The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1928-01-17

Pailthorpe approached and began
to ask him the questions which lea
to the murderer'S arrest.
Pailthorpe's version was different.
He said he received a telephone call
from Mt. Morris-the village where
the SchneiderS live-at about the
same time that Dorothy's body was
lowered into the grave.
The call indicated that Sheldon
Robinson, carpenter, had heard
fellow carpenter say that he knew
where he could lay his hands OH
the slayer, but that he had no in
tention of. doing so till the reward
of Sc. 900 had been raised to the level
OF the California Hickman reward
of 100000.
Churchman Tells Story
Pailthorpe rushed Robinson to
Flushing and there they confronted
Lottridge. The deputy made it clear
Immediately that it would be to
Lottridge's advantage to tell what
he knew. Lottridge came clean"
He said he knew man over in
OWosso who answered the descrip-
ton of the Schneider slayer and
who drove the same type of car.
Pailthorpe said he was so dis
gusted with the attitude attributed
to Lottridge by Robinson that he
left him there without taking his
name. He brought Robinson back
to Mount Morris and. returning to
the county jail, picked up Deputies
Henry Munger and Thomas Kelly.
The three speeded to Owosso,
where they found Hotelling at home,
They asked Hotelling to explain
his movements Thursday, the day
when Dorothy was kidnapped and
slain.
Hotelling said he was at home
that day. His wife refused to cor
roborate the statement, saying he
had been looking for work.
Wife SCOTS at Idea
The deputies told Mrs. Hotelling
that they had reason to believe that
her husband was the little girls as
sailant. She laughed.
Nonsense" she said "If I thought
he was, I'd turn him in myself"
Little by little, the deputies built
up their case.
The last link in the chain Of
evidence came luckily. The deputies
asked to see Hotelling's automobile
and they were led to a black sedan,
The color of the automobile used
by the murderer was robin egg blue.
AS Pailthorpe turned the handle OF
the door, a large ring on his finger
scratched the paint on the body.
Under the surface was a coat Of
robin egg blue.
The deputies established that the
car had been reprinted Friday. the
day after the murder.
They then searched Hotelling and
found in an upper outside pocket
jackknife wrapped III piece Of
paper.
Names on Paper
The knife, they found, had two
keen blades, both bloodstained. The
paper in which it was wrapped bore
the names of a number Of women,
including the name Of Mabel
schneider, 24-year-old mother Of
Dorothy.
Against her name was sinister
cross. The man continued to pro-
test his ignorance Of the crime. The
deputies placed him in their ma
chine and sped for Flint.
Hotelling remained nonconlmittal.
The officers showed him the hand
Kerchiefs found in the car, one Of
which belonged to Dorothy. He did
not finch.
Then came Archie Bacon, princi-
pal identity witness.
"That's the man." said Bacon, the
terse farmer. Hotelling flinched.
Whose blood is this?" asked
Scavara, exhibiting the two blades
of the jacknife.
The man faltered. His lips quiv-
cred and he covered his face with
his hands. He began to weep.
IT did it," he cried, II don't know
what made me do it"
The officers hustled him to a soil
tary cell in an upper tier. A few
moments later Sheriff Green re-
turned to question him further. He
found Hotelling Scraping at his
throat with rusty nail. Blood oozed
from several red streaks, but the
injuries were not serious.
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