The Salt Lake tribune. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1890-current, 1912-05-19
PICTURE OF WOMAN
SLAIN IDENTIFIED
Body Found in Vacant House
in City of the Angels Was
That of Mrs. Bessie Jones
of Norfolk, Va.

|
~ Wilmotte. a suburb. today part
ly solved the Los Angeles mlu
der mystery.
After piecng together various clews
the police tonight said they were con
WINGED the dead man was The mysterl-
Gus Dillon who has been sought by the
Los Angeles police as the murderer Of
tho woman and that the woman is Mrs.
Bessie Jones.
Several former acquaintance Of
Mrs. Jones today identified the picture
Of the slain woman as that Of Mrs.
Jones.
Until six weeks ago Dillon and Mrs.
Jones lived at 1921 Evanston avenue,
| Chicago He left and a few days later
she disappeared. Post cards, mailed
from Norfolk, Va, were received by
friends from Mrs. Jones. Nothing has
been heard from her since.
Shortly afterward Dillon 8 wife IS
relatives here received post cards and
letters from him, mailed in Denver and
Los Angeles. Friends testified at the
inquest today that Dillon returned
| from Los Angeles last Sunday.
Ended His Life.
The description of the "Dillon' for
| whom the California authorities have
| been searching is almost identical with
that of the dead man. The tracks at
the point where the man was killed are
| elevated and this led the police to be
| lieve that the man wantonly ended his
life. Mrs. Dillon said her husband left
home Friday night about o'clock
and did not return. He Is thought to
have been killed about . clock this
morning.
A policeman who noticed the SINH
larity between the description Of the
alleged murderer and Dillon was re-
! sponsible for the attempt TO link his
name with the alleged crime. Relatives
Of Dillon told of his being in California
recently before they knew he was sus-
pected of having slain the woman
Picture Identified.
Detectives took statements from
David Churchill, brother.in.law Of
Dillon, and charles Adams, Dillon IS
former employer, and then interviewed
Mrs. Emma McCue, at whose residence
Dillon and Mrs. Jones had roomed. Mrs.
McCue identified n photograph Of the
slain woman ms that Of Mrs. Jones, and
q picture of Dillon as that of ".JackN -
Jones, as he had been known to her.
Miss Julia Ncubar, Il friend of Mrs
Jones, also identified her photograph.
"'Mrs. Joue stold us that she came
from Norfolk, Va, said Mrs. McCuc
81 supposed that she and Dillon were
man and wife, After she left here
about six weeks ago. she wrote ME sew
eral post cards from Norfolk
Detectives learned that Dillon met
folk. She Is said to have followed him
To Chicago. After that he divided his
time between staying with his wife
and four children at their home and
with Mrs. Jones at the McCue home,
the detectives say.
Dillon a Poor Man.
Dillon was "A comparatively poor
man. He worked for an electrical con
tractor. Before going west he had Il
regular position, but since his return
he had been working rs an extra man.
His employer said Dillon appeared
dcspondeut for several days prior TO
his disappearance, but gave no reason
for his mood. 1t is said DiIlons broth.
er-in.law, David Churchill, supported
Mrs Dillon and her children while her
husband Was in the west.
Efforts of the police to ind Mrs, Dii-
lon after Mrs Jones s picture had been
partlv identified werc futile, She left
; home with her children To avoid being
Questioned
The grip Dillon carried is said to
have fitted the description OF one
: owned by the alleged slayer. When
asked where he bad been Dillon re-
| piled to friends. "on n vacation TO
the coast
One important link in the chain of
evidence pointing to the identification
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