In August, 1934, the "slasher" added two more victims: first, Mrs. Ethel Ansley and then Miss Mabel Kronz.
Mrs. Ethel Ansley, 20, was stabbed on August 1 on the Hopkins Street, Auglaize river bridge at about 10 p.m. where she was walking with Miss Edna Reed, 17. The attacker actually passed the girls and then circled back to stab Mrs. Ansley in the back. The Crescent-News of August 3, 1934, reported:
"Although her back is sore, Mrs. Ansley had practically recovered today at the home of Mrs. Ray Stitsel, 639 Emmett street, where she is employed as a housekeeper. She came here three weeks ago from Bryan. Physicians considered her wound minor. Had the knife blade entered slightly lower and pierced deeper, it would have been a serious wound. It struck below her right shoulder blade."
**At this point, police connected only this attack and the Rosemary Mansfield attack with the "slasher." They thought the method of attack differed with the other three attacks, so they weren't convinced that they were looking for just one man. Then attack number 7 happened.
On August 24, Mabel Kronz was stabbed in an alley near the Mansfield Funeral Home, and that was the last attack of that summer. By that time " a steam powered wildcat whistle was set up at the Defiance Milk Products company plant to be blown as a signal for the man-hunters to assemble." The attacks on women stopped, but the city still was bothered by someone who was constantly breaking windows.
As it turned out, one man was responsible for it all.
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