The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1925-12-17
Mystery Auto Sayings IN
Fire States Battle Police

miles along the road. No trace OF
him has since been found.
Scene Shifts To Denver.
Apparently the fact that he had at
| last been seen frightened him. Police
believe that he left Chicago (Which
is about 25 miles from Bloomingdale)
for Denver on the following morning
at any rate, the next murder which
the authorities attribute to him took
place on August 2, on the outskirts
of Denver. This tragedy also occurred
on a road much frequented by lovers
who want to be undisturbed.
Fred Funker of Denver, had taken
Mrs. Julia Stearns, pretty divorce
Of "a, her sister, Marie Mccormick,
and Carl Perry out for ride in his
car. They had stopped at an unfre-
quented spot for only a short time
when a man leaped from clump Of
bushes which bordered the road and
jumped to the running board. With
his revolver trained on Funker, he
forced him to turn into lane nearby
and stop the car.
The wheels had scarcely ceased
turning when, without a word, the
stranger started shooting. When he
stopped Perry was the only one of
the four alive. Perry had been struck
in the arm by one bullet as he jumped
from the automobile in an attempt to
escape. AS he fell he struck his head
on a stone-rendering him uncon-
scious-and this probably saved his
life.
When he recovered consciousness
Miss Mccormick was. lying dead in
the road few feet from him. Mrs.
Stearns and Funker were still in the
car and both were dead. Their assail-
ant had disappeared. He had made
no attempt to take money or jewelry
from any of his victims. But Miss
McCormick's clothes were disarranged
and torn, and there was evidence that
she had been attacked after she had
been shot.
The only information Perry could
give about the stranger was that he
spoke in "quavering tenor voice"
Bloodhounds were rushed to the
scene of the murder, and they found
the trail of the murderer, but after
they had followed it for three-quar-
ters of a mile they lost it in the
many footprints and tire prints on the
main highway. That is the nearest
the police have ever come to captur-
ing this ghostlike killer.
Scraps of paper were found near the
little bridge at Kenosha where he is
supposed to have washed his hands
after his most recent crime. On them
were scrubbed the names of about
fifteen couples. 1t is believed that
they are the names of future victims
who he has marked down. 1t is i'm
possible to tell where he is likely to
strike next. Since he fed to the vest
ward when he was frightened the first
time the police think it likely that
next time he will turn to the east.
But they have found no clue as to his
identity or movements which would
enable them to prevent his striking
again wherever his crazy fancy might
lead him.
In the Batavia,Tl case, Henry w.
Jeske, farmer and banker, had driven
in his car in company with his wife
and little boy on Saturday night, had
worked few hours and the three
then started home. A few hours later
bullet riddled bodies of father and
boy were found in the farm yard,
while inside the house on the floor
was the body of the wife shot to
death and her clothing torn from her
body. The bloodstained auto was
later found several miles away where
it had been abandoned by the killer.