The Washington times., 1920-07-28
.HUSBANDOF TRUNK
|. VICTIM IN MEXICO
Newspaper Man Believes 0. J.
Fernandez, Now in SaItlllo,
Is Eugene Leroy.
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WenciI, who accompanied her from
Detroit.
The police say that the body prob
ably will not be sent TO Detroit, AA
there are no relatives or the muraer-
ed women. 30 far as they can Iearn.
Burial will be In Potter's heid III 'hi'
city.
Just a day before her msngled
bodS was forced into a trunk and
shipped from Detroit to New YORK.
Mrs. Eugene Leroy connded TO her
Intimate friend, Mrs. Marie Trumbuli'
that although she was expecting
motherhood, relations between Eugene
Leroy, for whom the police are con-
ducting "A countrywide search and
herself had reached such a point that
she had determined to eave him.
Although the Detroit police are
positive from Mrs. Trumoulfs identi-
ncatiou OF the clothing found W the
trunk that the body Is that oP MITE
Leroy. the personal fdentincsuon pS
the woman who knew her In Ire Is
necessary in the event that the slayer
Is captured and brought TO triai' MIS-
Trumbuil last night said:
Il believe that Mrs. Leroy was the
victim of a jealous man. Although
ceptionaiIy devoted couple, she told
me In confidence not so very long ago
that her husband was jealous OF her
beyond reason She often expressed
the fear that he might carry his Jeal-
ousy to extremes, and feared for her
life.
.. MARRIEs PRIZE FIGHTER.
II FIRST met Mrs. Leroy when they
lived in the same hotel with my nus
band and me In Detroit. She told me
of her life, part of which was that
she had had an unsuccessful previous
marriage venture with a prize hghter
who came from the South. Jackson
was his name. They were not mar
ried long when they were divorced
She retained the name OF Jackson. ana
told me that her first name was Cath
crime.
About last October she came to
me, happy as a child, and said: We'll,
Gene and have done 1T. 1 asked
her what she meant and she told
me they were married. She did not
tell me where the marriage had taken
place. but / had such confidence In
her that / did not doubt her word.
They certainly seemed happy until
few months ago when she introduc-
ed young man to me and she SAID
his name was A. A. Tatum.
Catherine told me that Tatum was
her cousin. l doubted the relation
ship, but / never said anything to
her about II. 1t was when Tatum
arrived that Leroy became enraged
and expressed the jealousy to which
Catherine had referred when she
told me of the differences she had
with her husband.
.Wheu the neWa nf the finding of
the body appeared in the newspapers
l took little more than casual interest
in the matter. as l did not suspect II
was the body of my friend. But
when the papers gave a description
of the clothing Immediately recog-
ntxed 1T as thats.of Mrs. Leroy. 1
told my husband. who is a police
man."
BIRMINGHAM. Ala. July 2S.-The
victim of the New York-Detroit
trunk murder mystery was Katy Lou
Frondon, daughter OF a farmer Of
Sturgis, Miss. Positive identification
was made when relatives at Stark.
vile and Sturgis, Miss, examined a
photograph sent to them from Bir-
mingham and telephoned confirma-
ton OF her identity to inquirers here.
The picture was one Of the woman
who, up to this time, had been known
as Katherine Jackson.
LAWRENCE. Kan, July 2s-De-
troit detectives are to determine
whether billiard Ashley. of Saddler,
KY, held here on suspicion that he is
Eugene Leroy, is the alleged slayer of
Katharine Jackson-Leroy, victim OF
Detroit's trunk murder mystery.
In answer to telegram sent to De.
troit by Sheriff Woodward, who took
Ashley into custody while he was
working with threshing outfit
Chief of Detectives Fox. of that city
sent the following reply:
Hold him. Advise later"