Word: malchow
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Dates: during 1973-1973
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...suspects are Francis Leroy Hohimer, 46, now serving sentences totaling 30 years for armed robbery in the Iowa state penitentiary, and Frederick Malchow, a onetime crony of Hohimer's who died one year after the murder in a plunge from a railroad trestle after a Pennsylvania jailbreak. The two men were members of what authorities believe was a Mafia-backed band of thieves that flourished nationwide from 1965 to 1967, specializing in robbing the homes of the wealthy. In exchange for a cut of two-thirds of the gang's take, the Mafia offered planning expertise as well...
...Chicago detectives are certain of at least 30 jobs the gang pulled, with a haul that exceeded $3,000,000. Indeed, the outfit's sleek style is what drew the attention of police investigating the Percy murder. Moreover, the gang was known to have two members-Hohimer and Malchow-vicious enough to have killed Valerie Percy...
...burn off their hair. Hohimer's former wife told police that he once cut off her hair while in a jealous rage and on another occasion emptied a revolver in a circular pattern around their infant daughter as a warning that she should pay more attention to him. Malchow had been arrested 25 times on such charges as rape and assault, and like Hohimer, he was not averse to manhandling victims...
Hohimer, for his part, broke his silence three weeks ago and answered questions put to him by Petacque and investigators about the Percy killing. He denied not only the murder of Valerie but also his presence on the scene that night. Instead, he accused Malchow, insisting that Malchow came to his apartment the morning of the crime in clothes that were soaked with blood...
...flurry of charges and countercharges, the case has come down to a cruel stalemate. The strongest piece of physical evidence in the crime is four palm prints found in the Percy mansion, but they have proved not to be Hohimer's or Malchow's. The remaining physical evidence is scant and ambiguous, and none of it directly links either Hohimer or Malchow to the crime. Yet by the testimony of witnesses, one of the members of the burglary gang is the likely killer. Said William Hanhardt, commander of the Chicago police department's burglary division: "Malchow...