Indiana daily times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1914-1922, 1921-09-12
MOTHER IN AUTO SAID TO
HAVE INSPIRED STAYING.

Mrs. EllZabet church. the slayer
mother, was brought before States At
torney Robert E. Grove during the fore
noon for questioning. Mrs. Church was
with her son in the automobile which is
said to have inspired the Staying, when
he was arrested at Adams, Wis.
Assistant States attorneys went before
the grand jury to ask immediate indict-
ment of Church. Detectives planned to
take Church TO the scene of the crime
again and induce him to re-enact the
story of the murder. according to the
version set forth in his confession.
After ten-hour grilling Church,
broken and nervous. mumbled his story
of one OF the brutal and meaningless
double murders in the annals of Chicago.
Church confessed to Acting Chief Of
Detectives Norton and Chief Investigator
Ben Newmark Of the States attorneys
office.
Two men have been taken into custody
as material witnesses. One of them is
Leon Park. an automobile repair man.
known to have been a friend of Church.
The name Of the other is withheld.
SLAIN IN BASEMENT
OF CHURCH HOME.
Daughtery and Ausmus. automobile
statesmen. were slain last Thursday after
they had left the agency where they
worked TO deliver an automobile to
Church. Daugherty's body WAS found in
the Desplsines river on Friday and that
of Ausmus was discovered mburied in q
garbage In the rear of Chureb's home
Saturday. Church was arrested Satur-
day at Adams, Wis, driving the car
Daugherty and Ausmus had delivered to
him.
Church's confession described how hs
had induced Daugherty to enter the base
ment of his home TO close the sale OF
his car Once in the ba sement the con-
fessed slayer says he confronted Daugher-
ty with a gun handcufed and killed
him with a baseball bat. When Ausmus,
suspicious. came to look for Daugherty.
he too. was slain.
Church said he had buried Ausmus that
evening In the coal dust, cinders and ref
use of his garage and early in the morn
Ing had taken the body Of Daugherty to
bridge across the Desplaines and
dumped it into the river
Analysis of Church's confession by
detectives and probing officers have IN
covered discrepancies between his tale
of how the murders were committed and
facts uncovered by the police, ii is de
clared Church is said to have declared
Daugherty's throat was cut by a rope
he tied around his neck. Newmark as
sertS Cn6r the coroner report ueClaieS
the cut on Daugherty's throat was made
by sharp knife or razor. The
coroner's physician says, according to
Newmark, that Ausmus was buried alive
and his neck was found to be broken
when the body was discovered. Church
viii not admit, officers say, that he
broke Ausmus's neck.
HIT HIM ONCE
WITH RAIL-, RAT
According to Church's confession, he
bit Daugherty Just once with the base
ball bat The coroner says that
Daugherty's jaw was broken in two
places and his face and head were badly
bruised.
1t is in an attempt to check up these
alleged discrepancies and learn the true
manner in which Daugherty and Ausmus
were killed that Church will be further
questioned His parents will be ques-
toned concerning his associates and
habits in an effort to discover informa
ton that will reveal his accomplices, if
he had any.
Prompt indictment of Church on muir
der charges and early trial is promised
by officials as soon as the preliminary
Investigations are completed.