San Antonio light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1911-1993, 1925-11-15
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Lovers Lane Tragedy
Takes Two Lives, Leaves
Slayer at Large. Il


MILWAUKEE, Nov. 14.-what "a
the secret Of pretty Madalynne Lat.
mer's death?
What is the sinister motive which
led someone to take the life of tb;s
ninetcen-year-old Milwaukee tvn;st
and kill Jimmy Sears, her Kenoshs
sweetheart?
Sears powerful roadster, deserted
and spattered with blood, was found
on the lonely Lovers Lane" highway.
outside of Kenosha, the next morning.
Several hours later the bodies. eacH
beaten and bearing two bullet wounds.
were discovered in a cabbage patch
several hundred yards away, partly
covered with grass, hay and cabbage
leaves.
Was It the work Of a fitted su;tov
of the girl, or former love of Sears.
who trailed Miss Latimer from Nil.
waukee 10 her tryst?
Or was 1t case Of Sears dyins
while defending the honor Of the girl
he was soon to wed with the latter
dying at the hands Of the moron to
avoid the possibility that she might
identify him?
ROBBERY POSSIBLE.
Or was the crime the work of rob,
bers who stole the $50 which SCARF
is believed to have had with him and
of which only half dollar was foundf
Or did sorneope, interrupting the
tete-a-tete Of the sweethearts in their
machine parked on the roadside. slay
Sears after a quarrel and then kill
the girl?
OF was mistaken identity response.
BILE for the tragedy?
MISTAKE is THEORY.
Or is it possible that Sears wsl
slain for revenge by members of q
band who mistook him for his brother,
a witness in a Racine robbery case?
Or was the hideous crime PROMPTED
by still some other motive which is
destined forever to remain MYSTERY
Involved in these possibilities are
the four chief motives that have been
considered in this astounding mystery
in Lovers Lane-blackmail, jealousy.
revenge. robbery.
Madalynne Latimer was belle ID
Kenosha, of sunny disposition and
loved and admired by many.
Jimmy Sears: her fiance, was the
prosperous proprietor of garage and
a former college football and baseball
hero. As far ms is known he had no
enemies.
CLUES FAIL.
Up to the present time authorities
have nothing but tangled mass OF
theories, mysterious tips and few in.
tangible clues, supporting and lend.
ing color to any one Of the four pos.
ethla vaat;tae cha NJ
kee authorities admit that they are
baffled in their attempts. even to
piece together the events Of the terrible
night on which the bullet-riddled bod
les were abandoned.
Is blackmail the answer? Did tho
couple, happy in anticipation of the
wedding set for next month, fall VIC
time to sinister band which has
been preying upon sweethearts who
park their machines off the main high
ways on what has come to be known
as "Spooner's Paradise?
Reports that two Kenosha auto
mobile statesmen, one with a police
record. had aligned themselves with
Il former deputy sheriff and have been
holding the threat of blackmail over
the head OF spooners discovered in
Lovers Lane" have reached the ears
of Investigators and are being run
down.
UNDER SURVEILLANCE.
The automobile statesmen have beed
questioned by the authorities and re-
leased. but warned that they will be
under constant surveillance and any
effort to leave Kenosha would result
in their immediate arrest.
First IN form finn rpOa riding thpcd
men came to .the authorities in the
form Of a Zip
The mysterious informant's accusa.
tons against the automobile sales'
men received additional color from
the assertion Of Worthington Sears,
brother Of James, that they had FREE
quently lounged about the Sears ga-
rage and knew something OF the
habits of the victim and his love af.
fair. his rapidly accumulated wealth
and his custom of carrying large sums
Of money. go,
~ admit that was spooning with
n young woman on the night OF the
murder" the informant told author.
tiles.
I'VE had left our car and were sit-
ting in little by-lane leading OIL the
highway when we saw two men, both
Of whom are selling cars for the same
company and whom I was able 10
recognize, although they apparently
did not recognize me. They had park.
ed in an adjoining lane and walked
over to my car and looked into II. l
got up and walked over to them.
"Am I in your wsyT | asked.
Yes, blank you, and we are going 10
get you they answered.
BLACKMAL THEORY
81 noted then that the man, who
has been arrested before, had gun
in his hand. ] moved closer still to
them ard they recognized me and
said, Hello, Joe, we are hunting
certain .car--did you see ono round
hereY That was just stall, because
We had all just seen a car OF tnat
make pass by"
Is this incident the answer? We
these men blackmailers, who later
with the aid OF the former deputy;
posed as officers Of the law and tried
TO prey upon Sears and his fair CONF
panion?
Or was jealousy the motive that I'M
spired the ruthless slayings?
Seeking to answer this questlon,
the authorities seized n Milwaukee
man, conductor on an Interurban line,
but were forced to release him when
he established an abb.