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Show j CHILD MAY CLEAR UP MYSTERY (details of heinous crime sought -t s a L - ' vrt 'jn 1 y Billy Duffstickle, three-yoar-old Muitcie, Ind., child, and "IxiJlle," the dog that kept him from Freezing iii the inni- where hi- anni was murdered mur-dered Picture was taken outside lh death house us1 after thej were rescued. (B SEA V-rvlcc) ML'NCIC. Ind. From the lips of a three-year-old baby, authorities are seeking to learn the details of the 1 most heinous crlmo ever committed i in Indiana the murders and robbery I of Mr. and Mrs. William SChaeffer , at Mlddletown. Billy Huffstickle Is the child they 1 look to. He was visiting his unc-i land aunt, the Schaeffers, when tlieyj were killed. Crying, and suffering from cold and j I hunger, little Billy was found in his; I uncle's house by men calling to bor- I row tools for automobile repair. "When' j they osked for his uncle, he pointed 1 to the garage Schaeffpr's body, the head cleft with! an ax, was lound in the garage. Mrs.! Schaeffer'u body, with the head sec-Bred, sec-Bred, was found in a bed within the! house. A purse, in which she keptl jewelry, was missing. The couple had been dead several I days, i.ittio Billy, Buffering from cold: hunter and neglect, could throw I no light on it, save, to say that he had I been kept warm at night bv 'Lollle," his dog. Now that he is home In Mun-i;j with his mother, Yf child is recovering recover-ing rapidly fr,.m his experience And patiently, his mothr-r and Cap author'.-ties author'.-ties work t draw a coherent story : of the tragedy from him. "There Was a woman In I'nolo Bill's house." he declares repeatedly. "I thought it was mother and cried.' She went upstairs to get some jelly." ! Further evidence of a woman Implicated Im-plicated was furnished by discovery that the Schaeffer automobile was abandoned in Newcastle, here, by two girls and two boys. rp'a'rehtiy of high school age. As Mrs. Schaeffer was known to have valuable diamonds, robbery Is believed 1 ho motive A farm hand employed by the couple cou-ple has been arrested on suspicion, but he Insists he knows nothing of the crime. The farm hand may be held. Others may e arrested. But In any even:. Billy Huffatlckle, the baby guest of his uncle and aunt. Is the one to whom the police look for a solution of the crime. 00 |