Jasper County Democrat, Volume 11, Number 75, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 20 February 1909 — CONFESSES MURDER OF GIRL. [ARTICLE]

CONFESSES MURDER OF GIRL.

Police Say William Gagle Admits Killing Child Near Gary. Cnlcago, February 17. William Gagle, arrested here on Monday, confessed yesterday, according to the police, to the murder of nine-year-old Ella Schrader, near Gary, Ind., about one year ago. He he tried to lure the child, who was walking along the quiet, country road, into the woods, and when the latter refused he sprang at her and choked her to death.

Gagle was identified by Maud Weil as the man who had lured her into the country, near Gary, on the pretext that his wife was ill and needed assistance, for which he was willing to pay. After terrifying experiences she escaped. A similar identification and story was given the police by Stella Urbank.