The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1933-11-24
MURDER HOUSE
GLOOMY HAUNT
OF MEMORIES
Sinister Old Mansion Casts
Somber Shadow Over
NeighborhOod.
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CHICAGO, Nov 24.-Casting a
deep and somber shadow over eli
the principals in the Wynekoop
tragedy is the sinister old mansion
on Chicagos west side where the
murder Of Rheta Wynekoop &C.
Cured
The Wynekoop home. a three
stored house of brick with gabled
roof. is a gloomy haunt Of memories.
Here four persons have died in re-
cent years. Now these deaths are
clmaxed with Chicago's most sen
sational murder mystery in years.
The home once a gathering place
Of the many scientists who have
distinguished the WynekOop family,
is only moderately well kept It IS
built close to the street with a
massive stone porch In the base
ment is DR.. Alice Lindsay Wyne-
koops operating room and labora-
tory.
The rooms are filled with shabby,
old-fashioned furniture. Papers,
relics and the accommodations Of
years fill odd corners. Dr. Wyne-
hoops room was on the third floor,
far from those of the other resi-
dents of the house. On the second
floor lived her son and daughter
in-law and Miss Enid Hennessy,
school teacher, boarder.
Cast in Strange Drama
Here is the cast of characters in
the strange drama that has been
woven about the shadow-filled
house on West Monroe street:
Mrs. Rheta Gardner-The victim,
%, the daughter of a well-to-do In
dianapolis flour and salt broker. A
talented violinist, she fell in love
with her husband at first sight and
married him within a few weeks.
Earle J. Wynekoop- Husband of
the slain woman, d. son Of the late
Dr. Frank F. Wynekoop, one of the
citys most prominent physicians
DR. Alice Lindsay Wynekoop-
Efficient calm, gray-haired mother
in-laW of the victim, 81, she is a
physician Of note in her own right
and virtual head of the large clan
Of WynekoOps, most Of them physi-
clans.
Stands by Elder Woman
DIR. Catherine L. Wynekoop-
Sister-in-laW of the victim. She is
"a, a qualified physician. Upon
discovery of the body. her mother
called her TO the home on West
Moneroe street, where she stood by
the elder woman throughout the
police cross examination.
Or. Charles I. Wynekoop- brother
in-laW of DR. Alice. fellow of the
American College of Surgeons, and
present leading physician of the
Wvnekoop clan.
DR. Gilbert H WynekoOp-Also
a brother-in-laV Now held in coun-
ty Jail on attack charges preferred
by a young nurse. Involved in a
sensational divorce suit thirteen
years ago he frequently has been
the subject of charges by young
women.
Father Is Staggered
H. H. Gardner-In Indianapolis salt
and flour broker. father of the slain
woman. staggered by the tragedy, he
revealed to police he had always
been opposed to the marriage Of his
daughter and was not in intimate
terms with the in-laWS.
Miss Enid Hennessey - Middle
aged teacher at John Marshall high
school and friend of the Wynekoop
family for years: a boarder in the
Wynekoop home for the last ten
years where her father died only a
year ago.
Captain John Supervising
police captain of the west side A
veteran officer of bulldog determine
ton with solution of many murder
mysteries to his credit. The investi-
cation is in his hands