The daily monitor leader. [volume] (Mount Clemens, Mich.) 1942-19??, 1943-05-11

FORCED DROWNING:
Coroner Howard V. Groesbcck,
Jr., said the throat wounds indi-
Gated the child might have been
forcibly held beneath the water
until he drowned.
THE child definitely died of
drowning, but we're not sure
whether il was accidental or
homicidal. | can't conceive Of a
boy that age walking four blocks
from his home across busy Gra-
tiot TO the river" GroeSbeck
said.
1T looks as though murder
has been DONE" Chief Rosso
commented. I'm doing every
thing in my power to solve this
mystery"
In statement made to Held,
Rosso and Police Sergt. Eugene
Smith late Monday, Mrs. Nome
maker tearfully protested her
innocence.
Il love Dannie and wouldn't
harm him for the world" she
Sobbed.
She admitted she had been
+ living i'm a Detroit Hotel with a
2O-year-old sailor as his COM
mon law wife. II checked in at
the hotel on April % and two
days later we announced our
marriage and started occupy
ing the same room.
His mother sent us 500 as
a wedding present and | used
the money to visit her. When
she later learned the true sta
tus Of our relationship, she
came to Detroit and reported
TO my boy friends superior"
Mrs. Nonnemaker insisted
she was accepted by the
WAACs and was awaiting or
ders to report. WAC author
tiles in Detroit have denied
she ever was accepted.
The accused woman denied
she threatened TO get even"
with Dannie's mother, Dorothy,
81. who had her arrested April
for the theft of S25 coat.
The charge was Withdrawn four
days later when the coat was
returned.
With Mrs. Nonncmaker yes
/ terday when she surrendered
were Mrs. Georgiadis, the wife
Of an army sergeant on duty in
Casablanca, and her (Mrs.
Nonnemaker'S) estranged hus-
band.
DECIDED TO SURRENDER
Mrs. Georgiadis explained she
drove Mrs. Nonncmaker to the
home of her husband. I'VE de
cided then that Betty should
surrender
The ex-WAAC could not ex-
plain why she failed TO report
to police even though she knew
the kidnapping warrant was is
sued against her. Mrs. Nonne-
maker was to be questioned
again later today by Held and
RosSo. She is being held with
out bail in the county jail.
Meanwhile, in the drab apart
ment OF Dannie's parents, Mrs.
Lyons was near collapse She is
under a doctors care for a heart
ailment, aggravated by her
babys disappearance.
Dannie's father, William, 30
a cab driver, insisted the boy
had been in the water only
overnight after identifying the
body. He said he was once the
assistant Of an army surgeon
while an army corporal at Fort
Wayne airport four years ago.
He said he also was once en-
ployed in the morguc at Eloise.
Russell Jock, TO-, and his
brother. Robert, -, discovered
the body lodged between the
bank and submerged auto
chassis shortly before noon yes
terday while they were looking
for driftWood. Russell lifted one
of Dannic's arms thinking it a
piece Of wood.
When he realized the signifi-
canoe of his gruesomc discov-
cry. he ran to his mother who
called police. Sheriffs deputies
headed by Sheriff Jacob r.
Thcut aided city police in re-
covering the body.
The Jock boys cannot collect
$500 reward posted by the
Board of Supervisors which
stipulated the baby must be re-
turned alive.
Sergt. Smith and Undershcr-
if Harley Ensign returned
Mrs. Nonnemaker TO the county
Jail from Detroit.
Funeral services for Dannie
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