The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1920-11-16
WOMAN
ASDEATH LURE
PilstadE Eiain Actresses Through
l&H Of chicag6,s caba-
rets, Is Claim.

CHICAGO, Nov. I6-Detectives
searched Chicago cabarets today to
find a woman companion Of Marce
Ramey and Lillian Thompson, ac-
tresses found slain in Grant Park, in
the hope that by finding her they
may uncover some clue to the man.
ner in which the young women came
to their death.
ACTED AS PILOT.
The search began when the authori-
ties learned that the two actresses,
strangers in Chicago, had been
piloted through the paths of the city's
night life by an older woman with
whom they became acquainted. De-
tectives declare the two actresses
were seldom seen in cafes without the
third woman.
The police theory is that this third
woman may have introduced MISS
Ramey and Miss Thompson to the
men responsible for their deaths.
Coroner's Chemist McNally strength
ened the theory that the actresses
may have been poisoned today when
he revealed that an analysis OF the
contents of the victims stomachs
showed they contained large Quanti-
ties of grain alcohol.
J. q. Debray, of Altoona, Pa, bro
ther of Marco Ramey reached Chic
ago today and conferred with Cor
oner Hoffman. 1t was reported that
he revealed to the coroner several
chapters of his sisters past life.
NAVAL DEsERTER ARRESTED.
Harold Potter, an alleged deserter
from the Great Lakes Naval Training
station, was taken into custody as .
suspect early today in the murder OF
Marie Ramey and Lillian Thompson,
actresses whose bodies were found
in Grant Park early Sunday morning.
Potter was arrested in a north side
cabaret.
The sailor was in uniform when ar
rested, and detectives found an empty.
vial, which they believe contained
poison, in his pocket. Potter declared
thai the vial had contained whiskey.
Witnesses have told the police they
saw two women answering the de.
scription of the slain girl auarreling
with q sailor late Saturday night.
The coroner believes that the women
met their death from an overdose of
poisonous Knockout drops"
Potter Is said to have admitted
running away from the Great Lakes
station Saturday after he had been
released from the brig"
A woman's hat, picked up in the
gutter by a passing pedestrian. and
identified as the hat worn by Marie
Ramey. furnished the police today
with a new clew as to the manner
in which the two young women were
slain. It indicates, according to the
police, that the girls were kidnapped
and later met violence at the hands
of their unknown escorts. The hat
was found by Max Rider. an employe
of the American Express Company.
and was identified by James Meeks
and Robert Mccarthy, friends OF the
dead girls.
BLACKHND sUsPECTED.
This new clue brings the Comorra
into the case. as the point where the
hat was found is ut the edge OF dis
trict notorious for alleged blackhand
crimes. The police are entertaining
a theory that the women may have
been kidnapped by blackhand marau-
ders.
Handbags carried by the two girls at
the time Of their disappearance are
stili missing. The young women had
been given $50 each by Meeks and
Mccarthy last Saturday.
Mecks and Mccarthy are at liberty
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