The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1917-01-03
He Was Madly in Love With
Art Model, Detectives Say.
find BLACKMAA EVIDENCE?
She Had Directed Affluent
Friend to Her Lawyer.
CIubman Is Under
Surveillance in Hotel.

Philadelphia, Jan. Sine man sus-
pected of having dubbed and then
strangled to death pretty Maize COL
bert, model and manicurist, is today
under guard in fashlonable DOWN
town hotel. according to the police,
while detectives complete the net of
evidence they have been weaving
around him.
This man, it is said, is extremely
wealthy, controls large brewery IN
terests and comes from an lnland CITY.
He holds membership in some or
Phila delphia's best clubs, it was de-
clared.
Bon vivants and habitues of cafes
know the man now under guard as
"Champagne Calres," he is a ready
spender and has following OF friends
who will stop at no expense to free
him, if the police make good their
threat of arrest in a few hours In
authentic circles it is even int1mated
that already these friends have taken
steps for the defense-searching for
bail
Beauty in Financial Straits.
For many years he is said to have
assisted the girl financially. Out of
this grew details, according to detec-
tives that may disclose blacknla1l-
an amazing tale that may involve not
only the dead girl but others.
tective headquarters several days ago
and drilled. At that time it was be-
1ieved he would be held. Now it is
known that hew as released upon his
promise not to leave the city.
Miss Colbert's liberality to her fam
lily and friends brought her into dire
fina ncial straits. 1t is said she wrote
this man who was madly in love with
her, according to the police, and ask
ed him to see her lawyer. Instead of
going to the lawyers office he IS said
to have come to Philadelphia and
gone direct to her apartment.
From the moment he went to the
apartment in which the pretty little
model's battered body was found late
Saturday night, details ended. Mys-
terry once more shrouds the case and
the detectives are making every effort
to cover loopholes, fearing a leak that
might hamper their work.
Believes Degenerate Killed Her.
Detective Captain Tate persists in
the theory that the murder was com
mitted by a degenerate. He believes
the slayer to have been negro. DR..
Charles z. Bricker, a police surgeon
and the first medical man to see the
body, disagrees with the theory. The
physician contends that two persons
might have been in the room because
there was no blood on the girls cloth
ing and one person could not have
carried the DOOy W1lnOuL S0IllnS DlOOO
on the garments.
| A dozen persons, including a
wealthy manufacturer and a young
university man, have been questioned
by detectives and the police have in
their possession letters and pictures
I this city were admirers of Miss Col
bert. Search is being made for the
| chauffeur of an independent taXicat
who is reported to have taken a prom
! inent club man regularly to the young
! woman's apartment. The last known
visit, it is said, was made last Thurs.
day night.
Planned Tryst With Favorite Lover
This man met Miss Colbert only re
Gently, and she is said to have re
marked he might do her harm. The
man was in the city several days age
and was questioned by the police
! When new details, involving the MAJ
under surveillance were discovered
police again sought him.
His connection in the new develop
ments is being carefully guarded b.
| the police. Coincident with this i
was learned that Miss Colbert had ar
ranged for reconciliation New
i Years day with the man she reall,
loved. He is a former University O
Pennsylvania athlete. The model hat
merely led the others to believe sh,
gave them her affections. The sue
cessful sutton, who is employed in tn
engineering department of a large cor
poration, wilt be questioned this aft
ernoon.
Man's Hair CIutched in Her. Hand
A new element was brought into tn
case by the discovery of severa
strands of mans hair, foun,
clutched in the dead girls hand. Sh
had ripped them out in her fight 70
life. Several letters attacking Mis-
Colbert for her .-unfaithfulness' wer
found. These are being CAREFUL
guarded by the police, who will no
intimate whether they have any bear
ing upon the man under guard in
hotel or second western brewer.
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