The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1928-01-14
Criminal of Extreme Cum
ming and Intelligence
Shown in Staying.
HUNT BY POSSES FAILS
Only Two Dim CIews Found
Which Might Lead to
Butcher Capture.
BY PHILLIP n. O'HARA
United Press STAFF Correspondent

FLINT, Mich, Jan. 14.-Failure OF
police and volunteer posses to round
up the middle aged man who kid
naped and mutilated Dorothy
Schneider, 5-year-old kindergarten
pupil, gave rise today to the theory
that the assailant was a Jekyll- Hyde
type of extraordinary cunning.
In addition to the fact that the in
cisions made on the little girl were
done with almost professional sur
gical skill and we're confined to well
anatomical areas, authorities were
inclined to view his escape from a
State wide search as due to extraor-
binary resource and intelligence.
For nearly thirty-six hours the
man hunt had equaled that for
Hickman in California. Every high
way leading out of Flint had been
patroled for a slightly stopped, fur
hated man driving a dilapidated
sedan. Underworld resorts were Wis
tied and descriptions of the mur-
derer were broadcast by radio, news
papers and in the movie theaters.
Admit Chances Are Slim
The net result was that officials
were forced today to admit that
their chances of capturing the killer
rested on two slender hopes.
Practically all of the fifty or sixty
suspects" caught by the police net
a c1i
after little investigation.
Some hope was entertained that
Archie Bacon, the =. farmer who
obligingly helped Dorothy'S assailant
to release his automobile from the
mud shortly after the crime, might
be able to recognize a Wisconsin
"bum," who was picked up as the
girls aggressor. His appearance
correSponded generally with the
description of the man sought, ex-
cept that he was somewhat shorter
and lighter. He admitted, accord
ing to Frank A. Green, Genesee
sheriff, that he was in Flint, Thurs
day.
The second centered around
mysterious driver of an automobile,
who attracted attention in Saginaw
Friday, by driving through the
alleys of the city, reversing when
other machines approached him and
generally acting in furtive man
ner.
The initial numbers of the license
plates noted by some boys, were
those of licenses issued in Flint
The man was not arrested, but
police believed they would have him
before sunset.
Deny Arrests Covered Up
Three detectives of the Detroit
homicide squad joined in the hunt
today. They we're detailed because
of their previous experience In
dealing with degenerates.
Sheriff Green denied he had asked
special protection for the county
Jail or that he was seeking to cover
up the arrest of suspects because
he feared lynching.
While public indignation here un-
doubtedly was strong over the mur-
der, there were no manifestations
of any kind.
Mrs. Schneider, who is "a, was re-
covering sufficiently to talk Of the
event. Surrounded by relatives and
friends in her little home on the
outskirts of the village of Mount
Morris, she described how Dorothy
was an exceptionally bashful child,
who was spectator rather than
participant of her comrades play.
She usually returned from school
with two little boys, who lived next
door, Mrs. Schneider said.
On the day of the kidnapping the
two boys were kept at home because.
their mother explained, "they had
nothing to wear"