Los Angeles herald., 1907-11-27
OF 2
CHARGED TO
WIFE SLA YER
CRIME REVEALED BY DREAM
Is MYSTERIOUS
Former Boarder at Home Has Dsap-
peared and Belief Is Expressed
That He Was Killed
by Wilkins
BY Associated Press.

BY Associated Press.
OAKLAND, Nov. 26.-M. A. wilkins of
Elmhurst is in the county jail charged
with numbering q woman who passed as
his wife last July. The woman's body has
been found in a shed in the rear of his
home, buried beneath five feet of lime
and sand.
The sheriff is now endeavoring to locate
the body of T. e. Kimmons, known as
Earl, who disappeared suddenly from
Wilkins home. 1t is thought Wilkins
also murdered this man, who. was %
years old and formerly a carman in San
Francisco. Wilkins asserts that Kimmons
has gone to Houston, Texas, and that his
wife went east.
Fifty men this morning started the
work to find the body of Kimmons.
Sheriff Barnet arrived at the house in
Elmhurst early this morning and the in-
vestigation was imm mediately started. An
important development in the case this
morning was the finding of bottle of
strychnine In the shed where the woman s
body had been buried. 1t is believed that
the poison may have been the agent
which caused her death.
The authorities are endeavoring to find
the name of the dead woman before she
became the consort of Wilkins, and a
prescription with the name and address.
MRS. Carmen, 1922 Washington Park
Springfield Cor Sheffield) NO." may be
the clue which will give them the infor-
nation and allow them to learn Wilkins
history.
The fact that Wilkins said Kimmons
had inherited $150,000 and had gone east
to get the money Is not relied on. The
man disappeared one night after he had
been working in the garden. He had
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after the disappearance of Mrs. wilkins
and it is thought possible that he may
have discovered her body and wilkins
was compelled to get rid Of him so the
body could not be found.
The finding of the body of the woman
was the result of a dream OF Mrs. M. j.
Anderson, who resided In Wilkins home
She declares that she dreamed that Will
kins wanted her to marry him and that
upon her refusal he had attempted to
murder her. much as he had killed an
other woman. 1t was then that the body
was discovered and the police notified
Wilkins has made damaging statements.
the authorities claim,
Wilkins admitted today that he was
never legally married to the woman who
passed as his wife and whom he is sup
posed to have murdered He said:
"I met the woman on train. She was
broke and came to live with me. She
was between 80 and So years of age. She
never told me who her parents were or
where she came from, but she said her
name was Verna Wallace. AS to how
she died 1 don't, see that it concerns any
one but myself 1 was born in France
Of French parents and have Travelled all
over the world"
Trace Love Affair
1t was learned today that Kimmons
was on intimate terms with the Wallace
woman. The two met in the east year
ago and Kimmons, who is much younger
than Wilkins, was supposed to be ia
vorite with MRS. wilkins" Kimmons
was 2. wilkins is oS.
On July q Kimmons visited Wilkins
at Elmhurst. The car strike had left
him withoat employment. He was Sc.
to work digging a cesspool for Wilkins.
e. e. Freel was employed in that work
with him. The work was commenced
about July %. 1t was at this time that
the woman disappeared. Some days later
Freel sought wilkins on a business mat
ter and inquired after Kimmons, VIII
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