The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1929-08-14
FIEND Stays
GIRL; THRUSTS
BODY IN SACK
Child Is Assaulted and
StrangIed to Death by
Murderer.
SEEK MIDDLE-AGED MAN
Intensive Man Hunt Started
by Minneapolis Police;
{ Roads Guarded.

MINNEAPOLIS, Aug. 14.-The
body of Dorothy Aune, 12-year-old
Minneapolis junior high school girl,
was found trussed in two gunny
sacks in gutter here today.
Tightly bound with wire and
thrust into two gunnysacks, the body
of the child was found on Hiawatha
avenue by William Stoakes and w.
G. Hoag, two ice men.
One coarse sack was pulled over
the head of the body and another
over the feet and legs.
The body was removed to the
county morgue for examination, and
until that is finished the manner
in which the girl was killed will not
be known.
Dorothy, the daughter of Andrew
w. Aune, carpenter, had been
missing since p. m. Tuesday when
she left home on an errand to a
nearby grocery.
Search for Stranger
Dorothy was described as an ex-
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an "A" student last year in Roose-
velt Junior high school.
Police at once began a search for
the middle-aged stranger whom
Sylvia Aune, sister of the slain child,
said recently had been seen in the
neighborhood.
Deputy Coroner c. A. Hobbs de-
clared she had been assaulted and
strangled to death.
Sylvania Aune, 20, sister of the
child described to police a bald
headed man about 40-year-old," >"
whom she said had been trying to
entice little girls into his automobile.
Within two hours after the body
was found Sylvia and Eilif, a
brother, identified the body.
Eilif broke into tears and cried
out:
'"lI hunt this devil down and get
vengeance if it takes my whole
life.
This terrible crime will be
avenged" the almost hysterical boy
cried. He picked up the child's body
from a morgue slab and caressed it.
Twine Around Throat 9
Dorothy's body had been horribly
threated. Her clothing was covered
with blood. The slender little body
had been thrust into two gunny-
sacks, one over the head and one
over the feet All about her body
was bound twine and fine wire. The
hands we're tied behind her back
and the mouth was stuffed with
cotton.
About TIE throat was a heavy
throng of twiae which caused her
death.
Dorothy left her home at O'Clock
Tuesday to go to grocery store
four blocks away on an errand. She
never reached the store.
Police believed she was abducted
by some person driving an automo-
bile and carried away to the place
where she was assaulted and muir
dered.
Sylvia gave officers a complete
description of the stranger whom
she had see nseveral times during
the past week in the Aune neighbor-
hood.
He wore no hat, Sylvia said, was
bald, had on a grey shirt and was
of slight build. His car was a
coach. When Dorothy left home on
her errand she had on red tam,
pink dress, and orange sweater.
Highways Are Guarded
A girl playmate offered to accom-
pany Dorothy to the store but she
answered:
Never mind, I'll be all right"
Several hours later when she
failed to return home the family
notified police of her absence. They
were the first called today when
the body was found.
II was believed the childs body
had been thrown into the gutter to-
day sometime between 5 a. m. and
Tam. N. R. Wall, railway freight
inspector, passed the spot shortly
before a. m. and said there was
nothing there at that time.
Just about o'clock when Stoakes
and Hoag passed the place with
their ice wagon on the usual morn
ing rounds they made the grueSome
discovery and at once called police.
The body was rushed to the morgue
for examination.
Police we're sent into all parts of
the city. Highways were guarded
and every effort was made to appre-
hend the fiend at once. Officers said
every suspicious character would be
rounded up and questioned.