The Indianapolis times., 1930-06-21
EXPECTED TO
WAIVE FIGHT
OVER RETURN
Definite Decision Whether
to Battle ExtraditiOn
at Noon.
START TRIP LATE TODAY
Admits Burning Car With
Body in 1t After Fatal
Accident.
START TRIP LATE TODAY
BIZ Tim es Special

MOBILE, Ala, June 21.-At noon
today Harold Herbert Schroeder, .,
Mobile business man accused of ar
son and facing possible murder
charges in the Indianapolis torch
car mystery of May 81, was to sig
Nifty whether he would return to In
dianapodis without court procedure
to face the charges.
At midnight Friday. under ques-
tioning by authorities, he expressed
willingness to waive extrad1tion, but
refused to sign the waiver papers at
the time.
He declared he wanted to clean
up some matters concerning my
business and children"
Start of the indianapolis in
vestigators back to indianapolis with
Schroeder in their automobile was
scheduled for 130 this afternoon IN
case Schroeder carries through his
promise to waive extradition.
Car Went Into Ditch
En- route he will be subject to
intensive questioning as to the crime.
He has admitted burning OF his
automobile with the body OF a man
within it, but denies violence toward
the man whose charred body was
found. LIN,
He declares the man, hltcn
hiker. was killed when Scnroeoer
automobile went into ditch west
of Terre Haute and that he drove
the body back to the High Scnool
road outside Indianapolis sWnere ne |
sAred the car, fearing q charge Oh
murder against himself.
schroeder, agreeing to return 10
indianapolis, stipulated that ne noC |
he handcuffed and Sheriff George
Winkler of Indianapolis agreed.
schroeder's story Of the car burn
;ng and death of the undermined
man whose body was found IN tne
ruins. is looked upon as lmproo@Olc
by investigators.
Picked Up Hitch-Hiker
Calmly he asserted that, leaving
Indianapolis after the Speedwayy
races, he picked up a youtnim
hitch-hiker. He did not ask tne
youth his name or residence, ouV
saws the youth mentioned MaSsa-
chusets during the trip.
The youth fell asleep in the 1ronC
scat at his side, Schroeder claims
Schroeder. who had been awake 1or
two NIGHTS, says he fell asleep at
the wheel about thirty miles west
Of Terre Haute, and that the caI
went into a ditch. When the shock
evoke him, he says, he saw Vne
hitch-hiker lying on the car noOi'
his neck broken.
Feared Murder Charge
re turned and drove back toward
indianapolis, through Terre Haute'
with the body in his car, ne claims:
Fearing he would be accused Oh
murder. he stopped outside IN
dianapolis, dashed gasoline on ms
car and fred it, he said. Leaving
the scene he rode into Indian
anolis with a couple in an auto
mobile who believed him q MUCH
hiker. 4,,
He remained in Indianapolis untli
Saturday night, he declared, anu
then started south, hitch mixing 70
louisville. where he took bus LOT
Nashville, and then made his way
through Birmingham to Mobile.
After his arrest Schroeder was
interviewed by Investigators. Sherln
Georre Winkier, Deputy Prosecutor
George Eggleston, Detective Jonn
stump and Deputy Sheriff Fred Fox
of indianapolis, who had left Mobile |
for a return trip north two hours
before Schroeder's arrest, returned
to Mobile from Montgomery, Ala.'
where they learned Of the capture.
Capture Is Sensational
At midnight Sheriff winkler and
the investigators questioned
Schroeder. He maintained the story
told earlier to Mobile officials.
He was visited at the jail by his
brother. Ernest w. Schroeder OF
evanston. Ill, and his brother-in-
low. Lynn L. Sans Of Elkhart, Ind. |
and by wife, Mrs. Leah Schroeder.
Schroeder's capture Friday after
noon was sensational.
Earl C. Dykes, Mobile garage |
owner was told by friend that
Schroeder was in Mobile and had
been seen rfear the vacant lot. Dykes
informed Sheriff Byrnes, who failed
to act during the morning, he
claims.
In the afternoon Dykes got re-