The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1920-07-30
ASSOCIATED Press Dispatchl

Chicago, July 26.-The outcome Of
efforts to connect Roy Millen, ar
rested here last night, with the my
sterious death of a woman, whose
mutilated body was found in a trunk
shipped from Detroit to New York,
today depended upon the opinion or
Policeman Leo Trumbull Of Detroit,
reported to be on his way to Chi
cago to attempt to identify Millen
as Eugene Leroy.
An Anonymous tip.
Millen was arrested following the
tip and taken to the de-
tective bureau for questioning. He
declared he was haberdashery
racer and army aviator and said he
visited Detroit frequently to see rel
atives at Romeo, Mich, a suburb Of
Detroit. He insisted that he knew
nothing about the trunk mystery
except what he had read in the
newspapers and said he courted the
fullest investigation.
Doubt Is Expressed.
Police this morning said th0fO
was considerable discrepancy in the
descriptions of Leroy and Millen and
Lieutenant Of Detective Michael
Hughs, who questioned Millen, ex-
PSesou oouoI tnoI no "do enS meh
Clues In Alabama.
Birmingham, Ala, July ga pho
tograph and detailed description Of
Allan A. Tatum, printer employed
here, together with q statement by
him, was sent today to the Detroit
police by the local detective bureau
as q result of Tatum's declaration
that he believes the woman whose
body was found in a trunk in New
Starkville, Miss.
Went to Police Headquarters.
Tatum was told by friends that his
name had been mentioned in connec-
ton with the trunk murder mystery.
He went to police headquarters and
the information that he
was acquainted with the Jackson wo-
man, whom he had met in this city;
that he had gone to Detroit to see
her at her own invitation, and that
named Leroy.
Had Never Met Leroy.
Tatum said he had meyer met Le-
roy, but that the young woman had
told him her husband was jealous Of
her. The statements of Tatum gave
rise to a police theory that Leroy had
discovered his wife's interest in Ia
tum, that he had killed her and then
shipped the body to "a. A. Tatum"
to incriminate the man whom he
thought to bef his rival
No charge has been placed against
Tatum and he has been allowed his
liberty.
MiIIen Not Identified.
Chicago, July 26.-Al efforts to
connect Roy Millen, former army
aviator, with the mysterious De-
troit trunk murder, failed today when
Patrolman Lee Trumbell of the De-
troit police department was unable
to indemnity Millen as the missing
Eugene Leroy"
Ten prisoners, including Millen.
were lined up for Patrolman Trum-
bulls inspection. He walked from
one end of the line to the other,
scanning the faces of the men close
ly. Then he announced that Leroy"
was not in the line. Patrolman
Trumbull was personally acquainted
with the missing Leroy and his wife
as they lived in the same neighbor-
hood in Detroit.
Fall To Develop Clue.
Jackson, Miss, July 26.-Inquiry at
Starkville, Miss, has failed to es-
tablish the identity of Katherine
Jackson, said by Detroit police to be
the victim in the trunk murder mys-
terry. A family named jackson, con-
sisting of brother and three sis.
tiers, lived there about ten years ago.
The girls have married and are now
living in Greenwood, Miss, and vicin-
ity. None was named Katherine,