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Newspaper
Fort Wayne Journal Gazette
Location
Fort Wayne, Indiana, United States of America
Date
Jun 11, 1920
Page
16
Charles and Alfred Stanfa, aged 3 and 6, remain missing from Br ie Pa as a nationwide manhunt expands after their father reports they were stolen. The Journal-Gazette notes the alarm and appeals for information.
The article describes the defendant Scherrer admitting to shooting Wayne Hawke, claiming motive was revenge. He said he dated Hawke’s sister Madeline Hawke for two years and denied quarrels with Mrs. Hayes. He testified he knocked, fired, then rushed home, making no effort to conceal his tracks.
Wayne County sheriff reports Oscar Scherrer confessed to shooting Wayne Havice at a Grovelland residence. He explains jealousy triggered the crime after a church visit with Madeline Hacke. Scherrer says he placed the revolver in his coat and asked his father to dispose of it before police took him to headquarters.
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