The evening herald. [volume] (Albuquerque, New Mexico) 1914-1922, 1920-07-26
OTHER WOMAN HELD
IN OIL MANS DEATH
Promoter Found Shot in
Hotel Room; Had
Wife, Family

CHICAGO. July 26.-Miss Ora wal
tcrs 81 Memphis, Tenn, is in Jail here
while police investigate the mysterious
death Of Max c. %Poindexter, oil COM
pany promoter. wno was found shot In
a hotel room.
Miss Walters was "the other wom-
an" In l'oindcxter's life. lie leaves "a
wife ana six children at South Haven.
Mich. lie had claimed 10 be u cousin
OF Senator Miles ~T'oindcxter OF WASH
lngton.
The police were at first inclined To
believe PuindeXter had killed himself,
Miss Walters toiH them rhat his love
for her, sickness and losses In oil.
amounting 10 $4,000, made up the
burden which crushed him.
After questioning her, and finding
that she n poindexter had frequent
~ quarrclcd and a an encounter be-
fore his death, the authorities sus-
pended u decision until they could
make further Investigations.
Body Next to Girls Room.
The oil mans body was found in
the room next to that occupied by
Miss Walters and the door between
them was unlocked. She was the first
TO spread the alarm. She snid she
rushed into his room on hearing the
shot.
The girl displayed IA black eye,
which she said Polndexter admins
tered because she hid his revolver.
although he peat me and abused
me, | put up with Il because | loved
him so much.' h said calmly.
Mrs. P~oindexter was .,otihed OF the
tragedy over longedistauee telephone.
why" ,he said, my husband IL
not In Chicago, He's In Memphis. |
l nnnft nN0n rRmRnhRr eyCr hon rim
about this Miss Walters. I didn't owe
know he had u ., crctary. as she calls
herself. II did seem business had
called him away from home "a great
lea. lately, but | didn't have any ldea.
Of anything like this. " In too terri
bic to talk about"
Financial Operations Large
Letters in POlndexter's effects show
his financial operations were large.
Unc letter from the White Investment
company Of Kansas City offered To
sell him a hotel there for. $500, 900.
II has a rent Of 100000 "a year. the
letter said:
II was married when / was 10 years
old to George Hawkins in Mobile,
Ala" she snid. six years later !
divorced him. We had two children.
both living. In 1911 1 married James
Smith OF oxford. Miss. ! divorced
him in 1915 and went to Memphis.
| took my maiden name.
In Memphis 1 met Poindextor
two years ago. He said he was In the
real estate and oil Tease business and
engaged me to do some writing for
him ut times.
'Ssoon no began to make love to
me. y He told ms he loved me bet
ter than hin wife and would marry
me II he could get "A divorce, or II
his wife died. as she waB In bad
health.
Returned His Love
81 returned his love and would have
married him n he had been free. This
love affair has been going on between
US for h past year. and tho shoot
Ing was h climax OF the o v trl-
angle. At least, that Is the RAJ IL
looks 10 me.
MIR. Poindexter brooded over the
fact that he was not free to marry
me as well az his sickness and loss
OF money In his business deal. We'd
nesday afternoon he was very despOn-
dent and sad: Remember, II any
thing happens TO me you are to say
you don't know me- He vas very
jealous OF mo and on Tuesday told
me no would shoot me rather than
give nc up. Since our arrival Mon
day ne came into my room several
times and told me | was lucky as he
Intended to kill me.
AT daylight this morning I was
awakened by the report OF a shot. !
went into his room aud found him
dead.
Frequently Heat Girl
HE had frequently beaten me
when In a jealous rage. The other
day we went to look at an apartment
n he accused me OF paying too
much attention to tho real estate man
and he beat me them"
As she told her story the tears ran
down her face. On concluding she ex-
claimed between sobs:
Never. never again, villa / hold
co~nvernation With q married man.
My love for him a brought nothing
| but sorrow and trouble RIA