Rensselaer Semi-Weekly Republican, Volume 41, Number 45, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 19 February 1909 — Murderer of Little Girl Confesses. [ARTICLE]

Murderer of Little Girl Confesses.

People of this county will recall the revolting murder of little Lizzie Schrader, of Gary, about two years ago, and of the memorable man-hunt and innumerable arrests made by officers in Lake county who tried to find the fiend. He has now been arrested in South Chicago and confesses his crime. The sum and substance of the confession, which was made in the presence of Detective Matthew McNamara of South Chicago, Chief of Police Rimbach of Hammond, and Chief of Police Martin of Gary, was as follows: “I was on the way to Gary to buy a package of tobacco. As I was going through, the woods I met the little Schrader girl. She was dressed in a little gingham dress and was carrying a dinner pail, which I presume contained her father’s dinner. “As soon as I saw her I made advances to her and finally grabbed her by the arm. She made a loud outcry. It frightened me and I placed my hand over her mouth. She resisted me still further and for fear that the attention of some passers-by would be attracted I put my hand on her throat "After I had accomplished my purpose I discovered that the Utile girl did not move. I left her lying on the ground and hastened back to the farm of Bill Lohman, where I worked. “Some time after that I left Lohman’s and went back to Chicago.”