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CANTON OFFICIALS
TO START AGAIN
Will Go Over Every Step of
Mellett Murder Inquiry to
Find Loopholes.
By the Associated Press.
CANTON, Ohio, July 27.—Canton’s
underworld, already paraded before
the Police Department in its investi
gation of the murder of Don R. Mel
lett. today again will pass in review
as nearly as it can be mustered.
Heads of the investigation announced
early today that Acting Chief of Po
lice Earl Hexamer will start all over
with a quizzing of the known leaders
and their retinues, completely disre
garding the testimony previously
taken by S. A. Lengel, suspended po
lice chief.
Meanwhile the return of Ora Slater,
Cincinnati detective, heading the in
vestigators on the trail of the. slayers.
Is awaited. Slater departed quickly
and mysteriously for ‘‘a distant city”
to interrogate some one believed to
have knowledge of the vice ring's sup
posed plot to assassinate Mellett be
cause of his strong editorial and per
sonal stand against commercialized
vice and corrupt politics.
Letters Give Information.
At Slater’s headquarters it was
hoped that the person who yesterday
furnished the investigators with
marked letters would make himself
known. Valuable information was
contained in the mysterious letters.
The investigators said that absolute
protection was “guaranteed” the in
formant if he would further help in
the inquiry. The anonymous letters
were marked similarly with torn cor
ners.
That the underworld is beginning to
fear some retaliation for any informa
tion ' it has given the investigators
was shown last night when one of the
women of "the jungles” who was
questioned, asked investigation head
quarters for police protection from a
man lurking around her quarters
with a gun. The investigators dis
patched a patrolman to her address
to keep a vigil.
Suspected Car Has Alibi.
