The Rock Island Argus and daily union. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1920-1923, 1922-10-10

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H6ves continued all Of last night.
AlfhOugh the authorities are under
,iir& for their present line Of In
qutfy they rightfuIiy say they can
mot overlook the fact that the boys
under suspicion were In the vicin-
itys Of the crime and had the "op-
poFtunity" to kill. They also take
Into consideration the fact that It
was the Schneider boy who finally
reported the finding Of the bodies
two days after the murder and the
sections wife had disappeared.
~ by any chance the Schneider
version OF the tragedy should
prove true, 1t surpasses anything
that Guy DeMaupassant or O.
Henry ever dreamed in their Wild
est fights OF fancy. DeMaupassant
especially was fond of sordii
climaxes, but here was one he over
looked. The most respected man
In the community. man OF church
and property, engaged in a secre:
Jason with the wife of his sexton,
Is killed on the mistaken assump-
ton that he was a drunken bar
tender bent upon i'll treatment OF
his 16-year- old step-daughter. The
killing supposedly is done by an
adoiescent youth, an unconscious
Sir Galahad. brought into the at
fair by friend who said he was In
love with Pearl Bahmer, a
scrawny- necked, unattractive girl,
whose morals were not Of the
strictest sort. and who was jealous
of the girls step-father. The boys
are supposed to have been looking
for the girl and step-father when
they came upon the rector and the
singer prone beneath the apple
tree.
Whim Of Fate.
Rev. DR.. Hall and the woman
slain by his side moved in the high
est circles of New Brunswick. Rag
Schneider and Pearl BANNER lived
as In different world. What q
whim OF fate that their paths
should cross in such tragic Gil
max!
Schneider says that he ran away
from the scene Of the crime when
he discovered that Hayes had
made mistake in his shooting
Hayes joined him some ten minutes
later. The authorities found a %
callber pistol at the Hayes home
All evidence shows that the crime
was committed with a 32 auto
matic which elected empty shell;
as it fired.
Here are the points the authoIi
ties cannot or will not discuss:
Unanswered Questions.
How could an excited boy, firing
on an impulse to avenge a frien,
shoot so true as to send one bulle
crashing into the Rector's brair
and put three bullets into the WON
ans forehead, not more than al
inch apart?
Why should Hayes have shot thu
woman he thought to be Pearl Bah
mer when vengeance was desires
by his friend only on the step-fa
Their?
Why was Mrs. Mills throat Gu
from ear to ear?
Why were the love letters of tn
pair scattered about their bodies
as if to tell the world what a fam
ing vengeance had laid them low
Why was the calling card of tn,
3 rector propped up against his foe
so that anyone that came with,
reading distance might easily ideE
tify the man.
Why were the couple arranget
like loving pair asleep in eac'
others arms?
Why should young Hayes, DO.
ofmuch better repute than Schnei
der, and who knew the Bahne
Girl but slightly. take vengeance
into his own hands on the shortes
possible provocation?
There is no doubt that tn
Schneider and Hayes boys were il
the vicinity of the old Phillips farm
the night of the murder. But Their
were others there the same night
1t seems that during the summe
months the farm was freQuente'
by scores of couples in search 0
amorous seclusion
Evidence Of Vengeance.
There is a theory today tina
someone deeply interested in DR.
Hall discovering that he had beer
slain "by mistake" in compan,
with the choir singer, obtained pos
session of the love letters in sons
manner and scattered them owe
the bodies before the official dis
coyery was reported. This tell-tal,
evidence If vengeance. connected