The Rock Island Argus and daily union. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1920-1923, 1920-07-27
GIRL
AND LEROY
Police Told to Watch ALI
Trains Reveal Victim
Was to Be Mother.

One OF the gn1rled threads
which are tangled In the skein
surrounding the baffling trunk
mystery was unraveled In the
h1.cities last night. A thor.
sugh search by local police Of
he Golden State Limited dis.
proyed the belief Of Chicago
police, that aboard the train
loeing westward were two
iugitives. II woman and . man,
he latter believed TO be E.
Leroy, alleged slayer Of the
woman whose body was
shipped by express from De.
troll 10 New York in . trunk. :
Wien minutes after Detectives
Charles Ginnane and Dennis Ben
Mt, on an Argus tip which unfor-
tunstely lacked descriptions, had
net the limited at the Thirty-first
street station and questioned the
cMcers Of the train without any
disclosures. descriptions Of the pair
we're flashed police headquarters
here from James l.. Mooney, chief
d detectives of the Chicago force,
With advice that the pair were on
~ train and with orders for their
ilrest.
BY rapid work, Night Captain
Ciarles Bleuer stopped the train
4 Davenport. Descriptions we're
ploned Davenport authorities. A
npad of detectives and police were
Nshed to the depot. But a search
K 1 the coaches gave no trace of
N couple answering to details OF
dFess and features of the hunted.
An immediate canvass Of hotels
md taxi drivers and continued in
ustigation throughout the night
Established the fact that the couple
not left the train at Rock Is
md. Detectives Ginnane and Ben
aett In their search of the train
fvere handicapped by lack of de-
lcriptions. The woman's unusual
build Of nearly six feet in height
yet weighing but ITO pounds was
mark of distinction which would
not readily be overlooked.
Not Seen by Conductor.
Conductor W. G. Swing Of Chi
ago, who was in charge of the
lfain from Chicago TO Rock Island
also stated that he had not noticed
~ such tall slim woman in CON-
ANY OF swarthy man of the same
Might enroute. The limited makes
nt two stops until Rock Island is
ulled.
According TO description fur
hshed by Mooney, the man thought
y have been Leroy and who, il
us shown. was not on the train
~ about % to rs years old, stood
e1out 5 feet 8 or 10 inches in height
- slender with dark complexion
az hair, a crooked nose, q small
noustache, dark brown eyes, with
ne general appearance of a dope
necd. He speaks with marked
outnern drawl. When last seen
a1ore q light greenish-brown suit
sM dull checks, tan oxfords and
IN silk socks.
ine woman is said to have beer
socot the same age and height, bu1
.e'sns only about one hundred anG
- pounds. She has blonde com.
ssOn and hair and wore a ligh1
~ and white dress and a darl
sfown coat
Aillen Married Here.
My A. Millen, VINO was yester'
~ released when Detroit detec
sa distinguished him as not thu
10y wanted. it has been learned
married in Rock Island on Oct
- MI. The license was issuet
~ and the late Solomon E. VaI
esuen, Justice of the peace, unit
Aulen and Miss Helen Smith
~ o. chicago. in marriage. Ac
u,as 70 the records here, Miller
= oorn in Romeo, Mich. N 1890
huht for Second Trunk.
efolt' Mich. July 27.-A state
% the police by Mrs. Le'
~. k%uuil. wife Of q patrolman
NAn. m. Eugene Leroy. victim o
aaurs trunk murder mystery
wonded In her that she wa,
~ % become . mother. injectet
meory into the case today.
'ucs today divided their atten
oe1ween q hunt for Leroy. hus
ot the slain woman. and ,
trunk which is known 4
oeen sent from the Harpe
spys lived. ~
Planned Suicide3
- police declared today the,
eetablished that Mrs. Lero,
o ~ attempt ut suicide be
w Mrs. Leroy vas slain Il
pef avenue apartment hous
vas conclusively proven to
sccording to the police. 6
- there Of blankets identica
! .aose in which the body va
ssest to Become Mother.
u't Mich, July 27.-tUnite
-Detrost police today con
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