| Show 1 PR PRIEST 31 ACCUSED OF OF HORRIBLE CRIME Rev Ferdinand Walser Charged Char ed edWith With Murder YOUNG OUNG WOMAN THE UE VICTIM liar Her ler Name ale In is I U Head Hend AVi is n VIIU lb a aing ing 11 Static 0 May Ferdinand Walser aloer assistant pa pal pastor tor of or the Church of or the time Sacred Heart Hearl at al t Toledo lies Iea In irs the county jail Jil lucre hero hee Mo ItO to tonight night charged with wih the murder of or Miss Agatha sister sinter of oC hev nev Charles CharIN pastor of or St S Joseph Jos Catho Ho lie 10 church at Lorain 0 It I Is la charged by the authorities that thal Hev who was a guest at nl the time homo home of ot the latter latteri later entered the tho young O I womans room 1001 at It the parsonage Thursday night dur during ing lug the time absence of Her ne Charles Helch lelch Hit 11 rind find crushed her head held with a I big paving stone were taken to the scene of ot the crime early earl today toda ami anI given the te scent of or the murderer and aint a they per persistently led the to 10 the room occupied by b Hev le Walser at the Reich Belch HelchIn nfl In home bOle on the night of or the murder Later the dogs dog I struck another scent cent and anI went ent directly to 10 St Josephs has hos hospital ho pital where whore Hev le Ite Walser spent last night The he priest was taken Into cue CUB tody lody at tot the time hospital and brought brough to the time county coun jail In this city el The admit admi that the time evidence the priest Is purely lurel circum circumstantial but hut It Is said the chain la Is i un unusually unusually usually strong While the feeling was Very v V ry strong against the priest at today tolay and anda a big crowd crow gathered when the officers boarded an electric oar ear with their pris prisoner oner ommer en route to the tho county jail Jai here hert there was no demonstration against t the time prisoner Father Walser when seen soen by n a are re en reporter porter In lila his hil cell tonight and armul asked for tor a n statement soul said All I have to say tny In hue II that I 1 am nm not nol guilty guity of Ir any crime I t am Innocent and lay say ay that thal with a clear conscience I cm tim entirely blameless of oC any crime crimI This Thin Is lit l an outrageous proceed ling and a disgrace It Is a nee to the city rl and to the time county coun I 1 am urn as Innocent of ot the crime as aa a babe In iii Its ls cradle crud I First l they the had hall me tell tel my amy 1 story stor and amt I 1 told till It Il over and over ocr again to them Why Wimy did they not nol arrest Ca Th who was wan also alco In the house If I I had imad been blen guilty nUlt of or such sucha a 0 crime I J would have 10 Oed led from this place mind and gone to some lome place of or hid ing log If a man Is I guilty gui of or such a II crime crumb It can lan be seen scon In the tho tie eye and on the tue I face tace faceA A conscience telli tell KB its ls story stor on en the therace face race My conscience Is perfectly clear and arni am the end of this tIm will wi show that 1 I Iam Iam am entirely Innocent All Al will wi ili come out outright outright right In lii II the end There I he 18 a II fooling feeling I against m me I I 1 believe because 1 I T am I a n against m me I I 1 believe because 1 I T am I a n belee Priest There Is always IIa s such a feel teel feelIng Ing tug This Is awful to be placed In n R of this kind and anti lie h looked about M with 1 littler moisture with ih 11 an n eye Iy glistening The he C e C P Ps Po with headquarter h nt at of or which I am a n mem member her ler continued tho the priest will 11 go my bond tom for If It necessary Yes I 1 have teen been arrested before It was vas Wil In Clinton Mo during the A P A war Another nother priest and I had adopted a aboy aboy boy and the tho A P A had us arrested on oil the charge of ot cruelty cruel and the boy We were svere discharged and the complainants were lero severely lectured and had to pay the tIme costs cost This Tim case will wi turn tun out the tIme same ensue sie way It I Is stated that on the night of the murder went out and got a Jug or of liquor at nt 1 I In II time the morning Is IB that true the prisoner was M n asked cd No lo that Is not true I wilt will wi say nay tay that I sent seat mat him out myself but It I was be between tween 2 and 3 In time the morning and after ater the crime had been discovered When men ore are nervous ns as ni such an event must lust make any Iny man a stimulant is II needed nedell I do ito not deny that I sent out for tor It I Rev Hev C brother of the dead dell girl expresses himself ns oa being very vet much Incensed at the advancement of ot the thought that Hev le Father Walser Waller alser under suspicion as ns being the mur murderer derer of or his sister He II tries to carry the time Impression that the time dogs were not worked according to their own on In the brother who wh as In the house huse when the murder murler was committed said he would swear that thai Father Waiter Walser was as Innocent as ns him himself himself self Belt Doth Both Joth brothers are apparently of ot the conviction that there Is not nt a n single bit bitof bitof of oC evidence that would show that the guilt guit was 11 on Father Walser Mayor MAor King III of ot Lorain expressed him himself himself self itt 18 feeling Impelled to 10 take the step ste he did dl In musing causIng time the arrest of alser partly larty because became of or the Intense feeling against th thu Priest after ater the dogs bad followed their scent cent to him hini hll The Precious Blood moo fathers rathers have hare en engaged engaged II B J Q O Johnson an nn eminent crim Inal lawyer as nl counsel for tor Walser |
