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The Metcalf star TUESDAY JUNE 13, 1944

“Where the spirit of the Lord is, there is liberty” II COR. 3:17

TEN CENTS

CITY FINAL

QUEST CONTINUES FOR GIRL’S SLAYER

(Above) Mrs. Miriam Joyce Haines, 22.

that the crime might have been the act of a manic. Apart from the dubious fingerprints and several heelprints around the scene of the attack, police officials have not yet undercovered any vital clue.

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By PATRICIA HIGHSMITH June 13 — The quest continues for the slayer of Mrs. Miriam Joyce Haines of this city, victim of strangulation by an unknown assilant on Metcalf Island Sunday night.

Two fingerprint experts arrive today who will endeavor to establish classifications of finger prints taken from several oars and rowboats of the Lake Metcalf rowboat docks. But police and detectives fear that obtainable fingerprints are hazy. Authorities yesterday afternoon expressed the opinion

Most important testimony at the inquest, it is believed, will come from Owen Markman, 30, longshoreman of Houston, and a close friend of the murdered woman.

Interment of Mrs. Haines’ body will take place today at Remington Cemetery. The cortege departs from Howell Funeral Home on the College Avenue at 2:00 P.M. this afternoon.1

Stephen A. Howell Funeral Home

Lady Attendant—Mrs. Ruth Howell Packard Invalid Car Service

Phone: 410-661-6800 Day or Night

630 College Ave.

Metcalf, TX

LATE CITY EDITION Partly cloudy. High of 61°F and low of 52°F. Chance of rain is 30%.

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VOL C. No. 33,685.

NEW YORK, WEDNESDAY, JUNE 14, 1944

FIVE CENTS

AMUSEMENT PARK MURDER: YOUNG WOMAN FOUND DEAD AT TEXAS AMUSEMENT PARK SUNDAY Woman strangled to death at an amusement park in Metcalf, Texas.

By KARAH SMITH METCALF, June 11 — A fun evening at Lake Metcalf’s Kingdom of Fun amusement park in Texas went horribly awry last weekend when Mrs. Miriam Joyce Haines was found dead in the wooded area near the tunnel of love. Mrs. Haines, aged 22 and believed to be two months pregnant, was enjoying a night on the town with some friends, Richard Schuyler and Katherine Smith, and her brother, Ralph Joyce, when she reportedly wandered into the forest area on the park’s island just out of their sight. The witnesses report that they had all taken a leisurely ride across the lake in a rowboat and were all looking for a dry place to sit on the island when Miriam entered the woods. Mere moments later, Ms. Smith found Mrs. Haines

(Above) Mrs. Miriam Joyce Haines, 22.

dead on the ground. Authorities say she appeared to have been strangled.

“I was not more than seven yards and not less than five away from Miriam,” the grave, self-assured Mr. Schuyler told police.

“I think about fifteen feet, maybe a little more. But I didn’t hear anything” claimed the wide-eyed Ms. Smith. Miriam’s brother, Mr. Joyce, declared that he was about thirty feet away near the water’s edge.

(Above) Lake Metcalf’s Kingdom of Fun.

All three witnesses, regardless of their proximity to the crime scene, agree that there was no sound to be heard.1 A forensic anaysis of the crime scene revealed very little evidence on a suspected killer. However, police identified heelprints from a pair of men’s shoes and plan to investigate this clue further. The murderer, at-large, is suspected to have been someone who had anger towards the victim; an enemy

of hers who wished her dead. The family and friends of Mrs. Haines claim that she had no enemies, but could not abstain from turning their suspisions towards her “jealous” husband.

Mrs. Miriam Joyce Haines is survived by her mother, Mrs. Joyce, her brother, Ralph Joyce, her husband, Guy Haines, as well as the alleged father of her unborn baby, Owen Markman. Sources reveal that the Haines’ marriage was a very unhappy one, and that the couple had been separated for three years with plans to file for an official divorce by the

(Above) Mr. Guy Daniel Haines, 29.

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end of this summer. Consequently, Mr. Guy Haines is the authorities’ main suspect thus far in the investigation of his wife’s murder.

Mr. Haines is an architect currently residing in New York who was recently commissioned to design the Palymra Project in Palm Beach, Florida. He was confirmed to have been in Mexico City at the time of his wife’s murder with credible witnesses who can testify to his whereabouts. But, according to Mrs. Joyce, Mr. Haines visited his wife in Metcalf only a week earlier to discuss their divorce and her pregnancy before flying down to visit his supposed mistress in Mexico. A couple days later Miriam suffered a miscarriage—only six days before she was to be brutally murdered. Guy Haines declined to be interviewed for this article, and reportedly did not attend his wife’s funeral service that was held yesterday afternoon.

