The Washington times., 1931-09-01
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marked for death b. the self
con essed wholesale murderer was
ref 'cted in a. statement by a
local automobile dealer. The lat
ter ''1ortaG q uoovo ton with
F7w~s when he love omeo pur.
chase a ,av aatmpooile. Said
Pov IS:
I'm gong 70 take my wife
and my ssstcr,in.law Cor long
ride
Al warriors timer n05n women
wegs Urged 0y FoEe~s take out
if1SU lCe. wrlru y1,sed MISS
Stro er 10 say JDda.
~ suppose we both shOuld be
tha kfui nc ayG hern
Paker Angle uou)ted
Az 7lgritses do noe put much
credeace in a theory that Powers
may lave slain pretty Mary Baker,
of washington, whose body was
found in ditch near Arlington
Cemetery on April l3, 1880.
Washington investigators re-
questei City Detective Carl South
ern, d Clarksburg, to grill the
matrimonial agency butcher re-
gar6ing his knowledge of the case.
Inter- atiOnal News Service learn
ed tosay that Powers had visited
Wash ngton frequently in the past
two years.
Resembles Baker Suspect
Tvs of the three witnesses in
the C,pital who saw a man climb
into an automobile with Miss
Rake wnsr sae g.r' for her last
tide ser. reported % have de
clarec Powers p. ucs resembled
the e.corJ Of .Ae III.
Deceive S0u.I-rn said:
~ viii d. eyerytatng possible,
hat Gowers mas stopped talking"
In he trunk ha3yn ing to Pow
prs box % 5lca Der bullets
weYe fund The W"re three bull
3ets a., the S&.ua callber in the
hocy II Mary Baker.
10 HCOIHpdFE DuhCSo
A balistic expert was expected
to cou4aaEs ftH t~c cts of bull
iets,
sr 7g tlo eepa ted march
OF .sers to o.. nangman's
nocge ronc Leroy C. Goff
oresrFt IN ,ualcs into the
de- hs r Mrs hsta cher, Ridge
Par a alaow ~ $. Dorothy !
Lesnitr aotha w dow, from
North0t a. Mass, and the three
children of Mrs, Eicher These
were the known toll tc date of |
the Powers CORES p ondence
school e murder"
Pictleas Trace Last Ride
A grim ecord Of Mrs. Lemke's
''last ride was produced in the
development of roll of fl eS
found amng the effects
Powers. =
There ware three PICTURES of !
the Massa husetCs woman, and
three of lowers, each had ap-
psrently @1apncd thc pictures
while the oleT oue posed.
The photographs were taken
along the road E4tween Fairmont |
and Clarksburg, apparently while !
Powers was taking theWidow from |
her home in NorthborS, Mass.
Powers planned to obliterate his
graveyard just as csIifully as he
had planned months before the
construction of the thamher OF
horrors beneath ~,thI Isolated
garage in whien his I've victims ,
were slaughtered en- lasse.
Planned to Sow Grain
1t was discovered tnI the mur
derer had recently Employed
farmer to sow 70 of rye !
which would cover he trench .
wherein the bodies o. his victims
were huddled.
j. Ed. Law, counsel for Powers,
planned to spend toay in con-
ference with his Chnt in the
county Jail. They wi talk over
defense procedure.
Law charges polict obtained !
the confession of Powes by third
degree methods. Sherif William
Grimm refused to permit a ply
sician hired by Law tx examine
Powers for possible INJURIES in
flicted by police. Law intends
to apply to the court 70 permis-
sion for physical examination of |
Powers. Said Law:
eve have not definihIy set
tied on a plea of insaity. l.
will have to talk thins over
with Powers before we lake a
decision"
Victims Shoes FOuh
Detectives discovered several
pairs of shoes belonging Mrs.
Eicher and her three mrdered
children.
The shoes were covere, with
mud. The shoes belonglg to
Greta Eicher, IA; and to larry,
IL, were blood-stained s,veral
blond hairs chung to the soles
of the shoes belonging to year
old Annabelle Eicher.
The shoes of the boy aDpar-
emily had been torn from his
feet without being unIaced
The bodies of Mrs. EiCheFand
her three children will be shhped
to Pittsburgh today for cremRion