Los Angeles herald., 1906-08-10

land beyond calabasas on the road to
Ventura.
MY brother was here in ocean Park
to see me Sunday" declared Mrs.
Chapman "He brought Mrs. Mattie
de Turk. our cousin, with him. He said
nothing OF finding the body. so he must
have made the discovery after he left
here on his way home.
He drove here with a gray horse. He
Is a. widower, having lost his wife and
little daughter from the same cause
spinal meningitis"
Nearby Resorts Raided
Developments last night In the Santa
Monica mystery add some new theories
and clews.
opinion is gaining ground in the
beach cities that the woman was muir
dered I'm Los Angeles or some town
within driving distance OF Port Los
Angeles and that her body was de-
posted In the canyon during the night.
There are several resorts in or near
the old Santa Monica canyon, about
three miles south Of where the body
was found, any one of which. 1t is
claimed. might have been the pre-
limlnary scene of the crime.
Only recently Constable De la Monte
of Los Angeles swooped down on sew
eral Of these resorts and confiscated
gambling devices that had for q long
time previously helped to entertain the
gilded Los Angeles youths, who, with
their consorts, occasionally came down
in automobiles for the purpose of hav-
ing "a time"
The murder of one of these women or
of dupe that had been lured to the
resorts and caused or theatened to
cause trouble, would be quite in keeping
with the surroundings and past record
of the place.
Perhaps by Coast Steamer
There is also possibility of the
woman having arrived at Port Los
Angeles on one OF the coast steamers
and having strolled or been decoyed
into the canyon, which is but short
distance from the wharf.
kuhns Heard From
H. d. Cheney, manager of the ship
hotel at Venice. stated last night that
about six weeks ago party of three
men and q. woman had come to the ship
on several evenings and had been more
or less bOisterous while there.
The woman, he said, filled the descrip- |
ton of the body found near Port Los
Angeles, and named one of the men
as H. d. Kuhns, cigar salesman for
Anthony Schwamm of 32S North Main |
and caused his employer anxiety at |
about that time.
kuhns, 1t is said, recently wrote to
Schwamm from New York, saying that
he had been on a trip and was en-
ieavoring to forget the past and start
ife anew.
Mrs. Powers Missing
Los Angeles police are asking the
question:: WAS the body of the young
Woman found near Santa Monica can
fon Wednesday night that of Mrs. e.
VI. Powers. who disappeared from her
home in this city about a month ago"
Mrs. Powers is said to closely, re-
iemble the description and was dressed Il
n similar fashion when she left home. !,
A mysterious feature of this story is
hat the' police can find no record about
ilrS. Powers.
One of the detectives remembered that
| search was made for woman of that
lame. but the record had been mislaid. 1
There are number of Powers fanilier b
n Los Angeles. Several We're visited /;
-esterdaY, but they could not furnish
my information. With this slight clew
he police will endeavor to aid the
ounty authorities in the Identification
# the body. II
All other records of missing women
we're thoroughly searched yesterday.
)ut no one was found to answer the
II
When asked whether or not the body
night be identified as that of Mrs. /
Powers the police seemed unwilling to
rive any information beyond stating
hat the record of the missing Mrs
'owerS would be looked up