Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1920-07-26

WInUIM WUNULn,
HUSBAND SOUGHT
Detroit Police Say Body Is
That of Mrs. E. Leroy of
StarkviIIe, Miss.
By the Associated Press.
DETROIT, Mich, July 26.-The
woman whose mutilated body was
shipped in a trunk from Detroit to
New York has been positively identi-
hed by the Detroit police as Mrs. E.
Leroy, formerly Miss Katherine Jack
son OF Starkville, Miss, Police In
spector James McCarty asserted to-
day.
Efforts to connect Roy Millen, for
mer Army aviator. with the murder
failed in Chicago today when Patrol
man Lee Trumball Of the Detroit
police department was unable to
gene Leroy"
Clothing found in the trunk with
the body has been positively identi-
neo Dy Patrolman Trumbull and his
wife as having belonged to Mrs.
Leroy. the inspector said. Trumbull
Quainted with the Leroys.
"A report from Trumbull is expect ed
some time this afternoon, Inspector
McCarty said.
A detective from the Detroit DEPART
ment mas gone to New York to seek
case. he may ask that the body of
'he woman be brought to Detroit.
Threatened With Dagger.
Mrs. Trumbull in a statement tn the
police, said that Katherine Jackson
married Leroy here in the fall ~
1919. Their married. Life. Mrs. Trun,-
oo1t eAtd. wxs unhappy and on ona
occasion Leroy threatened his wife
witn w, e daggeEy according to a stos5s
Iold her by MrH Leroy. Mrs. Leroy
aiso connded In her. Mrs. Irunibuif
tore. unhappily, and had lived in Biz.
mingham, Ala. A. A. Tatum Of Bir-
m1ngham, Ala, visited Mrs. Leroy. At
her invitation, In Detroit, Mrs. Trum-
bull said. but she was unable to give
the date. 90
The description Of Leroy, as given
by both Mr.. and Mrs. Trumbull, was
about twenty-four years old, 145
pounds in weight, jet black hair.
about Eve feet ten and a half inches
in height. He had a scar on his left
leg. - y,
Tatum is said to have first met
Katherine Jackson in Birmingham, in
June, 1919. Following their meeting
he visited her several times, twice in
Detroit. Police. checking up on his
statements, have found that Mrs.
Katherine Jackson, Nashville" was
here. October 80. 1919. Tatum said he
again visited the Jackson woman
here in June. 1920. at another hotel.
but never was at the Harper avenue
address. She told him on that occa-
sion, he said, that she was married
and that her husband was Extremely
jealous"
According to Tatum's etory the
woman wrote to him every day or
two. He had last heard from her
June or S. he said. and gave that as
his reason for believing that some
thing had happened to her." as other
wise she would have communicated
with him. Tatum said that he had
sent the woman money on one or two
occasions.
Tatum. according to word received
from Birmingham. left Detroit June
2S Police were endeavoring to check
up on his activities during his stay
knowledge of the crime and indicated
he was willing tk come to Detroit to
assist in clearing up the mystery.
Whether or not Leroy" who occu-
pied an apartment at los Harper ave-
nue. with woman. 'Tatum." whose
bill. and 20. j. Wood" who signed a
letter asking New York expressmen n
to forward a trunk there to "E. Le-
roy" were the same person, was still
an open question to the police.
The trunk. shipped here from New
by Mrs. Lottie Brooks. manager Of
the apartment at 105 Harper avenue,
as having belonged to Leroy" She
qualified her Identification, however,
by saying She was not sure" She
was unable to definitely identify any
been the property of Mrs. Leroy"
Body Mny Have Been Shipped to Him
BIRMINGHAM. Ala, July GA
picture and detailed description of
Allan A. Tatum, together with a
statement by him. was today forward
ed to the Detroit police by the local
detective bureau, following the dec
laration by Tatum that he believed
the woman whose body was found
in trunk in New York was Kath-
crime Jackson of Starkville, Miss.
Tatum. linotype operator for a
Birmingham publishing house, was
told by friends that his name had
been mentioned in connection with
the trunk murder mystery. He went
to police headquarters and yolun-
teered the information that he was
acquainted with the Jackson woman.
whom he had met in this city: that
he had gone to Detroit to see her
at her own invitation and that he
knew she had married a man named
Leroy.
Tatum said he had never me, La-
roy. but that the young woman had
told him her husband was jealous
of her. The statements Of Ta:um
gave rise to the police theory that
Leroy had discovered his wife's in
terest in Tatum, that he had killed
her and then shipped the BODY To
"a. A. Tatum" to incriminate the
man whom he thought to be his rival
No charge has been placed against
Tatum and he has been allowed his
liberty. 1t was stated at police head
quarters that nothing further wouId
be done in the matter without in
structions from the Detroit police.
Woman Unknown In Starkville.
STARKVILLE. Miss, July 2S.-No
one can be found here who recalls
any woman named Katherine Jack.
son, residing at or near this place
this name being that of a woman
Allan Tatum of Birmingham. Ala, is
quoted in press dispatches as believ.
ing the murdered woman found in a
trunk shipped from Detroit to New
York.