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192, No. THREE SECTION'S 51 119th Year SECTION 1 MADISON, THURSDAY, NOVEMBER 21, 1957 1 i 1:1 Confessor's Victims MORNING FINAL MRS. BERNICE WORDEN Slain Nov. 16, 1957 Confesses ft Slcayiinigs Services Held for Mrs. 2 Women Leosft i i it i I for Mrs.

Bernice Worden Funeral Procession Hardware Store in Which She Was Slain Last Saturday. MRS. MARY HOG AN Disappeared in 95 4 Funeral God Has Not Forgotten Us, Pastor Says PLAINFIELD A kindlv widow whose brutal murder put mis village ci ou persons on every Iront page in the nation was buried Wednesday in game snow covered cemetery where her slayer may have robbed graves. The body of Mrs. Bernice Wor den, showing no visible signs of.

her hideous death, was put to rest in Plainfield cemetery. Pastor Quoted More than 250 persons over flowed the village's Methodist Church for the services and heard young pastor, the Rev. Ger ald Tanquist tell them that God has not "forgotten his flock" in Plainfield. "We think maybe our shepherd wasn't on the job," said Mr. Tan quist, who's 27.

"But, the shepherd never prom Ised to eliminate the dark valleys of life, and we have to pass through them. He is with Mr. Tanquist said. Businesses Close Business places in the village, which has teemed with newsmen since the grisly story broke Sun day afternoon, closed from 2 p.m. to 3 p.m.

Photographers were not allowed in the church. Any who tried were ordered back by deputy sheriffs. Dozens of persons filed by the open casket at the front of the church. To anyone not knowing how she met death, she looked like a middle-aged woman who died naturally. She was dressed in a dark, dusty rose knit dress.

Her hair was fixed in a permanent and she wore glasses. OES Rites Held Members of the Order of Eastern Star, of which she was a member, held a brief memorial service for her. The service was short. Relatives of Mrs. tried hard to control their emotions.

The snow-covered cemetery is a short distance off the road. The body was buried near some pines. Ed Gein, the confessed slayer of Mrs. Worden, has said he robbed graves in the cemetery to obtain some of the skulls and other human body parts found in his farm home near the village. Wake Held Nearly 100 persons relatives and neighbors attended the wake Tuesday night of Mrs.

Worden in the community's only funeral home. Thirty floral wreaths surrounded the casket. Frank, her son, greeted and chatted quietly with visitors. A i flKK fern i If. i LHilV( i.f'l mmmmdinAX't Another Part of Navy's Moon Launching Rocket Tests OK His ordeal of questioning ended in confessions, Edward Gein smiles for the first time Wednesday as he is led from the State Crime Townsfolk Ask Queries on Skulls (From Associated Press, United Press) WAUTOMA Edward Gein Wednesday confessed the murders of at least two women.

The 51-year-old bachelor farmer who admitted during two ddys of questioning at the State Crime Laboratory at Madison that he killed two women and looted graves for the cadavers or at least nine more, faces a murder arraignment and sanity hearing "as soon as possible." Charge Today Waushara County Dist. Atty Earl Kileen said Wednesday afternoon that he would file the murder charge against Gein to day if the crime lab's ballistics report was ready by then. "I will move immediately for a sanity hearing when he is arraigned," the prosecutor said This count will charge Gein with the shooting and subsequent mutilation of s. Bernice Worden, 58-year-old operator of I a hardware store at Plainfield. 5 miles from Gein's isolated central Wisconsin farmhouse.

Demands Heard Demands rose at Plainfield that he be questioned about the female skulls found in his house and per sons who disappeared without a trace. Waushara county authorities, however said they would "not accept a confession from an in sane man. Kileen said dem would be charged with only one of the murders and allowed to plead innocent because of insanity. A statement given newsmen at Madison by Charles Wilson, di rector of the crime lab. said that the frail appearing little man whose closest acquaintances had described him as a "nice little guy who liked kids, but oiten talked about women," admitted that he killed Mrs.

Worden last Saturday. Admits Another Gein also admitted, Wilson said, that he killed Mrs. Mary Hogan, 54-year-old operator of a tavern at Bancroft 6 miles from the Here's Bar horror farm 1954. in December of, Wilson refused to reveal details of either murder. The statement, issued on be half of five district attorneys in counties which retain on their books major unsolved disappear- ances, cleared Gein of any con-1 nection with three widely-known cases.

These were: The vanishing of pretty, 15-year-old Evelyn Hartley from a baby sitting job at a college professor's home in La Crosse in Worden Wednesday Passes Wirtohofo inch artificial moon. The January target date represents a speed up in the plans for the satellite program. Under original plans, the attempt to place the full-scale satellite into orbit was scheduled for March. Walsh was asked whether there was any possibility that a 6-inch test satellite may be fired later this month. He replied that "there is a high probability that it will be in December." Depends on Results "We could get ourselves into se rious trouble or we couia nave more success than we dream about," Walsh said.

"Either way we would revise our schedule." He said that, to a certain ex tent, there is some degree ot "probability of failure on every rocket just as there is probability that when you put the key in your car in the morning, it won't start." Walsh also was questioned about the Army's plans to try to launch its own satellite with a Ju-piter-C rocket. He said Army and Navy scien tists already have met to coordi nate plans for the scientific in struments their satellites will carry. Suspect in Wife Slaying Innocent MILWAUKEE (UP) Lester May, 52, was found innocent by reason of insanity late Wednesday in the first degree murder trial for the murder of his wife Hazel, 40, Dec. 30, 1954. May had been adjudged insane after the fatal shooting of his wife and committed to Central State hospital at Waupun.

