The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1925-11-05

Information that Leo Chafee, held
in Kenosha on suspicion in connection
with the murder of Madalynne Latl-
mer and Jimmie Sears and held also
on a warrant charging a serious
statutory offense, burned pair OF
trousers and pair of shoes on the
morning following the murder OF the
pair in Kenosha, was the most SEN
sational development in the lnvestl-
CATION being carried on by the pollce
here. The discovery came during q
check on several points in Chafee's
alibi as given the police detectives
when the man was first returned from
Iron Mountain, Mich. AT that time
Chafee had said that he had thrown
his shoes out the back door of his
home. Later he admitted that he
burned them. And police have since
found that he also burned pair Of
trousers.
When asked why he burned the
clothing Chafee is said to have an
swered that they were soaked with
oil and grease from his work at the
Ajax plant and that "they were no
good any more"
Seek Another Explanation.
~ Lieut.. Charles Rock and Detective
Sergeant Emil Meissner, in charge of
the investigation in Kenosha, declared
today that they were dissatisfied with
this answer as an explanation for the
burning of the clothes and shoes.
Lieut.. Rock pointed out that there is
possibility that the clothes might
have carried tell-tale spots which
might have implicated Chafee in a
serious way in the double murder
mystery.
In the meantime Chafoe steadfast-
ly denies any connection with the
actual murder. He has denied also
that he is the right man named in
the warrant sworn out on Monday on
information given to Policewoman
Beulah Mcneil by a Kenosha woman
who charges that Chafee attempted an
assault upon her when her escort was
forced to drive away at the point of
gun and leave her alone on lonely
road near the intersection of West
Grand avenue and Highway 81.
Says It's Another.
Chafee insists that the man sought
in this connection is another. He
gave the police several hints which
might help them in bringing into Gus
tody this man pointed out by Chafee
as the guilty one. Detectives Frank
McCluskey and Walter Chase, who
were assigned to this angle of the
case, declared today that they were
| skepticaI of Chafee's attempt to fasten
suspicion on another. They reported
that the girl in the case was insistent
and confident in her Identification Of
Chafee as the man who stopped the
car in which she was riding on the
| night of May 20. Chafee does not re-
member, he says, where he was on
the night of May 20, but he insists
that he can clear himself of this
charge.
Mrs. Leo Chafee, who is now staying
at the home of relatives in Racine
| following her return to Kenosha from
| Iron Mountain, Mich, when she tried
to help her husband establish his
alibi for the night of the murder, ha:
engaged an attorney at Racine.
To Arraign Chafee Today.
The attorney has demanded thai
Chafee be arraigned on the statutory
charge at once and arrangement.
have been made for his appearance il
the municipal court this afternoon.
j Meanwhile Lieut.. Rock is checkin,
further on Chafee's abb. The effort
of the detectives have thus far salts
factorily accounted for every move o
Chafee's during the entire night witt
the exception of that period from
11:2O o'clock until 1880 o'clock on tn
morning of October 10. Chafee, &C
cording to Rock, has not given sat
isfactory account of these two hours
and he pointed out that this per:o,
was in all probability the time durin.
(which the crime was committed.