Decatur Daily Democrat, Volume 40, Number 219, Decatur, Adams County, 16 September 1942 — Page 8

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Youth Confesses To Murdering Two Girls Two Younq Sisters Are Killed By Lad Bedford Hill*, N. Y. Sept. l<-~ (VP) — Impelled by a "sudden urge.” 17year-old Edward Haight wept "woman hunting" and after several failures kidnaped, raped, tortured, mutilated, and murdered two lift!. sisters, one seven, the other eight. Unrepentant, even light hearted, he laid state police and district attorney Elbert T. Gallagher early today the detail* of ■ crime of horrible bestiality Satisfied of hl* legal unity. Gallagher promised that hi* progre** to the electric chair Would be ewlft. Gallagher* promite wa* partly sos the beneflt of several thousand men Who were in the street* of this village and who helped police search for the body of one of the victim* through most of the night. S'ate police maintained a heavy guard over Haight, who wa* charged with murder and kidnaping. The body of Helen Lynch. S. wa* found at I a. m. In the Ken»lco reservoir, which I* part of th<New York City water system. The head bad been crushed by an automobile Wheel and her arm* and leg* were bound Haight had sat In a park ed police automobile while volun-1 teem dragged the reservoir, making ' wlsg-ffacks to hl* guard*. I .ate yesterday afternoon, the • body Os Helen's Ulster, Margaret, 1 7. was found floating in a shallow creek several mile* away. Her ankles were bound and the side of her head had been crushed. Between the finding of the bod-1 les. police arrested Haight In the > two-room shack near Stamford. Coan., in which he lived with hi* father and brother Though he had never been arrested before, several person* had been sufficiently Im- 1 pressed by the nature of casual conservation* they had had with him recently to direct police to him Confronted by circumstantial evidence. Haight readily confused and directed authorities to Helen's body. Haight had been employed, since hi* failure to complete elementary school, by the city of Stamford to eul grass at playgrounds and other municipal property and do odd lob* He wa* known in this New York City suburban area on the New York-Connecticut border a* an amiable, dull-witted youth. Haight met the Utile Lynch girl* late Monday afternoon. Their father. Patrick Lynch. 48. is a salesman for the Iron*id Brush company, of Camden. N. J. Their mother has spent most of lhe laat sii years in Grassland* hospital at Eastview, N. Y.. bedridden with tubarcujosis. There are two older ftps who live with relatives With th* aid of neighbors and friend*, ■dtach had managed to keep the It I I

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two young girls with him. Late Monday afternoon, they left the Lynch cottage to walk the mile to this village to meet "daddy." Several merchants remembered seeing them looking into their window* as they often did while waiting for "daddy." They also went to the postoffice to Inquire for "daddy's" mall. A station wagon drove slowly into the village street. It stopped alongside the children, there was a short conversation with the driver. They got in. This wa* observed by several p« rson* That wa* the last seen of the girl* until their bodies were found. REPORTS INDICATE (Continued From rags 1) was reported by .Moscow on the western approaches to Stalingrad. It was indicated that arrival of reinforcements had aided the Soviet* In stabilising their line* for the moment. The critical Stalingrad situation brought a new outburst of demand* In the London press for immediate action on the second front to aid Russia. The demands had been dormant for some weeks but today blossomed out In several newspapers, coupled with warnings of the grave blow the GerI man* appear about to Inflict on the offensive power of the Red army. The royal air force had a night of minor action, the chief attack l>eing directed at Cherbourg HowI ever, radio stations at half a ' dosen central European points | ceased transmission, possibly IndiI eating Red air fleet activity. The i German air force raided the British Industrial city of Boston. London commented for the first time on German reports of a big Atlantic convoy battle, saying the Nasi reports, as usual, were magnified for propaganda purposes i In the western desert Allied planes kept Marshal Erwin Rommel under heavy attack, impeding his efforts to reorganise hl* forces after the setback at Alsmein. p— Spark* caused by charge* of static electricity constitute a fire and explosion hasard In a wide variety of Industries, say* the Department of Commerce. In Pennant Fight aflfflATvT*. Manager Silly Southworth, above, is leading hi* St. Louis Cardinals in their annual pennant stretch drive, thia year with mor* suecms, however. The Card* took over first place from the Brooklyn Dodgers, who held it all year, when they trimmed the Dodgers twice in thr»r "croocial" aeries and then followed up with a split in their doubleheader with the Phil* as the Dodger* dropped two to Cincinnati.