He was later ruled sane and able to stand trial on Mar. 11, but again returned to the hospital when he became insane a second time. Two psychiatrists Wednesday testified that May was again able to stand trial. He waived a jury trial. Circuit Judge Michael Sulli van found him innocent by reason of insanity and returned May to the hospital.

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Irene Keating, 30, from Ft. Atkinson last Aug. 20. Wilson said the unusual joint summary of the lie detector tests was made "to eliminate Mr. Gein from unnecessary suspicion and conjecture Gein is a human being deserving a fair trial.

He's not entitled to De prejudged on unfounded speculation." Sheriff Not Satisfied But Sheriff Fred Searles of neighboring Adams county said he wants to question Gein about The disappearances are of two Plainfield Woman Tells of Nearly Wedding Gein Story, Page 6 ed The abduction of Georgia disappearance, 8-year-old Ft. Atkinson the past five years which girl, from the driveway of her farm home in May, 1947. The disappearance of Victor (Buck) Travis, 51-year-old Adams county resident, while hunting in November, 1952. And Another Wilson said that the polygraph examination showed no conclusive results in the questioning of Where Mary Hogan Disappeared by Waushara County Sheriff left, and his deputy, Leon stat, JourM, Phot, hunters, Travis and Roy Burgess, Milwaukee, in 1952, and of James Walsh, who has not been seen since 1954. Travis and Burgess had been hunting on the farm next to Gein's, Searles said, despite the owner's objections.

Walsh's wife said she and her husband lived near Gein and he performed chores for her after Mr. Walsh disappeared. Plainfield Stirs In the hamlet of Plainfield, resi dents appeared unwilling to let the case drop with Gems contes- sion. Village President Harold Col lins said "everybody was reason ably sure that he killed Mary Hogan and that he had killed oiher people." Ed Marolla, editor of Plain-field's weekly newspaper, report "the people resent not seeing the matter through, unless the matter of the skulls is cleaned (Continued on Page 2, Column 6) Killing Mrs. Hogan.

erated at full speed to determine their effectiveness and thrust. The second stage of the rocket contains the complicated electron ic equipment that will guide the satellite into its orbit around the earth. Both the first and third stages of the rocket already have been tested successfully in actual flight The United States plans to launch a small test satellite sometime next month. If it successfully begins to or bit, the launching of other small test globes will be abandoned and an effort made in January to launch a fully-instrumented, 20- Philip Gives Queen Kettle for Birthday LONDON on Prince Philip gave Queen Elizabeth a gleaming electric kettle Wednesday, an anniversary gift marking 10 years of happy marriage. Just what the Queen would do with the kettle could not be guessed.

It appeared to be some little family joke. He accompanied it with a piece of jewelry designed by himself, and a large bouquet of white flowers. Congratulatory telegrams poured in from all over the world. Snow's About Gone, Lot of It Thrown Vandalism has been "snow balling" here with the falling of snow flakes. Cars and at least two homes were targets of snowballs thrown by juveniles late Wednesday.

An 11-year old boy and 10-year old girl were among those scolded for throwing at the homes on Margaret and Concord ave. Police also investigated a re port that a group of boys was pegging snowballs at cars near Cherokee and Waban Hill. Dress Catches Fire and Burns Woman Mrs. Maureen Arcand, of 2827 Atwood suffered severe bums Wednesday night when her dress caught on fire while she was preparing dinner over a gas stove. Mrs.

Arcand, who suffered burns on the rifeht side, was re portal in "satisfactory" condition in Methodist hospital. New State Laws Chiptart alt ta Ml, naw tlali laws. Taxti, Sac. 1, Paqa 14. WASHINGTON (IP) The Navy said Wednesday the second "brain section" of the three-stage Vanguard rocket that will thrust this country's satellite into orbit has undergone a successful test firing.

J. Paul Walsh, deputy director of Project Vanguard, told a news conference that the test of the important second section was carried out on a launch pad at Patrick Air Force base, Fla. Was Last Component He said it was "static fired," that is it was bolted securely to a launching pad and its engines op State Traffic Death Toll Raised to 796 (By Associated Press) The death of an elderly man pushing a car raised the 1957 Wisconsin traffic death toll to 796 Wednesday night, compared with 847 at this same time a year ago. William K. Woldt, 68, Oshkosh, was pushing a car loaded with wood along a rural highway near Oshkosh when he was struck and killed by a car.

Fred Nessen, 44, Menomonee Falls, was killed in a Washington county accident Wednesday night. The driver of the other car was Richard Bresette, about 30, West Bend. He suffered a broken hip and was hospitalized at West Bend. ner law, the auditorium committee has held two public hearings on the subjects of the site and facilities of the proposed auditorium. In asking for the study of Johnson's department, the committee followed wording suggested by Mayor Ivan A.

Nestingen. His suggested procedure was for a study leading to an alternative site "which might be selected for such use if the Monona Terrace site cannot be so used." The committee asked the plan ning department to consider, among other things, that it is recommending a civic center and auditorium and not an arena. It rec- (Continued on Page 2, Column 1) Plan Office's Help Asked on New Auditorium Site By STANLEY WILLIAMS (State Journal Staff Writer) The auditorium committee Wednesday night decided to call on the city planning department for help. The committee requested a study by the department leading to recommendations on a possible new auditorium site. It will meet with Plan Director Walter Johnson on Dec.

11. The committee will also meet that night with representatives of Spra-gue, Bowman Associates. Madison ntracted with the firm, a mar-ket research organization, for a study of facilities needed in the auditorium i ch was' basis of the allocation of space in the Frank 1 oyd JOHNSON Wright plans for Monona Terrace. Since the passage of the Metz- This Tavern Near Bancroft in Portage County Was Operated by Mrs. Mary Hogan, 54, Whn Ditanneared From It in 1954.

Wednesday Edward Gem Confessed rr ap Wireohott.