Adams County news. [volume] (Ritzville, Wash.) 1898-1906, 1902-04-23
MURDERER Of MISS FULLER
c. B. HADLEY OF SAN FRANCISCO
He Was Accountant for Examiner
for II Years-Has Been Missing
Since Her Death-Lived Under an
Assumed Name-His Mistress Tells
the Story.

the Story.
San Francisco. April 21.-Chief of
Police Whitman has oficially an
nounced that the murderer Of Nora
Fuller was G. B. Hadley. for IA years
accountant in the business office of
the Examiner.
On January 16, the day Of the dis
appearance of Nora Fuller, C. B. Had
ley also disappeared and has not been
seen since.
Theodore .Kytka. the handwriting
expert, declares the man who wrote
the name C. B. Hawkins in the adver.
tisement Turing Nora Filler TO her
death was G. B. Hadley. He has com
pared the handwritings and declares
they are identical.
So hurriedly had Hadley left his
lodgings and fed that he did not even
go to the bank to draw the balance
which he had on deposit.
Nora Fuller, a 16 year old girl, left
her home January 16 to answer an
advertisement for a nurse girl. Nc
trace Of her could be found until a
month later, when her nude body was
found in a vacant house on Suffer
street. The girl had been murdered.
Miss Clara Dixon has made a state.
ment to the police which apparently
proves conclusively that Hadley killed
Nora Fuller. Hadley and Miss Dixon
lived together, and in her statement
she says that she saw Hadley for the
last time on the morning of January
16, her birthday. The couple had in.
tended to dine down town in honor OF
the day. The couple had etaoinnun
the day, but toward evening Hadley
telephoned that he would come home
to dinner, but he did not put in an
appearance. Miss Dixon explained
that after Hadley's disappearance she
burned some of Hadley's clothes and
gave other articles to her brother in
law. She explained her peculiar &C.
lions by saying that the Nora Fuller
stories had frightened her, and she
admitted to the police that she sus.
pected Hadley.
Miss Dixon said that the handker.
chief found in the room where Nora
Fuller's body was found was similar
to some owned by Hadley. She posi-
lively identified certain writings of the
man Hawkins as being Tsadley's hand
| writing. Hawkins was the name signed
by the man who rented the Suffer
street house from Umsden & Co., the
real estate firm. Miss Dixon states
that Hadley was the possessor of some
false moustaches and boards and that
although she had seen him wearing
them in the house, she had never seen
him on the streets in this disguise.
Continuing her statement, Miss Dix
on said:
"I think Hadley's right name is
Start. His father is dead, but his
mother is living in Chicago. I saw a
piece that Hadley had clipped from a
Chicago paper about his fathers death
His name was John Start. After Had.
ley disappeared telegraphed to Mrs
John Start, or Hadley, and I got word
from the telegraph company that Mrs
Start had received the telegram.
also wrote her and received a reply
that she knew no more about Hadley's
whereabouts than did. The last Chi
cago address Of Mrs. Start was 1851
Wentworth avenue. That is the last
one know of. The letter I wrote her
was just addressed to Chicago. The
reply that she sent was postmarked
East Park station.
ION the morning that Hadley disap.
peared he got up very early and went
down and got the paper. He carried
the paper to the bathroom, where
afterward found it. It was not his Gus
tom to get up early and get the paper.
He never did 1t before.
"Hadley advertised for a servant
girl for me. One advertisement said
the girl was to call at the house, and
he advertised again for girl for me
and the answer was to be sent to a
box at the Examiner Office"
The police admit that the name
Clara Dixon is an assumed one.
At the Examiner Office, where Had
ley was formerly employed, as sub
scription clerk, the statement is made
that Hadley had handled considerable
sums of money. Examination of his
accounts after he left showed a short
age. He was aware that an investiga-
ton had disclosed Irregularities and
neglect Of duty that would insure his
dismissal even were his accounts
square.
These facts might be considered suf-
flcient to account for Hadley's disap-
pearance.
Clara Dixon, the woman whose story
furnished the basis Of the police
theory, claims to know where Hadley
Is at present, but says she will not
disclose the place.
Found Guilty.