The Waterbury Democrat. [volume] (Waterbury, Conn.) 1917-1946, 1933-09-13
Killer Suspect
Being Sought
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Boston.
This was nearly an hour after
Cahilps automobile had been seen
abandoned on Grove avenue, skirt
Ing silver Lake, mile away.
Cahill. 42-year-olo Jobless Law
renee stationary engineer and for
mer Montana cowboy, was q friend
of the family Of Margaret peggy
Mccarthy, 10-year-old parochial
school pupil who vanished, from
her Somerville home Friday and
whose body was found next day
in Cambridge after she had been
abducted and throttled.
Though Clinch's story led police
Chief Harry Ainsworth to believe
that Cahill was still alive, Fred
Wallace, professional diver, ar
rived here from Somerville this
morning and prepared to search
the waters Of Silver Lake.
j. Frank Tnain arrived here
from Somerville today with two
Dobermann- Pinscher dogs, Blitz
and Sonia, the former O veteran Of
police work. Released at the spot
where Cahills abandoned car was
found, Blitz went 40 feet into the
WOOuS, tIltu tuEHeu 0pidPtiy ethd
retraced his steps.
District Attorney Warren L. Bis
hop, who had come here to person
lily direct the manhunt, conferred
with four state detectives and
other officials and then expressed
the opinion that Cahill had gone
into the woods and returned to the
automobile.
SO great was the crowd swarm
Ing the scene Of the search that II
was decided to use the dog no
more for the present. Instead, the
search was transferred to the lake
where, in the southeast corner, the
deepest portion, Diver Fred Wallace
| descended In the possibility the
waters might hold Cahilrs body.
Three state troopers and four To-
cal officers, guilel by O police dog
meanwhlls searched the woods
nearby District-attorneys Warner
L. Bishop was expected here mon.
mentarily from Cambridge to per.
haps take personal charge Of the
investigation. Investigators sale
they were satisfied that the solu.
ton Of Margaret's murder hinged
on the finding of Cahill, dead OF
alive.
Police considered Clinch's story
of major Importance. Struck BY
| tho resemblance between photo.
graphs Of Cahill which he saw ir
| today's papers, and his nocturna
visitor, Clinch came to police this
morning and made detailed re-
port.
~ was sitting In my shanty JUS
after Monday morning" he said
when someone raped on the
door. I opened 1t and Il tall mar
standing on the stop asked wher
he could get bus to Boston. Ht
said he had oversight and missed
the bus. and he wanted to know
when he could get another.
81 told him the last bus had gone
at 10:45 and I told him the bes
way for him to get there would b'
to walk OF West Medford and ge
a street car there.
HE left then and the last I saw
of him he was walking up the roat
| to Wilmington. couldn't get
clear look at his face in the din
light but he resembled pictures o.
Cahill. He was tall and rangy ant
| appealed dazed. He wore a bow til
| (Cahill wore a bow tie when las
SEEM, and a white shirt. and car
| fled a hat"
Mrs. Pauline M. Neary. who live
on secluded Nassau avenue. mill
from the lake, reported to police
today, that at Z a. M, Monday, {
dark -complexioned man, barehead
ed and unshaven, called at he
home and asked for a match Will
which to light a cigarette. She tol'
him she had no matches because
she said, she was afread that !
she went in for one he might fol
| low her.
Mrs. William Lynch, who's
home is off Grove avenue. reported
to police that at a. m. yesterda,
"a tall and angular man" cam'
out of a supposedly unoccupiet
Cottage nearby, owned by a Mrs
Mcdonald of Somerville. This cit
tage Is not far from where CahiiPi
abandoned car was found.