The Coeur d'Alene press. (Coeur d'Alene, Idaho) 1892-1907, 1902-04-26
MURDERER OF MISS FULLER
c. B, HADLEY OF SAN FRANCISCO
lie Was Accountant for Examiner
for ~ NeRrs-Has Been Missing
since Her Death-LiNed Under an
Assumed NRms-His Mistress Tells
the story,

san rThnClSCoa April Gl.-SnleI ol
Police Whitman has officially an
nounced that the murderer OF Nora
Fuller was C. B. Hadley, for Ii years
accountant in the business office Of
the Examiner.
On January Is. the day OF the dts,
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 advsr,
tissmsnt Turing Nora Fuller 70 her
death was c, B. Hadley. He has com,
pared the handwritings and declares
they ara identical.
! So hurriedly had Hadley left his
lodgings and ied that he did not even
so TO the bank to draw the balance
which he had on deposit.
Nora Fuller. l6 year old girl left
her home January 16 to answer an
| advertisement for a nurse girl No
trace of her could be found until
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 eonclusively 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
To- her birthday. The couple had in,
tended to dine down town In honor OF
the day. The couple had etaolnnuu
the day. but toward evening Hadlev
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 Hadleyis clothes and
gave other articles to her brother in
law. She explained her peculiar &C
tons 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 IS1dley'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:
Il think Hadley's right name Is
Start. His father Is dead. but his
mother Is living in Chicago. | saw a
piece that Hadley had clipped from
Chicago paper about his fathers death.
His name was John Start. After Had.
ley disappeared I telegraphed TO Mrs.
John Start, or Hadley. and | 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.
caso address Of Mrs. Start was 6557
Wentworth avenue. That Ia the last
one l know Of. The letter wrote her
was just addressed to Chicago. The
reply that she sent was postmarked
East Park station.
"On 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 II. It was not his Gus
tom to get up early and get the paper.
He never did 1t before.
"Hadley advertised for q servant |
girl for me. One advertisement said |
the girl was to call at the house, and |
he advertised again for a girl for me |
and the answer was to be sent to a |
box at tha 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-
hcient to account for qadley's dlsap-
pearance.
Clara Dixon, the woman whose story
the basis OF the police
theory, claims to know where Hadley
Is at present, but says she will not
disclose the place.