Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1916-03-17
THE INNES CASE
SCHEDULED FOR
GEORGIA COURT
UNLESS VICTOR INNES AND WIFE
AVOID EXTRACTION HEARING
WILL BE HELD IN SOUTH.
WILL PROBABLY GO TO TRIAL SOON
FOR ALLEGED MURDEB OF THE
MELMs SISTERS IN 1914.
Especial TO The Herald.)

ATLANTA. Ga, March 17.-Unless Vie
tor Innes and his wife. who were recently
acquitted in San Antonio. Texas. Of the
charge Of numbering the helms sisters. find
some method Of avoiding extradition to
Georgia. "a ordered by the United States
supreme court, the Georgia courts will be
the scene Of another sensational trial that
will rival the Frank case. lnneS and hi~
wife have been indicted in Georgia on ten
counts If larceny after trust. in connec-
tIon with the affair of Mr.. Eloi~c Dennis.
- divorcee. aud her sister. Beatrice Nclm~.
who disappeared at San Antonio while on
q trip To meet lines. According to the
charge. Innes had been receiving money
from Mrs. Dennis for western investment
purposes. and II II also alleged that under
the guisc Of being a single man. ~ had paid
court To- the Georgia divorccc and proposed
To wed her on the trip ON which she and
her sister vanished.
LINES ha~ fought cxtradition To- Georgia.
appealing 10 the supreme court az Wash
inGton. That tribunal ordered the extra
dition, and in April thi. decree will b. il
force. Meanwhile. il i. claimed ~ lines
attorney that threatening Letters have been
received by Innc~ from residents of Gcor-
gla, and using these threats n a basis. II
has been proposed to appeal 10 Governor
James f.. Ferguson Of Texas to interfere on
the ground Of possible mob violence. See
ret service agents have been put upon the
ease in Georgia in an effort TO round IN the
letter writers.
Ii - said that before and after Tnncs
and his wife were freed of the charge of
murdcring the helms sisters, officer, al
SAN Antonio re~ortcd ~ various methods
10 gel . confession. They flashed al clcc-
irc light on photographs Of the two women
IN view of InneS al intervals during the
night M the hope that his nerves would
be- shattered. The prisoner paid little at
tention 10 the third degree work. Often
he would look on the pIcturc~ bu; show no
emotion. lc would ect into his bed and 20
TO sleep while the lights were Inning on
the hkencsse~ of the missing women.
The Georgia indictments against the
Illnesses were returned u year ago in Full
ton county. Arrangements have been
made by Solicitor General Hugh VI. Dorsey
70 have an officer IN San Antonio Ia bring
the much wanted cornlr back under the
extrndition proceeding.
The helms sisters. Mrs.. Dennis and
Beatrice NclmS. left Atlanta in Aucu,t.
1914. for New Orlcan~. whence they were
TO 70 west % meet hines. II u known that
Mrs. Dennis expected M wed Iunc-. for
he had acted ~ her counsel when The had
obtained 4 divorce ~ Reno. had been
courted by HIM. and hclicycd him to hc sin
gie. The Younger sister. Beatrice. wa~ y
well known bu~lnc~- woman. and she went
on the trip e. ~" that her sisters business
Interests w"r" ~lfr-uar lcd and that the
money WA actually invested.
After their departure. the last heard
from them hv Georgia relatives wa> when
they reached New Orleans. Ten DAYS LATER
" letter came from San Francisco. tvpc-
written. but signed IN the Handwriting Of
Mr. Dennis. stating that he had ~lain her
sister ~ New Orleans. and wa~ ~ route IL
XII her brother. Marshall Nclm~. who wn.
then IN san Francisco. Beyond that. moth
inc was heard of the women for .omc time
An Atlanta newspaper sent - correspond
cut to take up the trail. with the result that
the missing sisters were traced through
Houston. Texas. and ~ San Antonio After
several week If investigation. the news
paper Slcuth found that the trail ended ~
q house on the outskirts Of Sn Antonio.
The house was rented hy the Inne,es and il
was there that the missing women were last
seen.
The San Antonio newspapers and Mar
shall Nelms. brother ii the missing girls.
aided IN the hunt. and evidence Of the Girls
presence there was found. Warrants were
sworn out against the Illnesses and they
were cx,radited from Portland. Ore. Ia
answer To the murder charge. The couplc
"">'tried and acquitted. and the Georgia
prosecutor immediately took steps IT, bring
them 70 this state t. answer IL he larceny
charges.
Since the murder trial. word ha, come
from San Antonio that lines ATTORNEYS
are cooperating with a life insurance com
panN IN an effort To find the missing women