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POSSE HUNTS GIRL SLAYER WATERLOO, 111., May 15. — A posse of citizens and officers today hunted the unidentified assailant who shot to death Miss Hattie Grose, 21, and her companion, Willis Wetz-ler, 23, both of Waterloo, as they were driving along a lonely road with another couple, Mr. and Mrs. John Mitchell, en route to a dance. Police believe the man was a rejected suitor of Miss Grose. As the four neared Boxtown, a man in an automobile pulled up beside them and crowded their car off the I road. He then leaped to the running board | of their car. One of the four in the other 1 car locked the door, but opened it when the man threatened to shoot into the car. The intruder shot Wetzler. Miss Grose jumped out of the car and started running up the road. The gunman then shot Miss Grose, picked her up and said: "I didnt want to do this to you, honey," and then shot her again. The gunman re-entered his car and drove off.
