Los Angeles herald., 1906-04-15
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| jammed the receiver the hook and turned to
the city editor, his eyes shining with excitement.
Fine! Finel" he exclaimed 'If Hnkey or
the cops haven't balled up this in transit
this is the biggest thing of the year"
Fourteenth District, 6.52 P. NJ read the
reporter dramatically, Miss Helene Dunn-Smth,
20 years old, Walnut avenue, Wharton Heights,
found dead on Maple Grove avenue, opposite the
Wharton Heights Country Club grounds, with a
bullet wound in the head Coroner notified"
The city editor and every man in the office
were on their feet when Morrison finished. In the
whole big city there were few people better
known than the girl in that report. Her re-
markabe beauty, her family and her 'famy's
great wealth-any one of these three would have
been sufficient to attract notice and the comb
nation made her probably the most talked-of
young woman in the State. She had been mur
dered; there was no mistalling the report.
"Ford" called the city editor.
"All right" replied that young man, slipping
on his coat.
"Take Morrison and Taylor with you," said
the chief, "and give us every word possible
In a twinkling the three men were off to the
big terminal station, where they could get a
train to within y stones throw of the scene Of
the tragedy Morrison and Taylor impa-
tient to get to work. but Ford was strangely un
moved. The startling murder seemed to him an
event, which if not unconsciously expected, was
which fitted into his thoughts without greatly
disturbing them
There were nearly dozen newspaper men on
the train and when they reached their station
Ford dispatched Morrison to the police station
and Taylor to the Dunn-Smith residence, while
he set out to look the ground over.
More than score of persons standing
around the place where the girls body had been
found 1t was in the middle of the road in
front of the Wharton Heights Country Club
grounds, and on the other side of the road
a sort of park, while hundred yards away was
cluster of houses.
A coachman in one of these residences had
heard a pistol shot, about half-past six, and
upon running to the front of the house he saw
runaway horse, bearing a side saddle, dashing
over the railroad bridge nearby Looking down
the street in the direction the animal came from
he deserted womans form, inert, in the mid
die of the highway. BY the uncertain light of
new moon he thought he a figure dart in
and out among the bushes of the park and then,
as city bound train pulled up at the station, a
man boldly ran out of cover and made for it.
The coachman, who was both cowardy and
stupid, made no effort to give chase, but rushed
into the house and told his master, Mr.. Har
vey that woman had been shot short dis
tance off Mr.. Harvey, who had heard the re-
port of the revolver, but had paid attention
to it, sent his man for physician and hurried
out into the street He no sooner reached the
PROSTATE figure than he recognized it the
body of Miss Smith, with whose father he
was we'll acquainted.
Shocked beyond measure the gentleman ran for
help and the girl was carried into the Harvey
residence where it did not need the assurance of
a physician to tell that she was beyond human
aid A small round bullet hole at the base of
the brain told the story and spoke also for the
craftsmanship of the murderer.
Meanwhile neighbors searching in vain
for traces of the girls slayer. When the coach
man returned with a doctor and told of the man
who had boarded the train he was soundly be-
rated for not speaking before. The time table
was consulted and it was found that that train
had already reached the city and unloaded its
passengers.
Fifteen minutes after the arrival of the news
paper men all the facts were known and most