South Bend news-times. (South Bend, Ind.) 1913-1938, 1922-09-13
TWO OHIOANS WILL
BE BROUGHT HERE
ON MURDER COUNT
Carnival Employees Admit Kill
ing JOhnsOn-Local Police
Aid Capture.

DEAD DOQy was found near Plym-
outh week ago yesterday follow
sng his disappearance from the city
the sunday previous. John Speedy"
flowers and Charles Whitley Han
sen have waived extradiuon and
Will be brought here from Mans
field. Ohio. by Chief OF Police Lane
and Capt. OF Detectives Hamilton.
according 10 advice received by the
local police department.
How the local taxicab owner and
driver was employed 20 drive them
from South Bend 10 Plymouth. how
ne was brutally murdered by them
70 protect a leakage OF crime which
hey had committed and how. after
Dnis pocke.s had been rihed. ne had
been dragged from his car and left
70 be found ny whoever might pass,
was the story said 10 have been re-
Eealed in the confessions OF the two
men arrested at their homes in
Ohio cities.
Charles Whitley" Hanson arrest
ed late Monday IN GAINESVILLE. Ohio.
Told the police. too. It was said, how
they believed they had covered up
ahelr tracks and how they mad felt
that they would escape apprehension
b. letting the public believe that
johnson mad been enticed away and
murdered in robbery. They had for
soften that the discarded shirt and
collar, worn by John Bowers. Of
Mansfield. Ohio. alleged accompIlce
in murder, bore laundry and blood
marks which would give the police
Iheir identity.
Bowers Confesses.
Bowers was located Sunday night
1t his home in Mansfield where he
had gone after the murder. be;iev-
ing that his circled path would not
be picked up by South Bend deteo-
tives should they ind even cle~
as 10 Identity OF the perpetrators Of
Marshall county's most dastardly
crime. Bowers, according TO the au-
thOrities. broke down confessed and
named Hansen.
Hansen. GAINESVILLE advices state.
Sastens uIOn Bowers the actual firing
OF the shot that killed Johnson He
was riding In the front seat with the
driver. said Hansen in his alleged
confession, when Bowers. sitting in
T. "a
ohnson's head ard fred.
Mayor Seeblrt. in the absence OF
Chief Lane. released the informa ticn
of dansen's arrest at $50 Tuesday
morning. Is hours after the receipt
o. a wire from the GAINESVILLE au-
shorities The release was made
simultaneously with stories carried
bv press associations from GAINESVILLE.
After Long Chase.
Through the efforts OF H NJ
Crockett. owner or the Ideal laundry.
and Chief of Police lane OF the To-
cal department. was the Information
obtained that led TO the arrest OF the
snurderers. The Laundry marks on
the shirt and collar near TIE body
Of the slain victim. were identified
by Crockett "a Of a laundry in La
Forte. Then followed a man-hunt
last week that led the chief and mis-
aide into Illinois and Kentucky in
she hopes OF catching UP with the
owner Of the apparel
At the American laundry at La
Porte. Lane heard OF two men who
we've employed in boxing show by
q carnival company which lad re-
Gently showed IN that city. The
nau,e OF John Bowers. owner OF tie
shirt and collar. was given him.
Bansen. said he people at the laun
CRY. was with Bowers and ne. too.
had left laundry 10 be done by them.
The carnival had gone on 10 Kan
1akee, H.. from LaPOrte Arriving
3n Kankakee, they learned that the
troupe had gone 70 a small town IN
49, Kentucky. Arriving there Wed
- sday night. the chief learned that
Bowers and Hansen had been with
the carnival but had disagreed over
the share OF receipts they claimed
due them and had abandoned the
troupe al LaPOrte. His former as
Eoclates. however knew them and
aold the officers OF the home ad-
dresses Of the two men.
Report Success
Lane and Hamilton returned 70
South Bend after requesting Zanes-
Vile and Mansfield police TO be on
the lookout for the hunted pair.
GOOD descriptions Were furnished
and IL was not long before the au-
thorities Of the two Ohio cities re-
ported success
A telegram from Mansfield was
received Monday by Chief Lane
John Bowers. 90 read was held IN
custody there Bowers the message
continued. said that Hansen was
employed at the Coney Island
r. s,aurant at Mt Guead Lane wired
the sheriff OF Morrow county. O. 20
arrest Hansen and motoring 20 Ply
mouth with Capt. Hamilton. eft
Monday afternoon on the $40
o'clock eastbound Pennsylvania
train for Ohio.
At 7:45 o'clock Monday evening
q wire was received from GAINESVILLE
that Hansen had been arrested there
and had confessed 20 his part in the
crime.
on their arrival here the men viii
lie pressed FOR further questioning
a. 20 the exact location where he
Nftot was fred 20 determine. 4 pos
tsble. whether the crime was com
m.tted In s.. Joseph or Marshall
county
May Meet Death.
With Marshall county's jur!sdic-
ten determined. Bowers and Hansen
VII be removed 10 Plymouth where
they VIII be lodged ia the Marshall
county jail 20 await Indictment on
first degree murder
J"hnson's pockets were turned in
soc out when his body was found.
not penny had been left in his
clothes with hold-up and murder
Iremeditoted. q, Is believed Probable
that both men viii see the conciu-
con OF the charges against them by