Free trader-journal and Ottawa fair dealer. (Ottawa, Ill.) 1920-1927, 1922-12-18


figured in the tragedy was found n
matter OF probably twenty feet from
the body, The gun was in q small
ditch on the north OF the, concret"
road and west OF the point where the
body lay. The weapon was an lver
Johnson OF ~ calibre Examination
disclosed that two shells had been di''
charged. The size OF the bullet CORE
sponded with the one which pcne'
trated Esmond's heart and later was
removed from the back when sur
genns held an autopsy ut an Ottawa
mC!6uc.
Question Youths.
When tho authorities resumed their
| work g. n case early yesterday one
OF tu,ar first moves was 20 secure de
tailed stitluents from those who
r, 4cls1u the scene Immediately follow
/ ing the suc0,ing,
one CT the first u be questioned
was John Hewk, Of Chicago. a whole
sal, ,Snec salesman, who was driv'
/ mig west from Ottawa to La Sale
early ga a-Gav evening, Hawk made
a atatemcnt to Corcper Ionahue H.
failing what information he had on
I the ease end later was granted per
mission to continue On nc way 70
| Peoria
Hawk lcw"ver, like c;her witness
e. whose ct.rl WIS related to the id
yc"r.dtrrs N,s'erday was not tie
first OF The scene, for he told of two
men hqviNc stopped their automob' g
| a short distance west o. the noint
\ where the lifeleSs form was stretched
( on the concrete These two men,
one described as we'll dressed and
wearing fur overcoat, while the
second was in overalls, apparently
are, the pair who went 10 the Corbin
! farm home and telcplOned the Otta'
wa police. only to leave before the
police arrived. The two men were
driving rodge touring car. 1t is
said and drove OFF toward Ottawa at'
| t-r othe.s had reached the scene
yteio.dav the officers heading the
| investigation were eager TO locate
these two ren in order TO question
them They appeared TO have been
tne hrst on tho scene following the
I
a detailed account of the conditions
they discovered 1t was thought
probable. that when the two learned
that troy verr wanted as witnesses
they would volunteer the information
low so eageTlr sought.
Ore Thought ii "Plsnt."
At least enc motorist sped away
from Tie scene of the tragedy, be
leying thai the scene which greeted
his eyes as the headlights on his car
Illuminated the two of the hill was a
plant by holdups 10 get him to stop.
This rlotorist travelling salesman,
WAS driving west toward La Sale
when h saw the Dodge coupe with
q front wheel lacked up and the mans
form beside it on the road, he later
told the police. He immediately sus-
pectad plot 10 get him to stop,
when nc would be easy victim for
thietcs. Under this Impression, the
lone occupan. Of the car gave the
maciiac more power. sweryed around
tho stalled Dodge and proceeded on
into La Sale. When the driver reach
ed that city he went to the police sta
ton and reported the occurrence as
an attempted holdup.
II was some time after this report
had been fled that word from OF
tawa told OF Esmond's death.
Following conference between
gberiG Weller and States Attorney
Kelly yesterday morning an automO.
bile was dispatched to Post street in
Ottawa. where the sheriff and his
deputies located Andrew Dunbar and
Clarence Engei, also West Ottawa
youth, We're summoned to the sher-
ifs office for questioning. Later the
two young men accom- 7anied a squad
Of investigators when they went to
Dlmick hill to review the scene OF
thp tagged and 20 over the available
evidence step by step.
Dunbar told States Attorney kel
ly that he, accompanied by Engel
Max Franklin, Rose Jenkins, Rose
Anderson and Violet Anderson left
Ottawa in an auto early in the even
ing TO go to La Sale to attend 9
dance He told of the party driving
west over the Cayon drive road anC
, Of reaching the top of the Dimmicl
u
| hill to come upon the Didge coupe
! stalled, and the iifeless form OF the
man just in front OF it. Dunbar tolC
/ that when his party reached thu
4 scene the two men who were eyi
IDENTIFY first to find the body were
| there and told them that they hat
1 gone to a farmhouse and telephoneC
I the police The two warned the Otta
4 wa party against moving the body
4 until the police arrived. None of thu
| Ottawans nor Corbin or his wife
4 to whose home they had gone to tel
4 epilone had ever seen the two men
according to their statements yester
day
Z The authorities apparently We're no
/ inclined TO zee any correction be
tween these two and the crime itself
but rather We're anxious to learI
what information they might furnish
with regard to their discovery.
General Alarm Sent Out.
When news of the death mystery