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Chaplain Graham Is Now At Ford Rodman Wife And Son Join Former Local Pastor Mm Ralph W Graham an 4 son William of Greeficaatle. formerly of thin city, have gone to New Bedford. Mas*., to be with Chaplain Graham, at Kort Rodman. Jack Waldo Graham ha* entered De I’auw university and ha* been pledged to the Alpha Tau Omega fraternity, according to word received here by friend*. Chaplain Graham rank* as a first lleuteant in the the V. 8. army. A newspaper article, describing the activities at Fort Bradford, reads: "Johnny Doughboy I* assured the finest medical equipment employed by competent professional* right on the lAttlefront, madi<*al unit* at Fort Rodman proved to several hundred civilians today under direction of Colonel Harry Baldwin Gantt, commanding officer of the 87th Evacuation Hospital. “Hospital tent*, operating tent*, an improvised dentist's office, all part of a field hospital behind the battlefront, wen shown In smooth working order, operated by the Battalion Aid group and the Eva-1 < cuation Hospital personnel Including army doctor* and nurse*. "We intend to show the evaluation of casualties from the front

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line to the battalion aid station and the evacuation hospital. Colonel Gantt Introduced the serie* of event* about to take place during a brief talk. "Following spreading of a thick' smokescreen across the field. »tret-; cher bearers attached to the sta-1 lion started on their search fur the ' wounded. First aid was administered on the field in case of each cas- [ ualty. who then was transported to the station for additional treatment. "Colonel Gantt Gemonstrated use 1 of a jeep for carrying two wounded J patients at the same time. Jeeps can | be sent on the battlefront when there is no firing, he explained. Use ' of a I'g ton truck to carry 10 pa- j tients and a 24 ton truck to carry IS. was demonstrated. Spectator* were shown the machinery of the receiving tent, where casualtlcsi are diagnosed and further treatment is determined, end the opci jtiug tent, where emergency operations can be performed. Sterilisation of water in a Lister bag concluded the morning session of the demonstration, which has Iteen sponsored by the Nantes Knrollfnent Committee of New Bedford Chapter, American Red Cross." RAILROAD HEAD (CoaUau.d From r “- 11 automobiles," be said. "! ask that every motorist, every truck driver. everybody who run* a car, to remember that he I* now the custodian of material more precious than gold "

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Attend the Adams County I 4-H CLUB FESTIVAL A Gigantic Two-Day Exhibition and Display Decatur, Ind. Sept. 18-19 (——m JmßHu A “Sure I worked hard on my 4-H club work this summer and I en- [• J joyed every minute of ■AH fun to pro(luce more and better foods so necessary toA3 day. Visit our exhibits IMf at the Festival Friday and Saturday.” RHR Members on your splenachievements. We’re proud of every one of you YOST Brothers, general contractors for over 20years, are glad to be a part of Adams County. Throughout the years we have had the pleasure of constructing many fine Adams county buildings and at present are erecting the beautiful new building at the County Farm. WE also maintain and operate our own gravel pit from which we obtain high grade sand and gravel used in all our building work. Truck Mixed Cement "T ’ -ZSHFfir ■ * ‘BP I I InK ; w e are thv onl -' contractors 1,1 ( ounty that pr<>- ; ; ’x duce Truck Mixed Cement • - UM product 9 mixed at our plant to assure Eb W uniformity and delivered ' ■HI y° ur j°b re *dy to pour into m your forms. A method that gives you better concrete at a saving. FREE ESTIMATES • Call us when you need concrete work of any kind - - - Basements, Sidewalks, Driveways. We’ll gladly estimate your job. YOST BROTHERS General Contractors A. V. YOST Decatur, Ind. CAL YOST

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