South Bend news-times. (South Bend, Ind.) 1913-1938, 1921-09-24

And while three were released
from custody Friday after question
ing four other inmates Of Michigan
Ia nav give their finger prints 20
FdwarI Evans. Chicago and Charles
Donaldson. Detroit. both experts who
are working on the case. Two were
arrested al VandaIa. Mich. and face
charges Of iut0x.caton. II was sald
that thcy were heard 90 say that
eve framed it'-and this officials
are investigating But they intimate
that these arrests bear little weight
Hold Local Youth.
In the ST. Joseph jail is Floyd
Rurch %. son OF T.. p. Burch. a
grocer here. Young "Burchie' as
h. is known here. has a blackene1
eve and a Jagged cut above it that
officers wish explained. They don't
know where he might have gotten
IL although he told Sheriff Bridgman
that q stranger in South Bend Tues
dav morning handed" II 70 him
Budch was in Dowa giac Sunday
but went 70 Niles. Ee came back
here and then returned 70 Niles, and
from there went 20 South Bend
where he met a stranger, according
10 his story 20 the officer. He was
with the stranger until Tuesday
when a fight resulted IN their room.
Then ne went 20 Niles, and on 10
St Joseph. A dollar watch missing
from a St Joseph garage was found
IN his possession. Il was said, and he
was arrested. He was once taxi
driver. But had not worked OF late
A. was said. Ofhcers question the
souroe OF the money that he usually
had. declaring IL above his earning
capacity.
Cogan Arrested.
And In Kalamazoo jail is Gus
Coean. 40. who was arrested near
vicksburg today when his actions
aroused the suspicion OF the officers.
Cogan. carrying a sack OF 90 pounds
Of rock, which he declared was bal
last f" readily admitted TO Staying the
afonroes in their little dom1ciIe here
Saturday night He told officers
that he had escaped from the Min OILS
state asylum for the insane at jack
sonviIIe a week ago. and that he
committed the crime here as he pass
ed through Dowagiac Saturday night
other murders. He killed "Delane
shapp." he told the latter as the
prohibition officer asked Cogan about
his own death" Yet officers. aware
that he IS insane, are startled at tive
minute description given by Cogah
OF the interior OF tho Monroe home,
which Cogan told in detail. They
believe that he has read the news
papers and gained the story as 1t is
told in them.
Leary OF Story.
insanity played the prominent part
i'm the murder. officers believe, and
they believe that whoever killed the
Afonroes was madly insane. Yet
they hesitate 10 believe the story OF
Cogan because OF his free confess
sions. They are going 10 take his
fngerprints. and II they compare
ror efforts OF the hngerprint ex-
perts were not IN vain. and from the
little window IN the kitchen at the
Monroe home they obtained prints
OF the impression left by the fingers
OF the slayer And they are so clean
and compare favorably with the lines
OF those taken from the alarm clock
and the death club that officers are
basing a clue upon It That they are
OF value Is slgnlhed by the presence
here OF the experts. who It is certain
would have not remained had their
efforts TO obtain impressions been
IN vain
Both Evans and Donaldson slip
ped away from Dowagiac tonight
with Sheriff Wyman but their desti-
nation IS unknown.
Follow One Clue.
Il was intimated this afternoon
that the one clue upon which the Of
fees base the probability OF solving
the mystery may cause a sensation
here within the course OF a few
days The loss OF other clues. lost
through satisfactory alibis. has not
disheartened them. But will the
sensation ind Neva prominent fig
ure? 1t Is whispered that IL will
but Dowasiac dislikes whispers. and
its citizens are hoping that in some
miraculous way her name may be
cleared. because linked with It now
are many stories-and the town Is
divided upon believing them.
Ollie Grady. Detroit. son of Mrs.
Herbert Smith by a former marriage
was not IN Dowagiac last week end,
officers have determined from a let
ter received by the mother. The
letter was written last Friday so its
date and poSumark show. and con-
tanned a $40 bill for her. its CON
tents show. Ohcers contend that
had ollie planned a trip TO this city
Saturday he would not have writ
ten. and would not have sent the
money Grady was not arrested. OIL
tie knew Neva well. IL was said
Kalamazoo Angle.
Word comes from Kalamazoo,
where rlauy OF her relatives live,
that Neva often visited there. And
& was said here that she left her
work often and was away for peri
ods Of days. absent from the city
s. officers wonder II there might
develop a Kalamazoo angle 10 the
case.
Edward Kinney told South Bend
officers that he was in Dowagiac
over the week end and that ne was
with Neva Saturday night He told
officers who questioned him before
bis release from the Cassop0lis jail
that he had talked with her. and
with Aar father Ills story cleared
- brother William. and William s
story removed any ounce Of suspi-
slon trom ms brother Alrs. Edward
burden. High 81. mother OF Frank
Bryant said that Edward Kinney
and Frank were az her home, and
that seven other young men were