Due to Haines’ airtight alibi, the coroner suggested in his summation that “the murder would seem to have been committed by a manic unknown to the victim and the other parties.”2 “It was such a tragedy to lose the baby,” said a distraught Mrs. Joyce between tears, “but to lose my Miriam, I don’t know what I’ll do now… Having to bury your own child is a parent’s worst nightmare. I wouldn’t wish it on anyone.”

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(Above) Mr. Guy Daniel Haines and his late wife Mrs. Miriam Joyce Haines shortly before her death.

The grief-stricken family and friends of Mrs. Miriam Joyce Haines would like to ask the murderer, if he were to read this publication, to “please turn himself in and reveal his crime to give [their family] the closure of knowing how and why [their] beloved daughter, sister and friend, was taken from [them].

“Miriam was a kind, vivacious, and loving woman who had a passion for life. I can’t imagine why anyone would have done this to her,” said a grieving Ralph Joyce.

The family of the victim urges readers and civilians to step forward with any information they may have about the killer by reporting it to their local police station or calling the tipline number below:

713-662-7866

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SATURDAY, MARCH 13, 1945

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HOME INVASION AND MURDER: MAN KILLED IN HIS SLEEP Man

shot while sleeping in his home last night in Great Neck, Long Island, NY.

By KARAH SMITH March 12 — The peace was disturbed in suberbia late last night when an unknown person invaded a home on Grant Street and killed a man in his bed. That man was identified as Mr. Samuel Bruno, successful businessman and owner of Bruno Transforming Company of Long Island, a hardware company that specializes in making AC-DC gadgets. Mr. Bruno’s wife and son were out of town, leaving him home alone with the exception of the family butler named Herbert Jones. According to Jones, who saw and confronted the killer as he made his escape, the suspect is a man about six feet one, weighing about one hundred and seventy to eighty pounds, wearing a dark

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overcoat and hat.

Authorities have tracked the murderer’s flight from the scene north along Newhope Road where it is believed he lost himself in the town of Great Neck, perhaps taking the 12:18 A.M. train out. The killer left Mr. Samuel Bruno no fingerprints, but the police discovered shoe prints in the muddy gound—mens size 9.5—and a smudge of a black shoe on the white plaster wall. It was also discovered that the murderer used an unusually small caliber of bullet from a revolver, suggesting that the murder weapon may be more easily identifiable if it were to be found.1 Police believe the intruder was a close friend of the Brunos, or someone who had help

entering the home due to the noiseless admittance and the apparent knowledge of the home’s design and escape route. At this early point in the investigation, detectives believe the crime was an inside job and will begin their investigation by questioning the family and friends of Mr. Bruno and continuing the hunt for clues. Until further evidence is obtained to identify and track the whereabouts of the killer, authorities advise local citizens to keep their doors locked and to report any strange activity to the local police station.

Mr. Samuel Bruno was a hardworking and accomplished entreprenuer and is survived by his wife, Mrs. Bruno, and his son Charles Anthony Bruno. The funeral service will be held on Monday, March 15 at 4:00 P.M. at M.A. Connell Funeral Home located at 934 New York Avenue, Huntington Station.

CITY EDITION Overcast. High of 53°F and low of 38°F. Chance of rain is 15%.

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VOL C. No. 33,974.

NEW YORK, MONDAY, OCTOBER 22, 1945

FIVE CENTS

THE PERFECT CRIME: STRANGERS ON A TRAIN SWAP MURDERS Strangers who met on a train are responsible for the Metcalf murder of Mrs. Miriam Joyce Haines and the Great Neck murder of Mr. Samuel Bruno.

(Left) Mr. Charles Anthony Bruno, 25. (Right) Mr. Guy Daniel Haines, 29.

By KARAH SMITH NEW YORK, October 22 — In the summer of last year, Mr. Guy Daniel Haines and Mr. Charles Anthony Bruno found themselves passengers on the same train headed southwest from New York City, New York to Santa Fe, New Mexico. Mr. Bruno was headed to Santa Fe on vacation while Mr. Haines was headed to his hometown of Metcalf, Texas to visit his mother and begin divorce proceedings with his wife, Miriam.

In the time it took for the train to reach Metcalf, the two strangers are believed to

have plotted a devious plan to murder Bruno’s father and Haines’ wife, and to do it in a way where both men would escape police scrutiny and have airtight alibis.

Mr. Haines is a successful architect residing in Alton, Connecticut with his (new) wife, Mrs. Anne Faulkner Haines. Guy Haines grew up in Metcalf, Texas where his mother still resides, but moved to New York for his work. Haines has been praised as “the most significant architect yet to emerge from the American South,” and has completed several projects including the famous “Pittsburgh Store,” a Chicago hospital, and the Palmyra building in Palm Beach, Florida that has been called “The American Panthenon.”1 With such a successful career ahead of him, Haines’ path changed dramatically when it crossed with that of Charles Anthony Bruno.

