The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1912-05-23
QUINN JEWELRY
RECOVERED HERE
Richmond Police Secure 1t From
John Adcock, Cousin
Of Dillon.
DECLARES HE is INNOCENT
Dillon, Who Committed Suicide
After Numbering Girl, Will
Be Buried To-Day.

The last bit of mystery surrounding
the Los Angeles. California. Bungalow
Murder" was cleared up last night with
the recovery in Richmond of the
jewels OF the dead woman. Minnie
Quinn, of Chicago.
1t was -conclusively proven by the
Chicago police on Tuesday that Miss
OF Richmond. who was killed Saturday
night by a passenger train in Chicago.
The body OF Dillon arrived in Rich
mond yesterday afternoon at $3.50
o'clock by way of the Chesapeake and
Ohio Railway, and was at once turned
over to an undertaken.
About half an hour before the ar
rival Of the train the following dis
patch was received by Chief OF Po-
lice Werner from Captain of Detectives
John j. Halpin. of Chicago:
John Adcock, with body of c. c,
Dillon. Will arrive your city $3.50 p. NJ.
Adcock is five feet eight or nine inches
slender build; smooth face. Diamond
ring, gold bracelets, watch and chain,
with initials NJ. T. q. on watch, prop
erty OF woman murdered in Los An
gelcs, have turned over to your officer.
Property given to hi mby Mrs Dillon.
Express to me-
Detective-Scrgeant Bailey hurried to
the Main Street Depot just as the train
bearing Dillon's body and Adcock ar
rived. Adcock was not 10 be found.
Says lie IL Innocent.
However. with Detect We Sergeant
Belton Detective Bailey later located
Adcock at his home lil3 West Main
Street The latter al once admitted
having the jewelry and did not hest
tate TO turn 1t over to the detectives.
lie denied that II had been given him
ht Mrs I.,,t
him by John Dillon. a brother of the
dead man, who lives at 1903 West Main
street. with his mother and sisters.
Adcock who is cousin or the Dill
Ions. left Saturday with John Dillon
for Chicago to return with the body
According TO his story. Mrs. Dillon
turned the jewclry over to John Dillon.
and the latter gave it to Adcock to
bring to Richmond with instructions to
give 1t to his mother, Mrs Sarah D.
ptllon. of 1903 West Main Street
Mrs. DILLON was not permitted to fol-
low the body of her husband to Rich
mond, and John was also detained
This was the result of her statement
to the Chicago police that her hus-
band had given her the jewelry be-
longing To the victim OF the bungalow
murder. At several points between
Chicago and Richmond the police OF
wv tliS attempted TO nave ~ d.
cock stopped. but owing to a faulty
description of him he MAS not located
until he reached his home in this CITY.
lie was perfectly frank concerning
the matter and offered to aid the detcc-
tives in any way possible. The local
police say that he is not Implicated
In the affair in any way, but was mers-
ly acting as a friend in bringing the
property TO Richmond.
Mrs. Dillon's Confession,
Mrs. Dillon told the police Oh Tues
day that after her husbands return
from the West he gave her the icwolry.
and she was OF the opinion that he had
bought 1t as present for her. She is
said to have add I'd that she gave the
1ewelry TO Adcock. but the latter's
statement on this point does not agree
With the exception of the missing
jewelry. the Chicago police finally
solved tho problem attached 10 tho Los
Angeles murder. which took place
about month ago. after il had bafried
the California and Denver police It
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