A RUTHLESS CRIMINAL.

Press, Volume LXIII, Issue 19154, 10 November 1927, Page 11

A RUTHLESS CRIMINAL.

CANADIAN POLICE VIEW. fn «uw— pssss association—copyrioht.) (Stditet "Sum" Service.) OTTAWA, November 8. In connexion with the case of Earle K«km, who was sentenced to death at Winnipeg for the murder of two town, the police believe they have •odd the career of the so-called "Dirt Strangler," one of the most * ruthless criminals in history. f During 1926 the killer's reign of , -, tenor extended through a dozen Paci- & Coast cities. Early this year he toned across the Continent eastward!. Hews an adept at disguise, and aged % He usually carried a suit-case, Wa ttro changes of clothing. Ijjoring last year, it is definitely WW, He killed 16 women, aged from Mfc 60 years, never robbing them, Wi invariably leaving behind evidence , Jfltn gorilla clutch. \ '-Pi year he killed five, including I fJtt near Winnipeg. ; lie evidence showed that he killed WttCowan early in the forenoon, *ybd out of the city, and begged a JW from a passing motorist. A tyre mart opposite a farm house, and while u* motorist mended it, Nelson walked worely in, found the farmer's wife Jww; strangled her, threw her body ■wer a bed, helped himself to dinner, •w.walked unconcernedly back to the ■otor-car. Ndym was married, and was emWed as a machinist. He had been n I J nßan<> M yluni, but escaped. He ™* kind to his wife, who had no ■Voon of his fearful deeds.