New-York tribune., 1920-07-25
Mystery Trunk
Reaches Detroit
" oman Fails to Identity
IL or Clothes Belong
ing 10 Murdered Girl
Special Dispatch to Tho Tribune

DETROIT, July 24-The trunk which
revealed the nude body of young
woman when it was opened in New
York arrived in Detroit at $3.50 o. m.
to-day, together with the clothing and
newspapers 1t contained
Positive Identification of the trunk
could not be made by Mrs. Lottie
Brooks, manager of the apartment al
100 Harper Avenue, as that belonging
to the couple who gave the names OF
"Mr. and Mrs. E. Leroy" she said after
examining it at police Headquarters
The Leroys roomed at the apartment
early in June.
Neither could Mrs. Brooks made cer-
tain Identification Of any of the ar
ticles of wearing apparel or blankets
contained in it,
She told detectives that the trunk
appeared to be similar to the one the
"Leroys" had. She also declared q
hat looked like one belonging to Mrs,
Leroy and that blanket, apparently
white or gray with blue stripes run
ming through it, was similar in size
and quality to those used in the apart
lnent
Il was not acquainted with her
Clothes she explained. "This killing
is very dreadful thing It couldn't
have been done in my house"
Mrs. Brooks said during her exam
nation Of the trunk clothing and other
articles within: 81 doubt if these
things belonged to that couple They
were so kind and loving and got along
SO pleasantly, it doesn't seem as II
this could involve them"
When she appeared in the Office of
Edward H. Fox, chief Of detectives, the
ha
ing Identification was: ais that the
trunk ?'
Yes" she said, and qualified the re-
mark "lt seems to me the Stats on the
side were darker than that, but I can't
be sure. Their trunk was dark like
this one. This is new like theirs"
Mrs. Brooks was then shown small
black straw hat with upturned brim
and black trimmings.
That might have been hers she
answered the officers question. 1T
seems hers was blue, but it might have
been black. 1t was always dark when
! saw it,
number OF garments were ex-
amined, but she was unable to identify
them positively, she said
"If you could find an accordion
pleated blue skirt l might recognize
it, she informed detectives. Several
Of the skirts were shown her without
avail. A skirt similar to the one she
mentioned could not be found Detec-
tives have been unable to find any
laundry mark on the blanket
Clifton Gabler. one Of the roomers
IN the Harper Avenue apartment house.
tells of the talk he had with the man,
who gave his name as Leroy when he
was leaving the place.
Leroy and his woman companion
bought dishes from Mrs. Brooks when
they moved in. The day he left he
went to Gabler and asked him TO buy
some groceries, as he said they were
leaving the city and would not need
them
Man About Six Feet Tall
I'VE bought the dishes and grocer
ies, said Gabler, "but | didn't paw
much attention to the fellow. He was
pleasant enough and was not at all ex-
cited, although now that | recall it he
did seem to be in very great hurry
to get away This, however. would
have been no more than natural in a
man who was moving ont. AS | re-
member him he was about six feet
tall"
The apartment occupied by the Le-
roys is on the third aoor in the rear
and looks out on the back YARD and an
alley.
There are twenty-eight apartments
IN the building, all of which have two