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CHICAGO (UPS) — An unem ployed spinster was found stabbed 64 times and hung dead Wednes day night in the doorway to a Roman Catholi church where she ptayed for help in finding a job . Pole said the victim Gertrude Lewandowski, 40, died after a ‘terrific fight” that crisscrossed her palms. with knife slashes An unidentified suspect was seized for questioning after neigh bors said a man ran from Blessed Sacrament church about the time of the slaying The victim’s clothes jewelry and purse, containing 22 cents, were intact and police said there was no apparent motive for the maniacal stabbing Miss Lewandowski lived with her sister, Dolores, in a second four apartment a block from the church Dolores told police her sister was enrolled in a secretari al correspondence course and left the apartment to look for a job Her purse lay in a pew six rows from the altar rail Police said the assailant apparently forced Miss Lewandowski to leave the pew and walk to a side entrance ,where her body was outd The side entrance was the only un locked door to the church . Miss Lewandowski had been stabbed 44 times in the chest and 20 times in the back legs and arms No weapon was found The rulimg was the city’s thir major unsolved staying in three days A livery service driver was kidnapped jailed and dumped in England style in midtown Mon day and a convicted dope peddler was found shot and killed in a car Tuesday
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Edwardsville Intelligencer
Edwardsville, Illinois, US
Thu, Jun 15, 1961
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