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FOLLOWTXG EVERY POSSIBLE CLL'K L\ VAIN SEA It OH FOR CHIEF’S SUVYERNo further trace hod been found, loday of the bandit who Monday robbed Evan Evanson of $1,037.11 and then fatally wounded Chief of Police Elmer Sundby in making his escape across the Chippewa river. The authorities were yesterday carefully tracing every ciue as to the identity of the chief's slayer. The ,;o!en money had not been found. 'Uncertainty as to the exact appear-tnce of the man is causing consider-ible difficulty in tracing him. One man saw him wearing a hat and a due shirt; others saw him wearing \ black cap and a black shirt; the •Iiief described him as wearing a gray iiirt; and another described him as wearing a khaki shirt. His statute varied from the 6-foot, 170-pound man described by Elmer L. McCollum to the 145 to 160-pound man described by the chief.Investigations have been made in sach case where a possible clue has been uncovered. A report was received from Mrs. Charles G. Fleck, Sll Doty street to the effect that she saw a man go Into tier barn at 9:30 .Monday evening; but when Captain George Wolf and Patrolman Andrew McClusky investigated, there was noone there.One theory as to the identity of the man hinged on the use of a red bandana handkerchief by a. tall, sleu-der man in Shawtown the evening and the morning before the robbery. He was found to have been at home at the time of the crime.Councilman D. D. Lockerby, who was patrolling with other armed citizens saw a movement in the cornfield Just below the Milwaukee tracks about 15 minutes after the chief had been shot.. It looked as though a man were cautiously moving along. When Captain George Wolf went to investigate, while the men on the •rack kept watch, he discovered it was a calf.Volunteer searchers are still at work, but the official man hunt was abandoned before noon Tuesday the vicinity of the crime. Children all over the city have adopted hunting the bandit as their favorite pastime.
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Eau Claire Leader
Eau Claire, Wisconsin, US
Thu, Jul 28, 1921
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