Arizona republican., 1920-09-25
ONE ARREST IN
 DENTON MURDER
 CASE-- NJ MARKS FOUND ON BODY
Los Angeles Plumber Is Held In Connection With Denton's Death
MYSTERIOUS PHONE
 CALL MAY EXPLAIN
Housekeeper Says She Was Warned to Remain Out of Denton Cellar
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 LOS ANGELES. Cal, Sept. 24-
 James Wilton Crowhurst, a plumb
 CT, said by the police to be on
 parole from San Quentin peniten-
 tiary, was taken into custody to-
 day in connection with the nur-
 der of Jacob Charles Denton,
 whose body was found buried in
 secret room in the basement of
 Denton's home yesterday.
 \ preliminary postmortem examina- ton on thef bod.- of Jacob Charles Denton. having disclosed no marks of violence detectives searched today for evidence as to how the wealthy mining promoter came to his death.
 Officers previously had expressed the theory that Denton had been shot or stabbed. The shooting theory was favored because a revolver fully load ed. but with one cartridge of wrong caliber, had been found in room which Denton had reserved for his own use. leasing. the rest.
 Stories by Los Angeles friends as to whom Denton was last seem diff fered as to he date Some placed it as June .. while others named August 19 as the time he dropped from sight.
 Judge Russ Avery Of the Los An geles superior court, friend and aftor ney of the dead man. made public DOT tions of a recent will drawn by Den ton. This document disposed of the Dulk OI HIS DEODtTlN lO EldHttS 1fftAT ton. daughter of his first and divorced wife. now going to school in Phoenix, IRArizona.
 He also wrote Judge Avery:
 If anything should happen to mo, or in case of death which must some time happen to all of us, I hereby ap- point you my attorney in fact. and, to- gether with Joel Denton. Lawson, Mo, the administrator of my estate"
 Joel Denton is a brother of the dead man, the police said.
 Housekeeper Returning To Los
 DENVER, Colo. Sept. 24-Mrs- K. c. | Peete. who occupied for two months l the Los Angeles house where the body of Jacob Charles Denton was found yesterday, said today that she would start for Los Angeles tomor- | row to tell the authorities all she knows about Denton and the house. She said that she rented the house May A and remained there until August IT. when she came to this city. where her husband and little daughter were staying.
 June 6. Mrs. Peete said she received a mysterious telephone warning to re- main out of the cellar. She said that she saw little of Denton while living l in his house.
 He occupied room in the house. i but seldom was there. On June he ! agreed to give me power of attorney ] to sell his house. He failed to appear i on that day. but I received a message saying he had been Injured in an ac i cidenL
 Mysterious Phone Call
 Four days later I saw him in an automobile with four other men. His ! arm was bandaged. A few days later ! I saw a man enter the house whom [ i thought was Denton. He had a patch l over his eye and another on his left cheek.
 When he did not return I institut ! ed a search for him. We found his will, which left most of his property to his daughter, who lives in Phoenix, Ariz. Then I got tho mysterious tefe- phone call. I believe that it was in ] little room off the basement that Denton's body was found. That room was never opened while I was in the house." said Mrs. Peete.
 Mrs. Peete said that Denton was friendly with a Spanish woman. who called at the house twice while she was there. It was the voice of this wom an. Mrs. Peete declared she was con fident, who gave her the warning over the telephone to stay out of the base ment. Since that no one visited the cellar. she said.