Mr. Bruno was the son of Mr. Samuel Bruno, a wildly successful businessman and owner of Bruno Transforming Company of Long Island a hardware company that specialized in making AC-DC gadgets.

Charles attended Harvard for two years before dropping out of school and living luxuriously at home with his parents. Bruno reportedly had a severe drinking problem and was accustomed to taking sporadic vacations, which is what he was doing in Maine when his father was murdered last March.2 Detective Arthur Gerard was the lead detective to investigate the case of Mr.

Samuel Bruno’s death, and was the one who revealed that Bruno had taken a 24-hour trip uncovered the link between the two to Metcalf, Texas on Sunday, June 11, shortly seemingly unrelated crimes. Gerard was a after his arrival in New Mexico. The evidence friend of Samuel Bruno’s and was hired by gathered included signed statements from the his widow to investigate the crime.

Hotel La Fonda bellhops, from one Edward “The trouble with the police force is Wilson who had seen Charles leaving the that it has a single-track mind,” the Sata Fe station on an eastbound train the day experienced detective told journalists, “This of Mriam Haines’ murder, from the Metcalf case, like many others, took a double-track taxi driver who had driven Charles to the 3 mind.” A double-track mind like a doubleKingdom of Fun Amusement Park at Lake track train where two strangers devise a Metcalf, from the barman in the roadhouse double murder—the whole theory sounded where Charles had tried to get hard liquor, quite fantastical to Attorney General Phil plus telephone bills of long-distance calls to Howland when Gerard brought his Metcalf.5 Meanwhile, Mr. Haines was in speculations forward a few months ago.

Mexico City with his then-fiancée, Ms. “Gerard is one of our best detectives, Faulkner, and her family giving him a perfect but he has known the Bruno family for many years now, and has always harbored a suspicion of Samuel Bruno’s son, Charles, due to the facination the boy had with murder,” Howland reveals. “We had nothing on Charles Bruno, and you can’t arrest a man [based] on his personality.”4 However, Detective Gerard had gatherd evidence of Bruno’s involvement in Mrs. Haines’ murder by (Left) Mrs. Miriam Joyce Haines, strangled in Metcalf, Texas at Kingdom of examining his movements Fun Amusement Park on June 11, 1944. (Right) Mr. Samuel Bruno, shot while in Santa Fe. His research sleeping in his home in Great Neck, New York on March 12, 1945.

alibi when police looked to him as the prime suspect.

It appears, while investigating the murder of Mr. Samuel Bruno that occurred last March in Great Neck, Gerard may have solved a different murder that occurd hundreds of miles away and seven months earlier in Texas, and thus uncovered a vital connection between the two crimes.

Evidence has been gathered against Guy Haines, but will not be released publically until after Mr. Haines’ trial where he will be charged with the first degree murder of Mr. Samuel Bruno. Mr. Haines’ defense attorney, Tanner Bolt, reported in a press conference that he will push for the charge against Haines to be changed from murder in the first degree to a lesser charge of voluntary manslaughter on the basis that his client lacked malice towards the victim and was not acting out of his own free will, but rather in

1 (Highsmith 267-268) 2 (145) 3 (243)

response to Charles Bruno’s threats and pressure that caused Haines to fear for his own safety and for the safey of his wife, Anne. Tanner also revealed to a shocked audience of reporters that Charles Bruno fits the diagnostic requirements for Antisocial Personality Disorder set forth by the American Psychiatric Association. This disorder combined with his pervasive alcoholism explains his dangerous, impulsive behavior, which goes against social norms, and his lack remorse when those behaviors result in harm to others.6 In a previous statement published last week, Detective Arthur Gerard offered his opinion saying, “I don’t [believe] Guy Haines did it of his own free will. He was made to do it for Charles’ unsolicited favor of freeing him of his [first] wife. Charles hates women.

That was Charles’ plan. Exchange. No clues…no motives…But even Charles [was]

human. He was too interested in Guy Haines to leave him alone afterward. And Guy Haines was too frightened to do anything about it. Yes… Haines was coerced.”7 Unfortunately, Mr. Charles A. Bruno drowned last month on a boat outing near Guy’s home in Alton, Connecticut where witnesses report he had too much to drink and fell overboard. As much as this is a tragic loss for his mother to lose her husband and son in the same year, it is also a loss for the family of Mrs. Miriam Joyce Haines who will not see the justice system avenge Miriam’s death.

The trial of Guy Haines vs. the state of New York will begin tomorrow promptly at 9A.M. at the Long Island City Courthouse located at 2510 Court Square.

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See APA DSM-5 Antisocial Personality Disorder criteria published in 2013.

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