The Chattanooga news. [volume] (Chattanooga, Tenn.) 1891-1939, 1920-07-27
Police Order Watch on West
bound Trains--PuIIman
Porter Furnishes Clue.
GIRLS PHOTO IDENTIFIED
surgical knowledge Explained
by Leroy's Service in Navy
Medical Branch.

a ~
Distriet Attorney Robert T. steed
o. Detroit, said here TO-DAY aftsr
Psen"'nary investigation Of the
sase. ne said he was sure Leroy
| Vas not In New York CITY.
Inc Detroit district attorney said his
| investigation led him TO believe jealousy
was the motive for the alleged crime
as Mrs Leo TrumbulI. wife of a De-
.rois policeman, and an acquaintance
oflen quarreled with the woman over
her attentions to Allen A, Tatum. in
shipped here. va"
Mrs. Trumbull viii arrive here to.
Of the slain woman, ana p6sitiyeIv De Guy
taDilsh her Identity. He said ldentifi-
cation ought to be easily made nv Mrs
Trumbull. as the dead woman's teeth
are an intact, and two protruding teeth
On the upper jaw are esquecially recog-
Pullman Porter's Clue.
Chlcago, July 2I--Police today weRe
investigating the report of c. &. Fin
icy. Pullman porter. that man ans
merlng 70 Z. Leroy's description who
came from Detroit to Chicago recently.
aroused the porter's suspicion by re-.
him. Va Va
The police sent wires out to western
raliroad centers following the porter's
- 1919 tiat the man, accompanied
Ply woman. said he was going 10 Los
Angeles. e " A~0'
me porter said the man expressed
concern about the inspectors on .ne
Tram, that he could not sleep thar
ane ponce We're after him, and that ne
the description given by the porter to
me man sought by the police for the |
trunk murder mystery and the travel
ier nervousness caused the Chicago po- |
trains watched.
.. me man came through on the train |
rrem montreal" said the porter, c. c, |
snIey' IN Canada he appeared to be |
ulraid or the customs officials passing |
snrougn the train, and seemed relieved |
wren J. tod him who they were. I've |
got TO watch these - police guys he
try '''' 'ou"
he seemed to be very nervous and
couldn't sleep all night"
Had Rat.LIke Face
Inc description of the passenger given
w flniey was OF man between 23
anu 70 years old, about five feet ten
ihches In height, of slender build, and
having sWarthy complexion, black,
9lly hair. brushed straight back, high,
plugging forehead, and "a rat-like face"
Ills eyes were dark brown, with small
pupils, set wide apart on his face. He
Wsre small mnstache which appeared
10 nave been raised recently.
y Inc woman. according to Finley, was |
about five feet nine inches tall, weighed
about ilb pounds, and had light hair,
g pnsy eyes. ard u long.- crooked
Most safflIne Case.
Detroit, Mich, July 27,Tangled
threads of circumstances gathered from
all over the United States in the De-
troit-New York murder trunk mystery
Tn odd fnK En-
most baffling case ever faced by the {
Detroit police department Police Com ,
missioner James w. Inches admitted
today.
Beginning with only one fact-that
the body of murdered woman had
been shipped from this city some time
in June-the homicide squad by per-
sonal investigation and wired reports
from a dozen police departments have
ldentined The murdered woman as Mrs
derer as Eugene Leroy, her husband, to
their own satisfaction. A motive forI
the murder, where, when and how IL |
was committed and how the missing
vitai organs were disposed of are mys-
tertes still unrayeled and further com
pllcated by conflicting clews.
Due to the widespread publicity being
given the mystery police last night
ana To-Day received kilograms concern
ng the murdered woman and Leroy
worked with Leroy'in Detroit automo- .
1ile factories Information thus OBJ !
aimed alternately cleared and mud J
lied existing theories and surmises.
Tells OF Condolences.
Just before leaving for New York TO
lear all possible doubt that the muir
Tered woman was Katherine Jackson ,
!eroy. Mrs. Marie Trumbull friend OF /,
Mrs Leroy, is said TO have told police /
hat on June ] Mrs Leroy confided in T
60 1
Due, to Mrs. Trumbull's revelation the
heory that the woman died AS a result 9
II criminal operation and was disem-
'oweled and endeavored the crime /,
aimed strength, At the same time
more. who worked with Leroy at the
DISCO company and other information
.iven by Mrs. Trumbull, tended to give
more credence to the theory that the .
husband had killed Mrs. Leroy In
bout to return to Alabama with Allan
!. Tatum, former sweetheart. Y
According TO Stockmore. Leroy told
i'm that his home was in New York
Id child there. and that his father hadI
ormerly had been wholesale liquor
caller,
Leroy Boosted Of His Life. II
Stockmore said he had talked IN 4,
iddish, and that Leroy had boosted j
life here. Leroy's surgical knowledge g
as apparently explained when Stock- il
iore said Leroy had told him he served 4
, the midical branch Of the navy dur 81
lg the war and had been In the army Y
I one time. n
Mrs. Trumbull's statement that she n
nd met Mrs. Leroy on June and that a.
lrs. Leroy had told her then sne had ~
ecided TO tell her husband she was Il
Ding TO leave him, leads the police to
tHgaa fRI |
light when Leroy raised fuss" Mrs d,
Croy expected trouble az n result Of b
fling him She was returning TO Ala d
anna. Detectives also believe that the bs
lurder occurred at los Harper avenue. nJ
Though no blood stains have been dis al
1vered or no evidence Of crime v
'und. ".
Blankets As Proof. "
That Mrs. Leroy was slain In the IA
arper avenue apartment house here W
as conclusively proven today accord
g to the police by the finding there Of
enkets Identical with those In which IN
le body was wrapped before u was y'
aced in the trunk Another blanket Va
rs not been accounted for and police l3
,lieve the vital organs Of the body hJ
ere placed In IL and put In the second 10
unk. 4 call has been sent to every u
Spress ONCE In the country 20 check
Ter uncailcd for baggage, In an effort n
lncate the second trunk. ha
SEARCH FOR SECOND TRUNK ri
Police Commlssioper inches. IN 81
assuming personal direction OF the N
case. began = nationwide search for 81
the second trunk. which was ship.
ped from the Harper avenue sd-
dress.
"There is no doubt but what the
other trunk containing the vital
organs Of the woman and bloody VI
bedciothina will be found at some lel
other hettlous address or In some ~
storshouse." Commissioner inches lie
said. IVA ankI1d = enuCfetF | hf