Members of Lawrence’s Fraternal Order of Eagles hope they can help authorities solve the double slaying that claimed the life of one of their own.

The 600-member lodge at 1803 W. Sixth St. is establishing a reward fund to try to convince anyone who might have information about the case to go to police.

Lawrence Police Academy Recruits search for evidence in the slayings of Pete Wallace and Wynona Chandlee along the abandoned railroad lines near the 1700 block of Bullene Avenue. Police on Wednesday announced no new breaks in the week-old double homicide, but the Lawrence Eagles Lodge indicated it was ready to offer a reward for information in the slayings.

It was one week ago that George “Pete” Wallace and his companion, Wyona Chandlee, both 71, were found dead in Chandlee’s house at 1530 Learnard Ave.

Police say they think the couple was shot to death after interrupting a burglary.

Wallace was a longtime Eagles member in Wyandotte County who in recent months became a member of Lodge 309 in Lawrence. Wallace had been president of the lodge a little more than a month when he was killed.

“Very definitely we’re going to have a reward,” said LeRoy Bateson, lodge secretary. “We’re just checking out all the legal matters that we have to deal with.”

The Eagles haven’t announced how much the fund will contain. Members are in the preliminary steps of setting it up and working with police on how to do it, Bateson said.

“We’ve got a little jug up here, and we’re collecting,” Bateson said.

The American flag outside the lodge is at half-staff in honor of Wallace. It is a tradition observed whenever a lodge president dies, Bateson said.

Funerals for Chandlee and Wallace were Wednesday.

Meanwhile, authorities continued their investigation into the city’s first multiple slaying in nearly a decade. Police said Wednesday they had nothing new to report and still were investigating and following up leads. They have named no suspects.

Wednesday, detectives and more than a dozen Lawrence police recruits continued to search areas near the scene for clues. They trudged nearly shoulder-to-shoulder through fields and in a wooded area near railroad tracks about two blocks east of Learnard Avenue near Delaware Street and north of 19th Street.

“This is something that they will continue to do,” Police spokesman Sgt. Mike Pattrick said.

Police still encourage people with information that might help solve the case to call 843-TIPS, where callers remain anonymous. A reward of up to $1,000 is possible from Douglas County Crime Stoppers. Calls can also be directed to detectives at 830-7440.