The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1928-01-17
ELDER ADMITS
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were to confer late today on the
next step,
recting the States prosecution, hopes
the churchman will stand by his
confession, plead guilty, and be i'm
diate1y sentenced to prison. There
is no capital punishment in Michi-
gan.
'"There was no coercion, and he
made his confession of his own
free WILL" Governor Green said IF
he has any sense at all he should
realize the best thing for him is
plead guilty and accept life SEN
tence. Later, if he wants an ex-
animation for insanity, he can be
examined In prison. If found in
sane, ne can be transferred to the
hospital for the criminal insane at
Ionia.
Fear Mob Violence
Whether Hotelfing can be ar
raigned in Ionia county or must be
returned to Genesee is q point not
yet determined. If the law requires
his return to Genesee he will be
smuggIed across the county line to
some isolated, unnamed spot and
afraigned there.
finder no circumstances will ne
be returned to Flint, where an en-
ragged mob of $4,000 persons stormed
the Jail last night with bowling de-
mands for his life.
Feared for Life
Hotelling, elder of the Church Of
Christ at Owosso and the sort Of
man pointed out as a model for the
youth of the town, had heard the
mob demanding his life at Flint. He
flinched and begged to be removed
to more secure prison.
Just a short tins before. he had
faced the accusing, careful inspec-
ton OF Archie Bacon, Mt. Morris
farmer, who helped the slayer
extricate his car from the mud.
ats him. Bacon shouted.
Then HoteIling made and signed
two revolving confessions, in which
he told how he lured Dorothy into
flis automobile, drove to a desolate
SPOT near the Bacon farm and there
killed her.
Tried to End Life
Hotelling twice attempted suicide
during the night, but, with the
break of dawn, he appeared quite
composed.
He was the only person directly
concerned with the case who passed
a night of calm sleep. 1t was
night of terror. of mobs. OF hurried
flights with HoteIling from Flint To
Lansing and thence to Ionia. where
the murderer was lodged behind the
prison walls.
Hotel1ing's crime was one OF the
atrocities that normal
human beings can only shudder at
but never understand. In it's details
are many striking parallels OF the
notorious Hickman case in Los
Angeles.
Il don't know why did it," he
said.
"I took her in the machine and
drove around awhile. Then I car
ried her into q thicket. cut up her
body and hid 1t down in the creek.
A large blood stained knife, which
HotelIihg is said to have admitted
using to kill the girl, was found on
his person, according to arresting
officers.
The little girl was kidnapped and
slain last Thursday. Since that
time the greatest manhunt in the
history of Michigan had beer
underway. The tip that finally led
to the guilty mans arrest came
from Sheldon Robinson, a Mount
Morris carpenter. HOtelling is also
carpenter.
Waiting For Rig Reward
Robinsin told police he had been
working with a man at Flushing,
who. he believed. was the man they
wanted He said he talked con |
tinually about the crime and |
boosted that when the rewards were
great enough, he would tell them |
just where to find the murderer"
Deputy Sheriffs from Flint |
speeded to Flushing, but found |
Hotelling had left the job there. |
They FASTENED on to Owosso and |
found the middle.aSed man sitting
comfortably at home with his wife |
and five children.
ut looked like a poor tip" one |
of the deputies said later, "but |
HotelIing demeanor was anything |
but reassurlng. We found the de.
crepit sedan described by Farmer
Bacon and then we felt we were
on the right track"
Mrs. HoteIllng, the sIayer's wife,
broke down and sobhed that she
was sure her husband couldn't
have done this thing"
The arrest At the churchman
was n schOck To his fellow citizens,
who. despite. the broadcasting of
descriptions ~ the slRysr's car,
never suspected their pious elder.
Michigan has state Law against
capital punishment. For this rea.