Evening Republican, Volume 19, Number 192, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 14 August 1915 — Accused of Murdering Girl at South Bend. [ARTICLE]

Accused of Murdering Girl at South Bend.

Silas N. Ebersole, a former Dunkard minister at Bristol, Elkhart county, was formally charged Friday at South Bend with the murder of 15year old Hazel Macklin, who was strangled to death in a lonely park near that city on August 28th, 1914. Ebersole, who is in his 60th year, is held in the St. Joseph county jail and was arraigned this Saturday afternoon before Justice George Ford. His son, Newton, 20 years old, who was arrested with him, will he released, it is said. It was at first believed that the son was the slayer, but the police now assert that the elder Ebersole killed the girl- A confession is expected.