The Chattanooga news. [volume] (Chattanooga, Tenn.) 1891-1939, 1920-11-15
FIVE MEN Held
RESULT MURDER
Bodies Two Young Actresses
Found on Lake Shore Off
Famous Drive.
POLICE HAVE TWO CLUES
Tracks Of Diamond Tread
Automobile May Help Clear
Chicago Crime.

Chicago, Nov. i5.-Two new cIu<e
that may aid In the solution Of the
mystery were une earthed BY the po a
lice today In thelr investigation Of
tho slaylng OF Mlss Marie Ramey
and Miss Lillian Thompson. ae
treases, whose bodies were found In
a lonely spot IN Grant park. The
first was the discovery os the man
who ls believed to have teIephoued
the police the first news OF the
murder. He Is George Dixon. a spo-
elal agent for conkiIna. Price 4
webb. lnsuranee rgents. u was 20
the otnes of this f'rn' that the police
Dixon. howcvers denied that he had
Informed the police OF the murder. u0
's said 10 have admitted making tWN
calls from the offloe Yesterday. but n,t.
serted neither of them had 10 40 With
tho finding Of the bodies,
a second clue came from an unsden
titled informant who stated AZ the uii-
dertaking rooms where the bodies i|d
that he had Heen two young women an.
swering the description OF the aiain ac-
tresses duarreling with two young men
ny Michigan avenue and South Wafnf
street. The men, however auparanlh.
were trying TO drag the women into an
curb. - r'',T
The dead EIris are Miss Marta A,,na
Raney, a vaudeville performer nnd wnlt
known member OF several stock com
penies, ana Miss Lillian Thompson.
whoHe stage activities have been chlefly
confined to carnival companies.
The hvc men detained by the police
are James ~. Mecks. Salt T4alka Cit}
assistant electrician Of the Jane CoWi
Throughl" Robert Mccarthy BOSTON.
electrician for tho same company. NIl
VIC and Peter Cittl, prourietorN ~ u
groeory store. and James Comas. d cook
said 20 have boen associated with th6
victims.
Made Purchases Saturday.
Miss Lillian Thompson II said to ia
the daughter OF John Thomson. Chief
engineer Of the New York HippodromG.
Meeke and Mccarthy and the girls had
an apartment on tho north side.
The two women left the apartment AZ
o'clock Saturday night and visited Ali
Italian grocery few blocks AMY.
whore they purchased olive hi. chNni Y
nuts and wine. Police we're unahIe IN
IND any one who saw them between
o'clock Saturday night and 3 oscloelf
sunday morning. when the bodies wefe
Miss aamey, whose real name d sala
to DO Mary Rhodes, was born m Az
toenns Pa She was married 20 Jim
MnSauley. an actor, five years atls,
Miss Thompson married Joseph No cAfFs.
an electrician, In Wheeling. w. Va.
Sept. 10, 1919
The police also are seeking 4 nsan
N u pihck overcOat and d black deYhW
nat, who after telcphoning thr polleA
OF the murder, disappeared Thin t,,ll,.
raine TO rho Insurance Exchange bull.i
NV early sunday morning ana asked
.,n elevator operator TO take him rs
conkllns pfIsoe- Il. Wahh. l1,sss,,, ".
men, he telophonod the police char tIls
b9dieH % the dead girls were lV3siN
On the lake 'front.'. pullea tfglcea iil~
call but the man had vanished.
single Clue.
A single cluo on which tho nollea aFa
. work " the tracks of diamond lf1tsf
Tired automobile clearly defined loafi@
inK into Grant Park 10 the spot whSrs
the bodies were found There 4 dearer
nlaentation indicated the car lad
Kirls appeared TO have been f.ra,r,I
from the rear Of the car aud the s,ffs4T
from the side, Mccarthy and M.Mk4
identified the bodies OF the girls, 1hs
four had been living together Iii an
apartment at acs North neattofn
taken into custody after II had EN4n
revealed that the girls had obtained
wine az their store Saturday evening
few hours before their death. t1ts,r +. +
" - utCthFcu, ma told tho Victims
they might obtain wine at cltti's. ia
is chef.
The theory that tho police are work.
iIlg on II that the girls were not slain
az the spot where their bodies wern
found, but that their bodies ware
transported In an mut0mohlle amH
thrown out at this lonely spot. whtWh
IL shielded nom the park BY al 6nss
bankmeut.
Girls Gave struggle.
Fools OF blood nearby and cuts ana
bruises on their bodies Indicated fhAf
tho girls had struggled for their lives
Mccarthy aud Meeks admitted that
they were not married 10 the girls. but
roth declared that they had planned
weddings, Miss Thompson had been
seeking a divorce from james McArila.
a carnival show performer
Told OF Nls Marriage.
Boston. Mass New. f6s-~Ruberf Atns
GArthy, hold IN connection with fhe
Chicago tragedy, wrote home aevlfh1
months so that he was married td A
giri named Marie" lie never rnen-
TONED his wifc's last name and iii
sister. Miss Mary Mccarthy. said to-
day she Inferred that Marie was with
tho "Snitlln' Through" company