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Show i I ! 4 ' l 1 i H I L t lL i .. ... w . i 11 .l I Three n:Lcs Visited by a Strazje Man During - Kfett ;cn ;.71ilcl Hiss RcicLlia Was Hilled. - LORAIN, O., May 13. Investigation into the Reichlin murder mystery is narrowing? into' a single theory. - Belief Be-lief that the crime was committed by ar madman, a Jekyll and Hyde, is gaining gain-ing ground with the authorities. On the night' of the Reichllit murder at least three houses were visited by a mysterious prowler. Ills face, blanched and wicked, was thrust against the panes of windows in quiet homes, all of which! were in close proximity to the parsonage In which Miss Reichlin was slam. Mrs .James Spencer was awakened by a noise at 11 o'clock on the night of the murder. She saw the face of tf man peering through her bedroom window'. It was only for a moment and she courd not distinguish the features. He was gone again into the darkness and the storm. She aroused other members of the household and it was "aTscovered that the mysterious person had raised the sHsh. Was he at the time planning the murder mur-der of Mrs. Spencer or was he bent on burglary? " Man Traced to Other Places. Mrs? Spncer sereftrned when she saw the Wanched-!face -atthe window. That screani was heard y Mrs. Jacob Die-brlcbr- wbo Jives;, directly across the street.' A half hour later she was frightened, almost into hysterics by a mart" who' appeared" at her own window. Still another half hour passed and the mysterious prc.w!r appeared at the home of Qiarlea -Batta. diagonally across the street from the Rcfchlin home. Mr. Battz says it Was "midnight "mid-night when sne was awakened by a. noise at her window. She did not see the man, but she heard- his. footsteps. Murder of Miss Beichlin. At 12:30 o'dock Agatha Relch1:rf was murdered as she lay sleeping in her room. It is now the belief that the mysterious man who had been seen at ithpr windows was the person who- sole ahrough the attic window of the parsonage and beat out the woman's life with a rock. The detectives at work on the case do not believavhe was a burglar. They believe he was a madman- seeking to relieve his disordered brain by the commission com-mission of an atrocious crime. Had a Presentment. 1 Caslnrlr Reichlin "Is busy' in his en-deavorito en-deavorito ferret out the whereabouts ef the murderer of his sister. He had a presentiment that he had "seen the.'mur-derer the.'mur-derer face to face. "I was en a Broadway Broad-way car." said he. "and noticed a drunken man who sat opposite me. This man was very talkative and volunteered the information that he had some nice fish. ; "'Let -me know your address,! said he, 'and I will send you a nlce fish.' The man pleaded aeveral times for me to tell hfm who I was. but I would not do so add I Anally left the car. I had hardly done so when I had a presentiment presenti-ment that that man was the murderer of my sister. I have walked, oh, so far, to find him since, but have not been successful. . "Will Track Phantom. "I have had several other presentiments presenti-ments since the murder and- have seen jny Bister several times. I was hopeful hope-ful that by visiting the fish markets I might find this man. If 1 do find him I will never let him leave my sight again, though I have to. track him to the-side of the earth." At a late hour Casimir Reichlin was still walking the streets of Lorain looking look-ing for a man who. would correspond to his presentiment. |