Los Angeles herald., 1909-05-23
MAKES OATH TO
FIND MURDERER
FATHERAND BROTHER oFANNA
P0LTERA SWEAR VENGEANCE
CHILD BURIED, GIRL PLAYMATEs
ACTING AS PALL5EARERs
Sheriff's Office and Police Work TO-
nether to Secure Some clew to
Perpetrators of Fiendish
Crime

which contained the body of little Anna
Poltera, who was mistreated, murdered
and left lying near the entrance to
Griffith park, where the body was
found Thursday morning, the aged IA
Their of the dead girl and the half
brother clasped hands and swore yes
terday to search relentlessly for the
murderer or murderers and avenge the
death OF the child. The two men will
use their small savings ia an effort to
track down the brute who committed
the most atrocious murder in the an
nails of Los Angeles county.
Former schOolmateS of the murdered
girl gathered at the chapel of Pierce
Bros. yesterday, where funeral services
were held. After the ceremonies at the
chapel the coffin was borne to the
hearse by six girls, former playmates
of the victim, all of whom were cloIhed
In white. The body was taken to
Rosedale, where it was buried.
While the funeral services were be-
ing held students of the Los Feliz
school. which the little girl had attend
ed, were searching the hills and AFRO
yos near where the body was found, IN
hopes of finding the missing school
books carried by the victim, or some
other thing which would lead to
new elew.
Almost every foot of the ground in
that district has been closely scrutin-
lied by deputy sheriffs, detectives,
mounted men and the school children,
and according to the last reports from
that section nothing that would lead to
further disclosures was learned.
Sheriff Hammel who has offered
personal reward of $3.50 for the capture
of the murderer or murderers, has been
in, h f- off Forts 70 oct q trail Of
the person or persons responsible for
the horrible crime. Clew after clew has
been run down, but with the same re-
sults-nothing which will lead to fur
Their disclosures.
Camp Reveals Nothing
A report reached the sheriff's office
that a camp had been located near Ar
cadia, and that a Mexican was thought
to be occupying it.
An investigation was made, but ev-
erything was found to be all right ana
nothing new was revealed.
Two suspects. have been closely ques-
toned but in each case the men gave
satisfactory explanations of their
movements, and they were eliminated
from the case.
Because of the time that elapsed be-
tween the commission of the crime and
the disclosure of the body the officers
who are working on the case say they
are considerably handicapped and at a
great disadvantage, and their chances
for finding the man near where the
body was found is remote.
That the crime was committed by
person of the Jack the Ripper type is
conceded by those who have investi-
gated the case, and that a repetition of
the crime is likely. The police and the
sheriff warn parents to exercise the
utmost WatchfulneSs over their chill
foIT fv, e11h I1rAaT districts
Detectives Rico and Talamantes, who
have been securing the hills near where
the body was found, returned to Los
Angeles last night without having
made much Roadway. Talamantes stat
ed he had slight clew which he was
following, and that developments prob
ably will result.
The parents and half brother of the
dead girl are almost on the verge of
collapse because of the murder, and
while the two men-father and SON
were standing beside the coffin just be-
fore the funeral services were held
they vowed solemnly to devote their
future to running down the person or
persons responsible for the horrible
murder
The sheriff's department and the po-
lice are working together on the case,
and are doing all possible to find the
guilty person.
Although an extensive search has
been made, up to late last night the
place where the girl was mistreated
and murdered has not been established.
The murdered girls school books and
lunch basket are missing, and it is
thought if these are found a new clew
will be revealed that probably may
lead to the identity of the murderer
1t is probable these articles will be
found where the girl met her death
although it is thought the books and
basket might have been dropped when
she was overpowered, and thrown away
before the scene of the murder was
reached.
The country where the body was
found is wild and the underground is
heavy, 1t is thought some clew might
have been overlooked because of the
nature Of the country, and the district
will be searched until some clew is dis
closed.