The Cairo bulletin. (Cairo, Ill.) 1???-1928, 1906-10-23
SEEK DIAMONDS TO
SOLVE DEATH Of
ACTRESS
WHOLE CHICAGO DETECTIVE
FORCE TRYING TO CLEAR
PUZZLlNG MYSTERY.
LACK OF LEADING CLEW,
Is Battling to the PoIoe--Woman
Thought to Have Suicided Was
Slain and Her Jewels
Were Stolen.

Chicago, Oct 22,--Every available
Chicago detective was assigned today
to the search for the diamonds stolen
from the room of Mrs, Margaret Les
lie, declared to have been murdered
in The Palace Hotel
That the jewelry was worn by the
woman when she went to her room is
admitted by the police who have ques-
toned score of witnesses. Upon lis
discovery hinges their only hope of
unraveling the mystery.
The many complications surround
Ing the affair have combined to make
II the most puzzling Assistant Chief
Schucttler has ever attempted to
solve. Problems which include S lent
death struggle with a burglar, a theft
committed by inmates of the hotter
after the death of the woman or sui
eide following the discovery of a rob
berry confront the police officials.
After forty-eight hours Of almost
continuous work Assistant Chie1
Schuettlar and Acting Inspector Healy
declared they had no tangible cew
TO The solution.
The story Of Howard e. Nicholas,
theatrical angel" and admircr of
Mrs. Leslie, although shaken in some
respects, is not insistent with tho |
facts CLEANED by the police. A rigid |
examination of all employees of the |
hotel who might have ad access to
the room proved futile in securing in
formation concerning the missing
jewels.
The insistence of Coroners Physi-
clan L2wko that asphyNiation caused
death leaves unexplained the presence
of the chloroform phial and the
knotted garment about the woman's
neck.
The case is the most battling Just
now that | have ever started on"
declared Assistant Chief Schuettler.
last night Il have no theory. When
We find those missing diamonds. as
we will, it probably will appear simple
enough Just now it is all absolute +
PhiaI Mystery Unexplained.
The presence Of the half ounce
phial of choroform in the room has
not been explained. In the room of
Nicholas an exactly similar phial from
he same druggist was found. Both t
bottles were purchased in the drug Q
store Of 6. S. Malone, llG North \
lark street. z
Nicholas was the informant of the
police that the bottle might be found a
n his room, He declared he had a
Fought 1t a week ago TO cure a tooth
lche. He said he had purchased but n
ne bottle. '
The proprietor of the pharmacy :
Vas summoned at the East Chicago $
venue station and questioned by As Il
istant Chief SChuettlcr. He asserted fl
hat record Of the purcha.e of but il
me phial could be found by him. lie lC
ould not remember the purchaser v
The pharmacy statute commands the
clustering of all persons purchasing
olson.
No cause for the purchasing of the Ir
rug by Mrs. Leslie is known Coro
er's Physician Lewke asserted ye..
arday that the contents of the bottle
,ould not have induced stupor and s
hat no traces of chloroform were re- al
called in the autopsy. c
Missing Couple Sought. NJ
All employees of the hotel who were r
bout the building Thursday morning II
fere questioned by the police The al
lentity of a couple who registered fe
$ C. c. Summers and wife and who to
coupled an adjoining room to Mrs. in
.eslie is sought. 81
The discovery was made by the I'm
olice that the tumbler in the lock on m
he room of Mrs Leslie was defective
Id that the door could readily he m
pCned from the outside. If the woman 81
ad committed suicide by gas as tn
hyxiation, the police assert. any per en-
IN who had detected the gas odor
-om the hall could easily have forced
he door open and entered.
They believe the presence of the
wells may have tempted some en- Al
oye or guest Who hastily seized the IN
almonds and closed the door left he in
ace without notifying the clerk o. di.
nployes. "a mr.
The couple who registered as Mr. -,
ld Mrs Summers left the place early :,
the morning. unCbserved bv anyoae
bout the hotel.
Albert Kibbe. The hall man Of the
iding. who worked about the
.ened door Of NJ Leslie's room for
hour without Observing the body. ~
as closely examined by the assist on
III
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