The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1912-05-20
Richmond Man, Fearing
Arrest, Commits Sui
eide in Chicago.
KILLED WOMAN
IN LOS ANGELES
Brother Goes West to Claim
Body and to Investigate Po-
lice Charge That He Was
Being Traced for Afro
cious Crime Family
Won't Believe Report.

Becauss OF tho mystery which still
surrounds the case. the mother, broth
ers and sisters Of Caithias c. Dillon
the Richmond man said TO be the
slayer of young woman IN vacant
bungalow in Los Angeles, Cal, who
was killed by a passenger train In
Chicago refuse to believe publish I'd
reports Of The charge against him.
Lohn Dillon. . brother OF the dead
'nan, LETT yesterday afternoon for Chi
cago 10 investigate tho case and re-
turn with the body.
Thu Los angeles murder took place
on May :, and since that time has
created sensation along the pac!Nc
coast Deep mystery surrounded the
case. The identity Of tn, dead woman
was never established. but the Cali
forn!a police received Information
which led them TO believe that she
came from Chicago.
Left Here Five Years Ago.
Dillon. who was thirtyhva years old
an electrician. left 1tlchmond about
i've years ago. According TO a state
Grover G. Dillon, OF si3 South Meadow
Street. ne was wander.r. and about
Item days ago ne was heard from IN
Colorado. However. ne is believed TO
have spent most OF his time in CHI
cago. where MS wife lives.
B.sides his mother. Mrs. Sarah y.
|Dllon. OF 1903 Yves. Main street. DN-
ION leaves the following brothers and
sisters: John Dillon. Grover e. Dillon.
|Nrs. c. +. Charles, Mrs. Lula Pioardai,
nth OF Chesterfield county: Mrs. +. II.
i }wlar. Mrs. Frank Myers. Of rs North
J [nlbardv Street. and Otis Dillon.
The first news o, his tragic death
was received hero Saturday by the
family IN telegram from his cousin
David Churchill. OF Chicago.
story From Chicago.
The following dispatch was sent out
LAS; uig'it from Chicago;
Chicago, Ill. May la.--Mute testi-
mony Of bloody finger prints. blood
1stains obliterated laundry marks pos
l,al cards and Cancelled railroad checks
HAS. according 10 the police. '.nectu-
ally proved &. {, Dillon, who met
i death on Saturday beneath the wheels
/ OF Chicago and Southwestern train.
Ito be the pcrpctruior OF a murder that
had baf,lcd the police OF two cities.
Beyond doubt. IL is asserted. Dillo9
3lurod the woman whose body 3 as yea
10 the vacant house at ii65
Arlington Street. Los Angeles. and
there beat her 10 death.
That the dead woman Is not Mrs.
Bessie Jones. OF Norfolk, Va. has been
[conclusively shown. The first theory
4 WAS the one who is supposed TO have
posed as the wife OF Dillon at room
Hing house at 1921 Evanston Avenue
was proved false when G q. k!ser.
Chief Of Police OF Norfolk. wired that
Bessie Jones, the woman in question,
i is alive and living in Berkeley. suburb
3of Norfolk.
Not Norfolk Woman. :.
When the contradiction OF the theory
n IL,
1Diiion's murderous hand reached the
apolicc II was declared that the woman
Knight have been Bessie Howard. of
Norfolk, but later to-day Chief Klser
iclegrs Pied that Bessie Jones and
Bessie Howard are tho same person
and that Mrs. Jones also. upon occasion,
y used tho name OF Bessie Vocgler. she
Street. in Berkeley. Va. :
i Search OF the Dillon home at $500
Evanston Avenue revealed a new grip.
I from the end of which thrae initials.
: presumed by the police to be &C. c. D.
: had been scrapcd off. The interior of
. the grip was smcarcd with blood stains,
marks made by bloody fingers, and in
3 ono place was an immense dark blotch.
apparently made by acid. which had
been used to remove blood stains. a
microscopic examination revealed fin
3Ser prints. which may be of uso in fur
athcr unravcling the mystery. In the
! room werc also found several pieces
LOT laundry from which all marks had
been obiterated or torn off. y collar
had been turned inside out and worn
THAT way in order that no mark on it
might be found.
BY means of Cancelled railroad
4checks. stubs of .ranscontinental tick
Sets. ii was proved that Dillon had been
Hin Los Angeles and that he had re-
3turned just after the murder was com!
united. According to the police of Los
Angeles. Dillon killed his victim on
> May and left the city May s. lie
Ireachcd Chicago May IL. His route
aacross the country has been traced by
! mcans OF the ticket stubs. to which he
4signcd his name, the writing on which
lis identical with that of several postal
ards.
Certain of Being Caught.
1T is the theory of the police that
Dillon learned that the clues which
would discover the murderer of the
woman in Los Angeles were slowly
put certainly pointing in his direction
Hand determined to end his own life.
hmd that his death OF the Northwest
fern tracks was the result OF their
closing in on his trail. This theory,
IT is maintained. is substantiated by
Ehe finding of a stamped and address
= I'D envelope containing a blank piece
Nof paper on which Dillon had intend
<ed to write to his cousin. confessing
all and telling of his intended death.
The envelope was addressed to David
Churchill. of ALA Sheridan Road,
where Mrs. Dillon is now stopping.
why it was never sent is not known,
unless Dillon, walking along the
tracks on his return from Wilmette. re-
solved to end everything. and In a sud
den fit of dcspcration cast binsa,f