The evening times. [volume] (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1906-1914, 1909-05-27


indicated the skill possessed only by
Mexican. First a slit had been made
In the skin. This incision exposed the
arteries and veins. Then the knife
was driven with true stroke, pierre
Ing clear through the throat. One
popularity which was developed at
the inquest was the presence of two
odd circles on the body. One was on
the abdomen and the other on the
right cheek. The circles were almost
two inches in diameter. They ap-
peared to have been stamped on the
flesh, or possibly have been made
with the dull side of a knife. DR..
George w. Campbell. autopsy sur
geon, stated at the inquest today that
nearly all fiends who commit such
crimes mark their victim in some
such manner. Some of these men
have one mark and some another" he
said. " Jack the Ripper used
cross. Some have used crescent
and others have used various marks"
DIR. Campbell called the attention of
the coroner's jury to another fact, and
that was that part OF the girls gar
ters were cut off and carried away.
Men who have mania for doing
such things as this usually take away
a part OF the clothing" the surgeon
said.
Jury's Verdict,
The coroner's jury rendered a ver-
dict of murder, stating that the
crime was committed by a person or
persons unknown. John A. Poltera,
father of the murdered girl, was the
first witness called at the inquest.
He viewed the body and identified it.
AS he gazed at the form of what
had been his lively little curly-haired
daughter, he slowly moaned as he
clutched his hands: "Oh, Jesus
Christ, Oh, Christ, have mercy" He
stated that he had been in Los Ange-
les country for twenty-five years, but
had been living on the small chicken
farm near the north entrance of Grif-
fifth park, short distance from where
the body was found, several years.
He testified that his daughter had
been attending the Los Feliz school in
East Hollywood. He said that he had
started to take her Monday morning,
but that she was not ready when he
started, and that she walked four
miles to the schoolhouse.
Jasper Shelter and James A. Dui-
son, park employees, told Of stumbling
on to the body, which was hidden in
the mustard behind the water gate
house. DR.. Campbell had performed
an autopsy and gave the results of his
findings.
Sheriff Hammuel is in charge of the
officers who are hunting for her mur-
Hprar Ho loft
break with four deputies to relieve
those who had been on duty all night
near the spot where the body was
found.
Chief Dishman has put the services
OF the police department at the dis
posal of the sheriff. Several detec-
tives are being used in running down
clews and others in assisting in the
search at the park. Besides this the
man-hunt is augmented by large
number of persons who reside in the
neighborhood of the Poltera ranch.
All through the night search was
made for any possible trace Of the
murderer. All southern California
has been aroused by the crime and the
citizens stand ready to give any as
sistance in running down the perpe-
traitor. The officers are still baffled
as to the place where the crime was
committed. If they could find the spot
where the child was first taken they
believe that they quickly could dis
cover some clew. They are satisfied
that the lifeless body was carried to
the place where it was found. They
are also seeking the girls school
books and the evening paper which
she always carried home.
After Sheriff Hammel had searched
in the Griffith park region for some
time this morning for the missing
school books and the lunch basket of
the murdered girl, he decided to call
on the school children of the Tropico,
Glendale and Los Feliz schools to
aid in the search tomorrow. Many
of the children are familiar with the
park region and the territory along
the rivei' bed. They will be formed
into skirmish line a few feet apart
and make systematic search for the
missing art ic1eS