Richmond daily register. (Richmond, Madison County, Ky.) 1917-1978, 1922-08-07
CINCINNATI COPS
LEAVE WINCHESTER
All Clews In Renaker Murder
Case Appear Blank-Grand
Jury To Investigate


who have been engaged in an ef-
fort in the past ten days to un-
cover the mysterJ surrounding
the murder Of Leon Renaker, on
the morning of July Is at his
home on Lexington avenue, left
for Cincinnati Saturday after
noon and will not return unless
sent for by officials.
They stated, upon leaving, that
they would be out of the city
temporarily, but would still bend
every effort to bring the guilty
party to justice.
All the reports of their daily in
vestigations and a general sum-
mary of the murder mystery
case, with the finger prints and
other evidence gathered, were
turned over by them to County
Attorney Herbert NJ. Moore, who
will present the data to the grand
jury when it meets in September.
Attorney Moore, Chief of Po-
lice James Mullins and other city
and county officials will continue
their Investigations during the
absence Of the Cincinnati detec-
tIvcS who left under a 'scmi-dc-
tached contract" returning the
city if needed. The local officers
will continue to make their re-
ports to the Cal Grim Detective
Agency.
The detectives were brought
here by the city, but for the past
week have been engaged by Mrs.
Renaker, the widow OF the muir
dered man.
When the grand jury meets in
September, officials believe all
other cases will be put aside and
the first week devoted to the Ren
aker case.
A rumor was current here last
night that another man will be
risidly questioned.
Two detectives from the Cal
Grim Agency will come back to
Winchester to appear before the
grand jury with County Attorney
Moore, Chief Of Police Mullins,
and other officials, it was said.
Four free lance detectives, who
have never given Their names nor
the agencies they represent, are
still here working on the case.
One of them is from Louisville,
one from indianapolis, and two
from Chicago. One Of them in
an interview, is quoted as saying
that the four are working togeth-
er, not with the county officials
or the Cal Grim Agency, and will
divide the reward if successful in
solving the mystery. They are
reported to be following a new
line working along another angie
than the one followed by the 10
cal officials and intimate that
they will ask for a warrant for al
arrest within few days. We
have some mighty good stuff and
intend to see that the reward
shall be paid" he said.
The reward has now reached
the sum OF $4,125.
These detectives, working iade-
pendently of local officers, spent
Friday i'll Paris and uncarthed IN
teresting developments, they
claim. n..
One phase of the evidence is
closely guarded. Did the finger
prints on the screen door frame
correspond with those Of the sus-
.pected man? Investigators re-
fuse to answer this question, but
in an opinion said to have been
expressed by one, prints would
provide sufficient evidence to war
rant an arrest.
Secrecy in this phase may sig
Nifty that the finger prints photo
graphed on the door frame were
not sufficiently plain to warrant a
definite comparison and the an
nouncement withheld for certain
reasons.
On the other hand, officials are
unwilling to discuss why an ar
rest should not be made if the
compared finger prints had been
discovered to be identical.
The automobile seen by Mrs.
II. X. Prather about the time the
murder was committed is put
aside as a clue by some of the in
vestigatorS who nevertheless adj
NIT it is an element in the search
for the murderer. The automo-
bile has never been traced.
Then there is the scream, 81
finished him." or Il finished it, T"
houted by the investigators, but
who admit that it has bearing
on the investigation 1t is point
ed out by some that the spot
the car was seen is strange