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11unt Waterloo (iirl Who Wrote I xttcr To Man MurderedROCKFORD. III . Aug 9 lt;AP* -Police today mere seekln* a Water* loo, In . girl. writer of 11 letter addressed to Hugh Rausch. mho mat found dead at I ake Pepin, Mtnn, Wednesdav under mysterious eir* cumstanees.Following the finding of the lett#*r polire last night considered the possibility that the girl. too. might ha\*died in the lake. It mas recalled that a womans scream* were heard in the vicinity the night Rausch mas believed to have been murdered and that toilet articles of a woman and a photograph mere found in Rausch's car.The contents of the letter mere not divulged. Offers said. hom-ever, that the girl mas on a vacation and was expected back In Indianap-olis Saturday. They said her parents live in the Indiana city.WAS AT MACKINAC.WATERLOO, Aug. 9 -«AP Investigation todav of a possibility that Ooldie Thresher, 25, prettv telephone operator, might, have been the woman mnth Hugh Rausch, when he mas either dromned or murdered at Lake Pepin, Minn , Wednesday, shornsd that the girl mas at Mackinac Island, Mirh,, atthat time.The girl was sought by Lake City, Minn., police and at Rockford, Rausch's former home, when letters purporting to te from her wera found in Rauscl * room at Rockford.Letters received by Mrs. Emil O. Schroeder, sister of Miss Thr*her, have given no hin* of unusual nr-rumstances, Mrs. Srhroeder Mid t#» rlayMiss Thresher, she said, had seen Rausch, mho also was known as Harry Hauser, onlv once as far asrhe knew. Th^ir acquaintance wasonlv a casual one. Mrs Rrhroederis id. although thev had c onrespond-rvl at inter\als for tun \e»»r*‘ Mv sister started on her vara*tton last Saturday. Mrs. flchroederMud. *'8he expei ted to return to Chicago today and go to ?he home if our parents. Mr and Mr* Mirnsel Thresher who live near Indianapolis, Ind. Rhe expected to return hers August 17.”
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The Evening Gazette and Republican
Cedar Rapids, Iowa, US
Sat, Aug 09, 1930
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