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Description Of Killers

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September
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1951
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Ypsilanti Police Capt. Emil Susterka Holds Weapon in Murder of Nurse Pauline A. Campbell, September 1951 Photographer: Eck Stanger

Ypsilanti Police Capt. Emil Susterka Holds Weapon in Murder of Nurse Pauline A. Campbell, September 1951 image
Year:
1951
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Ann Arbor News, September 20, 1951
Caption:
Mallet That Killed Nurse - Ypsilanti Police Capt. Emil Susterka holds the heavy rubber mallet used in the brutal Sunday morning slaying of St. Joseph's Mercy Hospital Nurse Pauline Campbell. Police found the weapon in an Ypsilanti garage where Jacob M. Pell, 18, was employed. William R. Morey, also 18, admitted to police early this morning that he had struck the 34-year-old Miss Campbell twice with the mallet, causing her death. Pell and Morey, both of Ypsilanti, and David L. Royal, 17, of Milan, broke down under police questioning early this morning, ending a four-day investigation.

Timetable Of Events Leading To Arrests

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1951
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Mayor Writes Reward Check

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1951
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Police and Suspects at Scene Where Evidence Was Discarded In Murder of Pauline A. Campbell, September 1951 Photographer: Eck Stanger

Police and Suspects at Scene Where Evidence Was Discarded In Murder of Pauline A. Campbell, September 1951 image
Year:
1951
Published In:
Ann Arbor News, September 20, 1951
Caption:
Where Stolen Purse Was Discarded: A mist-shrouded bridge on Superior Rd. across the Huron River where the three youths who admitted killing Nurse Pauline Campbell said they threw her purse was visited early this morning after the teen-agers confessed to the slaying. At the scene (left to right) are Ann Arbor Police Lieutenant Walter Krasny; William R. Morey, 18, admitted striking the fatal blows; Patrolman Robert Robinson; David L. Royal, 17, who took part in the robbery-slaying; State Police Detective Joseph Liebherr (behind Royal); and Capt. Rolland Gainsley of the Ann Arbor Police Department. A tip by a Michigan State Normal College sophomore led to the arrest of Morey, Royal and Jacob M. Pell, 18.

Officials With William R. Morey III, Suspect In Murder of Pauline A. Campbell, September 1951 Photographer: Eck Stanger

Officials With William R. Morey III, Suspect In Murder of Pauline A. Campbell, September 1951 image
Year:
1951
Published In:
Ann Arbor News, September 20, 1951
Caption:
Officials Confront Confessed Slayer: The hectic four-day investigation of the Sunday morning murder of St. Joseph's Mercy Hospital Nurse Pauline Campbell came to an abrupt end early this morning when three teen-age youths confessed the robbery-inspired slaying. Here, officials confront William R. Morey, 18, (second from left) who admitted slugging Miss Campbell fatally with a rubber mallet. The officers are (left to right) Ypsilanti Police Chief Harold E. Haun, Morey, Detective Joseph Liebherr of the Ypsialnti post of the Michigan State Police, Washtenaw Prosecutor Douglas K. Reading, and Ann Arbor Police Chief Casper Enkemann.