New Britain herald., 1928-01-14
MICHIGAN SLAYER
 Of GIRL ESCAPES
. Clues Being FonoVd in
 Hunt for KMBapG

t1int. Mich. Jan. II (UPl "A mlddle aged man. believed to be . meAtac who has some slight knowl- eds of surgery. was sought through. .oNt the middlewest today as the murderer of i've year old Dorothy 6c1neider.
 Authorities felt certain the man had escaped .fsom Flint and sent an appeal throughout this section for oa{sials to be on the lookout for the man,
 The little Eirl was Kidnapped Thurs day n shs was en route home from scheol Her body later was found in . river bed.
 Saw Kidnaping
 Tho little girls mother was wait ing on the front porch of the Schnei- der homo Thursday for the girl to return from school. She watched her daughter approach.
 Near the house motor car drew alongside Dorothy. the girl got in, and the motor car sped away.
 The nipther. alarmed. notified otfi- cerb. A search was started. A few hours later the mutilated body was discovered in . creek bed. Doctors say incisioAs on the body are such they probably were made only by & man with g knowledge of surgery.
 Description Tallies
 Police later learned that . man driving a motor car, similar to that used by the kidnaper. had sought aid from Archie Bacon in having the motor car pulled from g bog hole. The man was about 50 years old and his description tallied with the mea- ger details given by the mother.
 Bacon helped remove the motor car at . time after tho Kidnapping occurred, and authorities believe tho body of the little girl might have been in the tonneau of the machine at that time. He was driving in the direction of the creek where the body was found.
 Little Motive
 There was little motive for the Kidnapping. The Schneider family is not wealthy and there was little chance that | Kidnapping might re- suit in any great ransom.
 Two men were arrested since the Kidnapping but both have established perfect alibis and have been releas- cd.
 Authorities have started raising Q reward here for the capture of the girls slayer. The crime has created such tremendous indignation that they believed today that sizeable reward finally would be raised.
 Intensive Man Hunt
 Tho man hunt has almost equaled that made in Los Angeles for Will liam Edward Hickman. For nearly s6 hours every highway leading out of the city has been patrolled.
 All places in the city, where 1t was thought likely the murderer might have hidden. were searched. Between 50 and 60 men were arrest cd in theae raids. but none adequate ly fitted the description of the man being sought.
 Tho description the officers have h of q dightly stopped man of bo yeAra of age. He wore a fur coat and was driving a we'll used Dodge sedan.
 Two New Clues
 Two new clues were being traced today. One was that man arrest cd near East Tawas resembled the slayer. He admitted being in Flint the day of the Kidnapping. authori- ties say. However. local authorities doubt, from the description given. that the man is the murderer.
 Authorities at Saginaw reported a man in a used sedan attracted con- siderable attention there yesterday by driving through the alleys rather than up and down the main thoro- fares. The driver of the motor car seemingly evaded everyone, the Sag inaw reports say.
 Two boys obtained tho license number of the motor car and the lioanse was issued to a Flint man. local police say.
 No Special Guard
 While public indignation is con- siderable, there have been no out ward manifestations. No special guard has been asked for the city jail.
 Mrs. Schneider today was some what recovered from the first shock of tho tragedy. She said Dorothy was in tho habit of returning from school with several boys who live in the same neighborhood.
 The boys had not attended school tho day Dorothy was Kidnapped.
 She said the little girl was ex- tremely back ward and was restrain A~.,~~A~ ->>nL;vr f1 Str OUnrR