New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1920-08-01
Coroner Holds
Blow Caused
Death of LOFTS
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incident, but didn't do anything to
Loftis'
Says She Was Lured to Room
Miss Wood in her latest story bore
out the housekeeper's statement that
girls were Cured" according to Chief
Clarity. The girl gave the following
version of the events leading up to the
death:
yesterday afternoon Mr.. LOFTS
called me on the telephone and asked
me to come to his apartment He
hnted that he intended to set Mr..
Shayne up in business. He wanted to
talk 1t over with me. | had met him
two weeks before through Mr.. Shayne
and thought it would be all right to 90.
WI hen | arrived at the apartment |
found that he had been drinking. He
offered me some whisky and ! accepted.
Tie then became boisterous | remon-
strated and was able to quiet him for
time. He then made more bold adj
vances to me. | resisted him and in the
friendly tussle we knocked over some
FURNITURE. l then grew terrified and
rushed TO the telephone ard called Mr..
Shayne."
From this point, Shayne took up the
story. and, according to the chief, said:
When | arrived at the apartment and
opened the door l thought Lofts was
IN the midst Of mad dance.
when he saw he cried: Come
on and join US, Shayne, we are having
a hell of a time At this instant
he slipped on the rug and Tell His
head struck the door knob, and he
was knocked against the sofa. His
neck was twisted and he fell to the
floor. IN never forget the grotesque
EXPRESSION on his face. I dragged him
to the center of the roonA and tried to
revive him with water and whisky. |
then became frightened and called a
doctor"
When the doctor arrived he found
LOFTS dead. Meantime, Miss Wood left
the apartment. Chief Clarity is par
ticularly interested in what TRANSFERRED
after this, as her story is contradicted
by chauffeur, Herman Walker, who
also is being held.
Chaufreurs Story
The young woman said the chauffeur
drove her to south side address, The
chauffeur declared the CIR! approached
him and said: Drive me around
awhile and III tell you where to 60" A
considerable period then elapsed and,
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the girl appeared with male compan-
ion who told the chauffeur to drive on
The woman asked the chauffeur: did
you hear me scream? ?" He said. "No."
She continued: THAT man robbed me
of $50" The chauffeur said he did not
report the fact, as she begged him
not to.
When they arrived at the girls home
she tried to get away without paying
the So taxi bill, the chauffeur said,
and when he attempted to collect it
she had him arrested.
AT the girls home Coroner Hoffman
and Chief Clarity were in waiting.
They said that before she received
them she ran UP to her mother and.
extending some jewelry, said: Hide
these; I'll tell you about them later"
The jewelry, which consisted of mans
ring with settings of.two diamonds and
one ruby, watch, a chain and a knife.
was afterward identified as belonging
to LOFTS
During the afternoon Miss Wood
and the chauffeur were driven again
over the route which they said they
had traversed during the two hours
that interviewed between Miss Woods
flight from the LOFTS apartment and
her arrival at her home with the
jewels
Coroner Hoffman swore in jury
this afternoon, but ordered the in
quest held over indefinitely. A post
norton examination revealed that
LOFTS had died from "extreme exter-