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Show MUFLDER. MYSTERY at t AT LORAIN, OHIO. I fTlLL UNSOLVED BY THE POLICE The warrant for Fath mSZ,n XTT Charges him witt murder in the first degree. tfter ins word all over the state and failing to get bloodhounds the mayor sent word to T. L Hickman, Hick-man, a dog owner in Fort Wayne, Ind fUn A Li 1 7 A jagged piece of stoi;, covered with hair and blood, is the only tangible tang-ible clew to the murder of Miss Agatha Reichlin, who was killed May 1 at the home of her brother, the Rev. Charles Reichlin, the priest in charge of St. Joseph's Roman Catholic church, Lorain, Ohio. Miss Reichlin, who was about thirty years old, handsome, accomplished and popular, "was housekeeper for her brother. Living with them was another an-other brother, Cassimir, and the Rev. Ferdinand Walser of Toledo, was temporarily tem-porarily stopping at the house. The Rev. Charles Reichlin was not at home, having gone to Kelly's island to conduct a funeral. Shortly after 1 o'clock on the morning morn-ing of May 1 the Rev. Walser says he was awakened by smothered cries of distress from the room adjoining his, which was occupied by Miss Reichlin. He thought she was ill, and waited to hear if her brother was looking after her. He heard a sound of a striking match, and the door between the two rooms was opened. A short man put lis head around the corner of the door and when the Rev. Walser saw that It was not Cassimir, he spoke sharply, saying: . "What are you doing here? You get out of here as fast as you can." The fellow held in his hand a rock covered with blood and pieces of hair. After seeing the priest he left rapidly. The Rev. Walser then called to Cassimir Cas-simir Reichlin and told him there . were burglars in the house. Cassimir rushed from his room and heard the man going through the attic. He followed fol-lowed and saw him disappear down a ladder. He returned to the room and The arrest and charge of murder j placed" against Father Walser by no! means cleared away the mystery sur rounding the case. While the police ; have abandoned the theory that thf i murder was committed by a robber, i they thus far have failed to establish a motive for the commission of the crime by the priest. j If, and that is the only supposition upon which they base their theory, Father Walser entered Miss Reichlin's j room and the murder resulted from i lier resentment of his advances, why : was there not a struggle or an outcry that would have aroused Miss Reichlin's Reich-lin's brother, who slept in an adjoining adjoin-ing room? If the murder had been committed in that way, furthermore, upon a mad impulse, would the priest deliberately have planned to decive the police and the dead girl's brother by placing a ladder against the house and opening doors and windows to indicate that a burglar had been in the house and had escaped? , A new link was added to the chain of cirrcumstantial evidence in favor of the police theory that the murder was not committed by a person who entered en-tered the house for the purpose of robbery. rob-bery. It was discovered that the stone with which Miss Reichlin was tilled and which was afterward thrown into the yard, had been kept in the house some time, being placed before a door to keep it open. The only other new discovery was that two men had been seen carrying a ladder from the yard of a neighbor of the Reichljn's the night of the murder, mur-der, and it now transpires that the 7TSJAGA77iA JSECHZJIf Mr. Hickman owns six fine bloodhounds, blood-hounds, and seven minutes after receiving re-ceiving the message he was on the way with two full-blooded registered English bloodhounds. They were taken to the Reichlin residence. The dogs were first taken upstairs to the room in which the young woman was murdered. The dogs sniffed at the bed clothing, at the stone used to kill me Sm, aim hi me laaaer. iinany they were allowed to take their own scent. They went from the attic to the girl's room, then to the next room, and to the bed occupied by Rev. Walser Wal-ser the night before. They sniffed at the pillows, but they did not bay. They went from room to room, and, according to Mr. Hickman, they paid more attention to the Walser bed than anything else. After it was thought that the dogs had had time to get the scent they were taken downstairs. They were allowed to go as they wished, but not a track did they find. They, were taken around the house a number of times, but nothing seemed to arouse them. Tie ladder was let out of the attic window. The dogs sniffed unconcern-..ly. unconcern-..ly. Dr. Hickman said there was rothlng to work on down stairs. He s-.id the murderer, so far as he could tell, never left the house. During the next few hours the police say a strong feeling appeared to be growing against Father Walser. This became serious enough, the police say, after a conference with County Prosecutor Stroup, to justify the mayor in ordering the arrest of Father Walser. The affidavit was drawn and charged the priest with murder in the first degree. The Reichlin Home. Showing how entrance may have been effected by the murderer. lighted the gas. He then saw that there were bruises and -blood on his sister's face. An examination showed that she was dead. Both men dress-ede dress-ede and the police were called. Entrance may have been gained through a small window in the attic, and the ladder was still against the building. The stone with blood and hair on it was on the ground. The investigation of the coroner told the story of a horrible struggle. The girl's face was pounded literally into a pulp. She had received three blows on the left .. . Charged by the police with the murder of Agatha Reichlin, but acquitted after j a formal hearing. ladder was taken from this yard. Furthermore Fur-thermore it was old and rotten, being held together by wires. Its owner says it would not have held a heavy man, he being afraid to use it himself. The police have found a man who says he saw two men carrying the ladder on the street near the Reichlin home, but he did not notice where they went. Father Ferdinand Walser was set free May 5, after a formal hearing be- : fore Mayor King and the coroner's j jury, which was in session all day at Elyria, returned a verdict that Agatha Reichlin came to her death from ' wounds inflicted by a stone in the hands of a person unknown. The murder of Miss Reichlin is still j a mystery, and at present there is ab- I solutely no clew to the real criminal. side of fhe head, any one ol which would have caused death. The motive for the crime was not robbery, for no property was taken. tak-en. The pastor's safe was in a room on the lower floor, but that floor was guarded by a big St. Bernard dog. No alarm was o the house must j sLv yr ietly. The night in the mystery . r " elve hours were liDR. so that entrance into the house must have been made quietly. The night was stormy. The developments in the mystery during the next twelve hours were rapid. Rev. Father Ferdinand Walser was arrested and taken to the county jail in the custody of Chief of Police Interior of the House. Showing how the various rooms were occupied on the night of the murder. |