The Wheeling intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1903-1961, 1920-07-26


rho arrest was rlede on an an
oayInoGs tip. police say. and Manen
wcs taken 20 tho detective bureau
for questioning.
po,-o.,. July Gi-t.och:"c contained
IN -" ,-VnA in whI>A the body o: a
woman WAS sE.VT"l from 'eiE".t I"
New York was positively identified %.
uCht aS having been IN" property ~
Mrs l.. Leroy. according 20 detectives
ass. gH"d to IN" case. Pa'rolman r. =.
TrUWHu.i. member ot the p";:o.' 70,
He" t"cy" and c!osr persona. :riHg9
rt thr l.sroys was SAID - hay" @.dde
r-umb;.I! also stated TINT Mrs. Leroy
vas formerly Miss Nathsr:"" JACKSON,
a southern H!ri. and that She and her
husband l'ycL at lc5 Harper avenue,
i's;ro,,. the address given on the ship
ping bills for the trunk.
TatuIn's Identity Disclosed
Detroit. July 8 g"'cctiT"S aNN;SneH
20 The task OF identifying the man who
shipped trunk from pr'ro!t on juno
IA. n wh!ca N" muulat"d hocT or
woman was found m New York. vera
tonight checking UP statements said 20
have been made 10 birmingham, Ala,
operator Of that city tn" name e'v"n
on the wayn.N on which II" trunk Vas
shipped bore -" rrm" A. y. THtHrl."
According to ,lrspn:ch"s received by
tha police Nrre. Talum walked into No.
zee headquarters AZ birmingham LAT"
Saturday. and volunteered statement.
Fl" IS said 20 have told cT!ceTS 'h"rH
that he believed tho murdered woman
was katherine Jackson. whom he met
IN Birmingham. lie also admitted, the
dispatches said. ;hat ne was acGIa!rtei
wi,h Eugene Leroy. tn" name given .!
a man who rented an apar'"eat a, l"3
gwen by y. Ta:am" on The trunk
wayhj,l He sad Leroy was an auto
mobile mechanic.
Met N Birmingham
Tatum first met kaihrrine JacksoT n
B:rmnsham; he sa'd, n 'HnG, ,,aS.s aT!s
have found that Mrs. Katherine Jack
son, Nashville" was registered Al 'hs
Inierurban hotel here. Oc'ohcr 30. 1872
Tatunl said he again visited the Jack
er hotel bu; never was a, thr Harre'
stree address She told HIN on that
occasion. ne sad. thai she was married
ard tina: her husband was extremely
According 20 Tatur,'s story. the
woman wrote 10 him every day or Two.
He had last heard from her Juno or ;.
h said, and gave that as his reason Eor
peaed TO her" as otherwise she would
have communicated with him. Tatum
said that he had sent the woman money
on one or TWO occasions.
TaCuU. according 70 WORD VeC"lFc'I
from, B;-mirEhsm. ief; Dstro,t JEr" p.
Police g. ~ eadclvCring - C'e"k up on
hts n. A,S during his stay here He
e sa,G -. N>vn d"nled AL HNNwlrdE" or
the Grim" ana indicated h" was wiling
u come % Detroit q assist IN clearing
Up the mystery.
Trunk Identified
Whether or not Leroy. who occu-
pied an APARTMENT az los Harper avenue
w:th A woman. is "Tatur." whose name
appeared on the trunk wayh!n. and 20.
J. Wood" who signed a letter asking
New York cNPrcssmen 70 forward a
trunk here 10 L. I."roH' were the
same persons was scll an open qHeE-
r.oH 70 the police.
The :rCnE shipped here from New
York WAS partially Identified today ny
Mrs T.ott!e Erooks, manager -: t3c
apartment at 10S Harper street as haT.
ing belonged 20 Terry" She qualified
her !aeatiucat!on. however. ~ saying
she was not sUrA" She was unable
% definitely identify any ~ n" articles
IN the ,rUcx as having he"H the prop
ertv OF Mrs Leroy
Mrs Trumoul VIE Of Pntroln1nn
Leo TrImhr.,. in statement ~ m"
police said that Kalher.n" Jackson
married Leroy here. IN N" fall OF 1912.
Their married ltc. N:S. TraHIbull said.
was unhappy. and Cn on" occasion
LHroy threatened her l!Ce WITH 4 dag
ger. according 70 a stoCy told by Mrs
CONTINUED on PSge Etght.)