Los Angeles herald., 1906-08-10

six weeks ago a woman wearing much
/ iewelry was one OF q party at the ship
hotel who because Of righteousness
| had been elected.
Admiral Frank Iawton declared yes
terday that Johnson's story was Inn
/ probable from the fact that hundreds
OF guests visit the dining room month";
" who In many respects answer the
description of the Santa Monica
victim.
johnson mentioned that a we'll
known cigar drummer was host of this
particular party. He had been making
frequent trips to the beaches selling
cigars OF late he has not been seen
and there appears to be ground for the
belief that this travelling salesman has
disappeared. This, OF course, may
have no bearing whatever ON the death
OF the young woman In question. and
may be merely q coincidence.
Sheriff White yesterday talked with
Johnson regarding his statements, but
is not inclined to think that the be-
ieweed woman and the victim are the
same.
Not Richly Dressed
There was no iewelry on the dead
woman and no reason to believe that
she ever wore any. Her clothes were
not Of the best and hardly of the de-
gree OF finery worn by persons with
means. They were neat hut not costly.
City Marshal M. X. Barretto of
Santa Monica has been conducting an
inquiry of his own. His theory is that
the woman was probably brought from
Los Angeles or elsewhere in an auto
mobile, robbed and shot. He has no
records of any missing woman from
his vicinity.
1--WE occasionally find bodies on the
beach cast up by the. waves" said he.
but seldom find that of a woman in
the nearby canyons. This body was
found outside of the limits of Santa
Monica, but we are doing what we can
to clear the case"
Evidence Summarized
One of the officers summarizing the
days work yesterday said:
1.-THE officers and detectives who
spent the day in an effort to untangle
the mystery of the murder of the
young woman whose decomposed body
was found sitting in Temescal canyon
yesterday are no nearer solution of
the problem than they were this morn
ing.
"That the semi-blonde, frail of figure |
and well dressed, was murdered is not
questioned.
1.-THE bullet hole through the head
tells the story of a 3S-caliber shot. The
bullet entered near the left temple, |
coming out. almost directly opposite.
Coroner Trouts jury decided that |
it was case of murder. They deemed |
it unlikely that a woman could have
fired a shot with the left hand and re- |
mained sitting upright. Absence of
any weapon argues against the suicide
theory.
"The absence of jewelry OF valuables
of any description would Indicate rob-
berry as possible motive, although the
belief is that whatever of value she
may have possessed was taken for the
purpose of frustrating identification of
the victim.
death might have occurred two
months ago.
Battles Identity
"The two upper and two lower front
teeth are missing. They may have
been filed or crowned and removed to
battle identifiers. small gold filing
was discovered in the right eye tooth.
1.-The body was viewed by many peo-
Pile today, but none came who recog-
nized the body or remembered of ever
having seen a woman SO dressed.
Judged by the hair (none being
gray and dress and teeth, it is proba-
Bile that. the woman was not over 30
years old.
Deputy Sheriff Gilbert spent several
hours, in the canyon, had the. brush
and underground in the vicinity re-
moved for several feet but found moth
ing except couple Of side combs sim
liar to the one in the hair when the
body was found.
'Thus far the officers are without
clew.
'"rhe garments are not such as are
worn by the fast set. The
clothes are not elegant nor yet those
of a domestic"
TWO Women Attracted
( The presence of two women at the,l
Santa Monica morgue yesterday seemed
for time to furnish a clew and Messrs.
Gilbert and Barretto traced the two
women and talked to them regarding
the object of their visit. Scores of
visitors had called during the day, but
these two acted as though they bore
q secret.
They proved to be Mrs. Mary A.
Chapman, lessee Of two rooming houses
In Ocean Park, and Mrs. Belle Lee,
wife of a policeman at Venice
Mrs. Chapman is a sister of Thomas
Horton, the Calabasas storelxeeper who
first found the body, but she says she
was drawn to the Guidinger UNDER
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fear that the dead woman may have
been a young married woman who was
one OF her roomers. This woman fell
out with her husband and disappeared :
about three weeks ago. Her people
lived in the Eastlake park neighbor- !
hood and her brother was member
of the band at Venice.
Not the Right One
AS soon as she learned that the dead {
woman had black hair, Mrs. Chapman {
quietly departed. she said the woman
who she feared was the victim had
blonde hair.
Hortou's course since finding the /,
body has caused some criticism of him I
by the officers, who say he should have u
attended the inquest. Calabasas has no
telephone or telegraph office, and be-
cause Of it's isolation no word could be (,
gotten to him.
The Horton family owns 1900 acres of
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