Salt Lake Telegram | 1946-02-02 | Page 2 | Soldier Identifies Handkerchief in Degnan Case

So Seder dier es Handkerchief In n Degnan Case ase CHICAGO Feb 2 INS The INS The principal clue in the baffling Suz Su- Su z a ann n n e Degnan kId murder kidnap murder ap-murder case a handkerchief was identified lied fied Saturday by its time one owner The handkerchief was found inan In Inan Inan an alley near the Degnan home wrapped around a strand of ot wire which IM police lIce believe was was' used to strangle the year old girl The handkerchief bore the markS mark's mark a S s 's Sherman It was Identified Saturday by T Seymour Sherman 22 of ot New ew York City His army serial number is ia Sherman on an a troop train en route from th the Pacific coast to Fort Dix N. N J. J y was Ll given special l leave eave cave th that t he might stay in Chicago Chicago Chi Chi- Chicago cago and aid police He said the handkerchief was one of ot a dozen h he he- lost while in servi ervice e but that he was certain he lost It ft while t ti in this this' country Sherman was aboard a troop transport en route from India to the United States on Jan 7 the day lay the little girl was from rom her bedroom in her home on Chicago's northside Her body was dismembered by y the fiendish murderer