Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1920-07-28
TRUNK MURDER MYSTERY
I0|NT|NG TOWARD MEXICO
'olicc Along Border Asked to BE
on Lookout for Second
Trunk.
xANT TO FIND JOSE YENEz
1cxican Friend Of Leroy Left
Detroit on Same Day That Body
OF Woman Was Shipped to New
York.
tBy As,oein,.dpres.

hE NOii i, MiIli, July 2I.-Little
togrcss toward running down the
layer OF Mrs. Eugene Leroy. whose
nntiiatcd body was shipped in "a
runk from Detroit TO New York, was
aade today, police officials admitted.
rarch for Leroy. husband OF the
tain woman and q second trunk be-
ieved TO contain the vital organs
AIKEN from the body. was continued
every part Of the country.
Tho hunt for Leroy extended TO
he Mexican border today. On the
trcngth OF information obtained In
lew York by Detroit police dctcc-
I've, departments In cities along the
sio Grandc were asked TO be especi-
lly vigilant.
hippcd Il trunk 10 Leroy at tho De-
tot y. NJ. C. A.. informed the De-
roit detective tina, Leroy had been a
ricnd OF n Mexican named Jose Nc
cz. who came from Galveston. Texas.
INC authorities have learned Ycncz
tft Detroit for Texas. June 10, the
lay tho body OF Mrs. Leroy was
hIppcd to New York. The express
tan Is quoted as saying he learned
rom fcncz that Leroy had very good
nmlly connections in Mexico, and
hat either his father or brother was
the Mexican consular service. Ac-
prding to the c1prcssman. leroy
1so went by the names Of o. j.
Woods and o. J. Fernandez Leroy
said TO speak Spanish and Yiddish
Effort TO Trace MIssInE Trunk
That Mrs. Leroy was slain in the
larpcr Avenue apartment house
gro was conclus!vely proved today,
ccordinE TO the police. BY finding
bcrc OF blankets identical with those
which the body was wrappcd be-
ore II was placed In the trunk An
fhcr blanket has not been accounted
or. and the police believe the tital
TEans OF the body were placed in Il
nd put in a second trunk. 4 call
as been sent To every express Office
the country TO check over uncal.cd-
or baggage. in an effort TO locate the
econd trunk.
Police believe that examination OF
be organs might reveal whether
cath was due to n criminal operation,
has been limited since Mrs. Trum-
nll made. her statement. II was
atrolman and Mrs. Trumbul who
Identified the victim through cloth
az found in the trunk.
Mrs. Trumbu!l was TO go to New
FORK 70 day TO view the body.
The police declared today they had
established that Mrs. Leroy planned
Il attempt a, suicide before her
cath.
Arrest Suspect in Kanxna.
LAWRENCE. KANS., July 27.-A
san answering the description OF FHu :
nne Leroy. of Detroit. sought in con-
rction with the murder OF i woman
those body was shipped in trunk
rom Detroit to New York. was ar
csted near here today by Sheriff J.
l. Woodward. OF Douglas County.
he man was working with n thrcsh-
MS crew.
The man gave the name OF billiard
tshlcy. OF Sadlcr. Ky. and said he
ad an army discharge and identiH-
alton at Omaha. His hands were
adly blistered. showing he waa not
accustomed to farm labor.
Tho arrest was made on intorma-
Ion from Kansas City. and the man
q being held awaiting the arriva! OF
Kansas City officers.
Mrs. Trnmbu,i I'm New York.
NJ " toIth, July -'-MES. -MaTle
crumbull. wife of Patrolman Leo
erumbull. of Detroit. who said she
NEW Mrs. Leroy. arrived here to-
nEht and was taken TO a hotel where
assistant District Attorney Steed and
Detective Sergeant MILDLY. both Of
Detroit, are staying. Mrs. Trumbull.
ccordinE 20 MILDLY, will not be taken
. the morgue to Identify the body
mtil tomorrow morning. when her
husband Is expected to arrive in this
dty. Detective Wencil, of Detroit.
accompanied Mrs. Trumbull on the
Quincy east The hcdy OF the slain
voman will no. be shipped to Detroit.
ne police said tonight. but probably
would be buried here in Pottcrs
rield. as no relatives Of the woman
rave been found.