The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1921-02-19
NO CLUE TO DEATH
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they said. she did not make her wor-
ries known. She had said several
times. however. that wnen she went
and the whole truth" She made this
statement to the officers Friday and
Miss Longaker said she made 1t to
her.
No Marks of Violence.
DR.. H. L. Clark. county coroner. to-
day performed an autopsy and sent
the contents of the girls stomach to
be analysed. 1t contained only a few
spoonsful of mucous, Doctor Clark
said. One end of the stomach was
slightly inflamed. he asserted. There
were no marks of violence upon her
throat or body. nor any evidence in
the room she occupied that there had
been a struggle.
Had Dream Before.
Mrs. Foley said that Kathleen had
told her about two weeks ago that dur
ing night she spent with Mrs. Whit
comb she had suddenly awakened with
the sensation of someone graSping
her throat. She said she cried out.
that she heard a football, but that she
said Miss Foley had confided this to
her. also.
No one who saw Miss Foley before
she retired Friday night noticed any
! thing out of the ordinary about her
demeanor. it was declared. She SEEM
ed to be in good spirits. Relatives
and friends declared she did not seem
| downhearted about having to go to
Wichita to testify at her lovers pre-
| liminary.
Miss Foley's pocketbook. which 1t
| was thought last night was missing.
was found at her home today.
Mrs. Foley said that one night while
staying with Mrs. Whitcomb, the bed
room was suddenly illuminated. She
started to get up to see where the
light came from. and 1t disappeared.
Officers expressed the belief that
| this light may have come from a pass
| ing automobile.
Cruise in wichita
wichita, Kan. Feb 19.-George
| Cruise, charged with the murder of his
wife here. February 6. and in whose
preliminary hearing Monday Kath-
| leen Foley was to have appeared as a
witness, is in Wichita today. accord
| Ing to his sister, Mrs. Robert G. Clark.
at whose home Cruise has been staying.
George was here all last night. and
is here now" she told newspaper rep
resentatives who called at the home
While the interview was taking
| place with Mrs. Clark. a mans voice
could he heard inside the house. Cruise
has not been seen in person this morn
ing so far as could be learned.
When asked about the poisoning OF
| Kathleen Foley, at Topeka. last night.
Mrs. Clark refused to make any state
ment.
| You will have TO see Georges at
torneys," she said.
Gave Girl Checks.
| Sheriff Miller said it had been dis
| covered today that Cruise had given
| Miss Foley two blank checks with his
name signed to them in order that
| she might fill them in for her ex-
penses in leaving the city. The checks
are said to be in possession of the
dead girls sister in Kansas City and
will be sent to officers here at once.
Fortune Teller Warned Her.
Mrs. Harb, another sister Of Miss
Foley's. said that last Sunday she ac-
companfed Kathleen to fortune
teller. She said the fortune teller COW
cred her face with her hands and ad-
dressing Miss Foley exclaimed:
"Oh. my! I see crepe on your
door"
The fortune teller also told Mrs.
Harb that she would soon be pack
ing her family bag" but that Miss
Foley had already packed her bag"
Mrs. Harb said.