The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1905-01-08

have been Franklin, for the latter IS
over six feet tall. smooth shaver and
rather slight
Whenethe girl left Colorado Springs
on the evening of October %, she was
accompanied by the new man. The au-
thorities believe that he is a travelling
salesman for a Chicago cigar company.
It is apparent from the descriptions of
the two men that the one Doske intro
duced at Denver as her husband and
the one at Colorado Springs are diff
ferent persons Her relatives, however,
say that she was never IN company with
any one except Franklin
1t was limited this morning that
Franklin is a well connected English
man, possibly a younger son whose
relatives were willing 10 lose sight Of
Whether he received remittances from
abroad could not be learned
Franklin in England.
Beyond question. say the relatives of
the dead girl. Franklin Is IN England.
and 1t was intiEnated that he had gone
there to eVade arrest. He would have
had plenty of time to do so after the
murder was committed, as the body was
not discovered for two weeks.
Franklin while In Syracuse a year
ago gained the reputation Of being a
sktiiful gambler and he was barred from
at least one game in this city. The
proprietor of the room where Franklin
made big haul and who later refused
MIN Ambulance. said today:
Franklin was a desperate looking
man and from his actions and general
appearance 1 felt more comfortable with
him out of my sight.
Reported Missing. Z
! Among the many girls reported miss
| ing since the discoySy of the dead body
on Mount Cutler are Miss Mary SchIing-
man. of Oklahoma City, Mrs. Lillian
Honestly Bait, of New York; Miss Min
ME Swift. of Cripple Creek; Ella C
/ Quinn. of Chicago, and Mrs. W. j
| Rodno The latter is the wife of &
prosperous buecher in Butte, Mont
| Taking her two small children with hel
| she eioped with a former employee OF
her husband the day before Thanks
| giving Day
| As Is 10 be expected the police have
been delayed in their work by the mum
Der of false clews presented. Three diff
| ferent bundles OF clothing have beer
found in the vicinity Of the crime sine,
a reward of $25 was offered to whoeve
should bring in the clothes of the muir
,1ered woman Obviously all of thes
bundles could not have belonged t
her. and the police are inclined to thinl
that these are mere --Dla nted clews'
whose object is to gain the reward o
notoriety for the finder. One of tn
most promising of these elews cam
through former City Detective Fran
Leary of the Denver department, nov
manager of the Lyric vaudeville thea
ter. Through Miss Alberta c. HadIey
! a vaudeville actress who has Just Ief
Denver. Manager I-eary received de
scriptions of a man and a woman h
firmly believes TO be the principals i
the horrible Cutler Mountain affair an
for ti.e first time he offers the police q
work on the case something substantis
the first name of the mar, q fair dc
scriptIon of him ard q most accurat
description of what is thought to be III
unfortunate young woman
Miss Iadley gave the descriptions ,
! | the man and thetwoman supposed to /
: the central figures in this most remarl
+ able Of murder mysteries to Manag
I.eary. Wednesday evening, just befo,
} leaving for the West. With the instin,
of trained detective Leary question:
, har closely. intending to take I'D Il
thread OF tangled siIein himself Tt
holiday rush upset his pI4ns. howeve
, and message from Colorado Sprin,
: tthaf Miss Hadlev was herself ii
r friends victim led Leary to tell Il
, POST 81. he knew of the case