Neva had started back 10 schOo
this fall She was taking a CONNER
ciaI course. and on the library tabl
In the small living room was founC
two new note books. notes writer
IN rood penmauship. Entry sheet
found upon a writing table-boOi
case IN the little dining room bOastcC
Of plninN written figures Ncva hal
ambition. and il appears was train
ms and educating Herself for
career
Clash Saturday Is RumOred.
IL was said too. that he clashe'
With Monroe Saturday night. ans
that the fits Of anger ended in threat
made by him against the entire Mon
roe family This has not been veri
l.,