The Indianapolis times., 1930-06-21
Schroeder
Statement
THE statement obtained from
Il Harold Herbert Schroeder bv

Harold Herbert Schroeder by
States Solicitor Bart B. Chamber
lain at Mobile, Ala, follows:
my name is Harold Schroeder.
I am 35 years of age. ana married
and I have two children. My
residence is 264 South Hamilton
street. 1 left Mobile, Ala, about
May 20, 1890, in the morning
about 10 or II o'clock in my
Chrysler automobile, the same
automobile found burned near In
dianapolis. I went from here by
way of Citronelle and up through
Waynesboro, Quitman, and Me-
ridian, Miss.
while I was near Citronelle I
picked up two young white men,
one approximately 81 and the
other one about 18 or 10. They
did not tell me their names. 1
stopped at Quitman, Miss, and
Meridian, Miss, on business calls.
I saw a boy named Guie Coggins
at Meridian, Miss, whom I knew.
I also saw Lawrence White, whom
knew. also saw a fellow named
Zachary, whom also I know.
IT stopped at Quitman, Miss,
about twenty or twenty-five
minutes. in Meridian a couple of
hours. I went on to st. Louis.
Outside of stopping along the road
for something to eat and for
gasoline for my car I stopped no
where else. I stopped at Fruit
dale, Ala, on the way up and saw
Guy Britton of Mobile. I was
there about ten minutes. 1t took
me about three days to go to st.
Louis. I stayed at a hotel in st.
Louis, but do not remember the
name. I stayed there one day
and night. 1 did not see any
one in st. Louis whom I knew,
nor did I transact any business
there.
81 left st. Louis and went over
through Illinois toward Indian
apoliS and made no stops except a
few minutes at several small
places. I stopped at a roon1ing
house In Indianapolis, but do
not remember the name nor the
street. I know where it is and
could locate it. I locked my car
and left 1t on the street near the
rooming house when I was there
and I did not place it in any
garage.
II WAS in indianapolis about a
l. week or close to it and
went over to Louisville and Gin
cinnati and a few other towns
around there.
II was present at the race in
Indianapolis on Decoration day.
I drove my car out to the race
track. went out there by myself.
1 never met anybody I knew while
at the race. I chatted with
several persons who were sitting
near me at the race. I made no
acquaintance up till this time ex-
cept to meet people casually and
talk with them.
II did not do so much after the
race. I collected some money that
I had won at the race. / do not
care to tell how much. That does
not particularly concern this case.
II checked out of the boarding
house to come home after the
race. 1 decided 1 would get on as
far as I could that night.
''I drove on to Terre Haute,
coming toward Mobile. When
miles the other side of Terre
Haute all the bad part happened.
II had picked up a boy on the
road to give him a ride, like a
damn fool. I do not know his
name. He was about Is or 80
years Of age. All know was what
he told me in talklA to me lit
tie. He told me that lived in
Massachusetts,, I believe. 10 not
know how he was dressed.
He asked me for a ride an
picked him up and he got in the
car with me. He rode practically
from Indianapolis over to this
point on the other side of Terre
Haute. This was about thirty
five miles the other side of Terre
Haute.
"T HAD been up pretty late the
lnight before and the night be-
fore than also. And he had gone
to sleep even before I got to Terre
Haute. When / was thirty five
miles on the other side of Terre
Haute I went to sleep also, and
when ] awoke q second or two
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