The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1931-09-01

BIZ United Press
HARRISBURG, w. Va, Sept. l.
A roll of honeymoon snapshots" OF
Harry F. Powers, alleged matri-
monial "BIuebeard." and his pros
pective bride, Mrs. Dorothy A.
Pressler Lemke, Worcester, Mass,
whose honeymoon ended in death,
was developed today to provide the
latest evidence against the man &C
cused of five killings and suspected
of more.
The pictures, alternating full
length photos of Powers and his
bride-to-be, we're taken on that
fateful trip from Worcester to
Clarksburg en- route to Powers
farm in the west"
The pictures were revealed as po-
lice prepared to continue their
search in the Quiet Dell property
where the high-pressure mail order
Romeo is alleged to have hanged
and buried his victims.
Trace Other Activities
In belief that Powers may have
conducted the mail order matrimo-
NAL agency which extended over
the entire country and even into
Denmark from nearby cities, police
were checking every possible clew.
Police Chief w. B. Moran, Fair
mont, w. Va, twenty-siX miles
from here, was here with several
officers today to see the prisoner
and question him concerning his &C
tivities in Fairmont. Moran said
Powers, using the alias Matthews"
had been in Fairmont.
One of the three children of Mrs.
Asia Buick Eicher, Park Ridge, ILL.,,
whose bodies, with those of their
mother, were found at the rear of
Powers garage death chamber, was
known to have mailed letter to a
friend from Fairmont.
w. H. Malone, gubernatorial can
didate in Illinois, and prominent
resident of Park Ridge, will provide
burial expenses for the four mem
bers of the Eicher family, police re-
vealed.
EOWerS VIII Is round
A coroner'S jury made prelimi-
nary examination Of the bodies in a
mortuary here Monday night so
they could be sent to Pittsburgh
today for cremation, police said.
The ashes then will be sent to
Park Ridge for burial. Inquest will
be held later.
The body of Mrs. Lemke still is
unclaimed at the undertaking par
lor where it has lain since it was
dug from cellar ditch leading
from the garage in Quiet Dell to
nearby Elk creek.
Police revealed new angle to
the operations of Powers, known to
his matrimonial prospects as Cor
nelius Orvin Pierson, Connie" for
short, civil engineer. This was dis
covery of his purported will, be-
lieved used to gain confidence of his
victims so they, in reciprocation.
would sign over their estates to
him.
The roll of films, with the sub
jectS in bliSsfuI poses against a
background of rustic scenery, was
regarded by police as decidedly in.
eliminating.
Mrs. Lemke wore the same dress
which police recovered, muddy from
the shallow trench, with her body.
The dress, washed Of its mud and
compared with the photo, showed
the same figured pattern and de-
sign, police said.
Try to Link Baker Case
The Staying Of Mary Baker. pretty
government clerk in Washington.
D. c., entered the investigation of
Powers activities today when it was
learned that Washington detectives
were seeking a possible link between
the two cases.
Description Of the alleged assail-
ant of Miss Baker, whose bullet
riddled body was found along
ditch in Arlington, was said to
tally with that Of Powers.
A check at police headquarters
and the sheriff's office failed to re-
veal the presence Of a Washington
detective reported sent here to
check on activities of Powers on
April IL, 1880, when Miss Baker
was slain.
Sheriff w. B. Grimm and police
on duty had no knowledge of the
reported connection between the
two cases.