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MAN NAMED “GEORGE NOW THOUGHT TO BE MURDERER 9 OF WOONSOCKET GIRLIN SIOUX CITY.LaSioux City. la.. Juno 2*).—Sioux City {police are working on the theory that a man name*I “George” who was heard I talking to a woman on tIm* oast siilo ' of Jonos stroot. near Ninth. shortly af-|tor It o'clock Wednesday night, i tin* m murderer of Miss Thee la Cerken of Woonsocket, S. h . who w.ilt; shot down in the street hv an unknown assassin late last night. Mis Gorkon was a guest in the home of hr. and Mrs. II. II. Hagerdorn, 1017 Jones street.A few minutes after parting with tier chum. Miss Mattel Houlihan, she | was found dying at the corner of Ninth s and Jones street. A wound *aused hy s a ,'ts calihre revolver was in her right Ihreast. vIt is helived hy smne that Miss Ger- |ken had heen talking to a man after s she liatl part' d with her girl c«tmpanilt;m t Two persons whose names are with- r held by the police heard an indistinct \ conversation. They understood one sen- t fence “George, why did you do that? a and they-,\vere spoken hy a woman’s voice. Mis* Houlihan declares she hear ther companion scream before the shot j was fired.1 She had just parted from f i her and was near her home about two |5 : blocks distant.1 Saw Drunken Youth. tt- i A young man of boyish appearance, who swaggered or stage red a bit in his 1 walk is the slayer of Sliss Therla Her-Iken, the police believe. From early in- |vestigations. the police say all clews‘ point to this mysterious chap as the j■ murderer. He is the one for whom Miss ;* Cerken and Miss Houlihan stood aside ' at Ninth and Jones streets to let him i pass, just before the shooting.* Descriptions of the alleged slayer vary to marked degrees. Some say lie' was short and slender built, others say' he was short and stocky. He wore kha-■ ki overalls, a slouch hat and soft shoes 1 Miss Houlihan thought tin* young manwas drunk; tin* police say In* wasn’tthat his walk was one of a hoy whowould swagger as though tired.With Miss Mchel Houlihan 1)22 Ninth street, a chum. Miss Cerken left the ,Hagerdorn home at almut 11 o’clock i die was going to take Mis- Houlihan',“part way home,” -In* told Mrs. llage-dorn, just before leaving. The two’, young ladies walked south on Jones ( street to Ninth and had stopped to chat j he fort* parting on the southeast cor- !, ner, when a man, apparently young, * and slouchily dressed, staggered up the jstreet.“Let’s wait till he goes hy, said , Miss Gerken. ‘jHeard Scream aid Shot. \The man staggered past, and had jgone perhaps 100 feet, when tin* girls \ hade one another good night; Miss' Houlihan going east on Nintti. Miss ’j Cerken going north on the east side of* Jones, Miss Houlihan had gone about 200 feet, she said, when she heard ascream, then a shot. !It was pitiful. I’ll never forget it, ,she explained this morning. “Miss Ger- , _ ken cried ‘Mabel, quick dearti quick!’I When Miss Houlihan reahced Ninth *, and .Ogies streets, several men and' women were in the street suroundmg a prostrate form, which laid in a large pool of blood. Miss Gerken was still V alive. They carried her to the home of Mrs. Hagerdorn and called Westeott’s ambulance. Ho* died on the way to thehnsnitaL I
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Mitchell Evening Republican
Mitchell, South Dakota, US
Fri, Jun 29, 1917
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