/ wounding of her male companion and to murder of James
| Welsh, black porter in a booze joint’ and wounding of his
employer, He and companion would attack unsuspenting pe-
/destrians. Went to death calmly, Buried at Fern Oak
Cemetery, Garye
GARY POST TRIBUNE, 5-11-1929; 5-13-1929; 3-21-1930; and
1-1-1932
MASTER DETECTIVE, February 1930-— INB&MEX
| wounding of her male companion and to murder of James
Welsh, black porter in a booze joint and wounding of his
employer, He and companion would attack unsuspenting pe-
destrians,. Went to death calmly, Buried at Fern Oak
Cemetery, Garye
GARY POST TRIBUNE, 5-11-1929; 5-13-1929; 3=21-1930; and
7=1-1932
MASTER DETECTIVE, February 1930-= INB&MEX
wounding of her male companion and to murder of James
Welsh, black porter in a booze joint’ and wounding of his
employer, He and companion would attack unsuspenting pe=
destrians, Went to death calmly, Buried at Fern Oak
Cemetery, Gary.
GARY POST TRIBUNE, 5-11-1929; 5-13-1929; 3-21-1930; and
T=1-1932
MASTER DETEC
TECTIVE, February 19
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/McKNEEZER, Ulysses (U. Mack)
| 29=year=-old black "giant", electrocuted Indiana State Pri-
|} son (Porter County on change of venue from Lake) July 1,
1932. From Gary, he had imrdered Josephine Odoriczzi ther
in March, 1929, ‘Was known as the "Gary hatchet slayer,"
(Grooms says crime on 5-17-1929, but this is wrong as he
was already in custody.) Her mutilated body found in va-
cant lot at 15th and Pierce Sts., two days after murder.
He was arrested shortly afterwards when bloodstained hat-
chet found in home, Confessed to that and a number of
other murders and assaults in Gary's central district over
a 3 month period which he and another man, Known only as
"the man with the limp" committed, He refused to every
identify companion and he was not captured, Also con=
fessed to mrder of Mary Gigl, 15-year-old runaway girl
from Milwaukee at lth and Virginia Sts., and the serious
' July 1, 1932
McKNEERZER, Ulysses (U. Mack)
29-year-old black "giant", electrocuted Indiana State Pri-
son (Porter County on change of venue from Lake) July 1,
1932. From Gary, he had mrdered Josephine Odoriczzi therd
in March, 1929, ‘Was known as the "Gary hatchet slayer."
(Grooms says crime on 5-17-1929, but this is wrong as he
was already in custody.) Her mtilated body found in va-
cant lot at 15th and Pierce Sts., two days after murder.
Ee was arrested shortly afterwards when bloodstained hat-
chet found in home, Confessed to that and a number of
other murders and assaults in Gary's central district over
a 3 month period which he and another man, known only as
"the man with the limp" committed. He refused to every
identify companion and he was not captured, Also con-
fessed to mrder of Mary Gigl, 15-year-old runaway girl
from Milwaukee at llth and Virginia Sts., and the serious
duly 1,
McKNERZER, Ulysses (U. Mack)
29nyear-old black "giant", electrocuted Indiana State Pri-
son (Porter County on change of venue from Lake) July 1,
1932. From Gary, he had imrdered Josephine Odoriczzi iced
in March, 1929, ‘as known as the "Gary hatchet slayer."
(Grooms says crime on 5-17-1929, but this is wrong as he
Ee was arrested shortly afterwards when bloodstained hat-
chet found in home, Confessed to that and a number of
other murders and assaults in Gary's central district over
a 3 month period which he and another man, known only as
"the man with the limp" committed, He refused to every
identify companion and he was not captured. Also con-
fessed to mrder of Mary Gigl, 15-year-old runaway girl
from Milwaukee at 1kth and Virginia Sts,, and the serious
womnanren, Slyecee (8. Yack)
