The Ocala evening star. [volume] (Ocala, Fla.) 1895-1943, 1911-08-14
FOUND A FATAL FLAW
Atlanta Sleuths Discovered a Break In
the Oet Which Bishop Sought to
Weave Around TrOutman

Atlanta, Ga, August 13.-The alleg-
ed desire of a criminal to cover his
own ira cks, will lead, local detectives
claim, to the ultimate conviction of f.
S. Bishop, a young Atlanta solicitor,
who Is now held, charged with the
murder of his child wife. BY the al
legged substitution of several bits of
pa per. shown to have been left in her
mothers room by his wife. Bishop
managed to weave around a prominent
young attorney here a chain of cir
cumstantial evidence, which led the
sleuths. when the woman's disappear
ance was first reported. TO arrest the
attorney. Now the attorney has been
released and the husband will be
charged with murder in event a search
of a large wooded stretch in the sub
urbs of Atlanta discloses the dead
body of the woman, the sleuths are
certain has been murdered.
Mrs. Leila May Bishop, Is years of
age but a wife for Is months, failed to
put in an appearance at the home of
her mother Mrs. Pauline Pearson.
widow, on July 22nd. Her husband
ella lined to know of her whereabouts
but told her mother that he feared
that she had eloped with the attorney.
Henry 3. Troutman. a young man of
an old Georgia family. and of excellent
Reputation.
Deceived Girls Mother
For this reason he begged her
mother not to report her disappear
ance to the police. y week after the
girls disappearance the husband ap-
peared before his mOther-in-la law with
a paper bearing Troutman's name and
telephone number The paper he said
he had found among the possessions.
left in the house by his wife. He then
induced the mother to make Inquiries
about Troutman. whom she found to
| be out of the city his vacation. This
naturally tended TO strengthen the
theory of an elopement. Troutman
returned to the city a few days ago.
| Mrs. Pearson accompanied by Bishop
| Immediately called at his office
| Bishop gave a fictitious name and told
| the young attorney of a legal tangle on
which he desired the opinion Of an at
| torney. In this way he managed to
secure Troutmans signature. Com
pared with the address and teleph ne
number, which Bishop alleges to have
! been left by his wife. it was evident
that Troutman had written both pap
| ers.
| TrOutman Swallowed
/ Mrs. Pearson Immediately reported
! the whole matter to the detective.
4 Troutman was kept under surveillance
1 for several days by the s1euths, while
they investigated his record. Finding
it to be exceptionally good. they hesi-
tated at making the arrest. although a
plain clothes man continually follow
ed him. Finally. Detective Chief Ian
ford called Troutman, Bishop, Mrs
Pearson and others interested to his
office. The facts As he had then were
| stated. and all parties confronted with
the statements each had made.
Proved Afbf
Troutman was able to prove thar
while on his vacation. he had beer
camping in the mountains with
party of sixteen we'll known Atlantans
He admitted that both signatures il
the possession of the husband Of tn.
that the former. like the latter ha,
been secured by 4 trick. He furthe
declared that a week before the dis
appearance Of the woman that Bishol
had appeared in his home. consuIte'
him about 4 legal matter, and sayfn:
that he would probably need him again
had requested his name and telephon
number. II was soon evident tina
Bishop was not in good faith. Late
a witness was found who claims I
have seen husband and wife on a De
catur trolley car. other bits of cir
] cums1antial evidence have been found
and the city detectives say that a
they need 10 have now IS the body o
Mrs. Bishop They declare that whe
the body i found they will be read