The herald-advance. (Milbank, S.D.) 1890-1922, 1921-09-30

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| ing, the young woman who was murd-
| cred ny a young man in Los Angeles,
Cal, were brought to this city, Mon
day and ON the following day were
| Inferred in the cemetery ut this place.
| The following excerpts are taken
fror Los Angeles papers in regard
to the murder Of former Miibank
| girl and the suicide Of the murderer
The account indicates that the girl was
innocent Of any wrong doing and chat
the tragedy was the result of fast life
on the part Of a sex crazy young man.
| The aecoun3 says:
Too ssaany love aifairs and too many
wild parties" bred ho,,aici'al melan-
| cliolia in the brain of Albert Pember-
ton, -, who shot and killed innocent
| i1sthe- Greening, 20-year-old musical
student, and then committed suicide
IT the girls home, Sept. Goth
| Pen,helton, il was learned. often
used the fictitious name of "a. f..
Burke and posed as "A medical stu
dent. This was responsible for the
| appearance of his name as 'Dr Burke
IN 'irst reports OF the tragedy.
! Pemberton had no reason for slay-
ing Miss Greening, the police say,
put in his mad frenzy he slew tie
| person with whom he happened 10 bs
; st the tine .,
/, Intermittent nota.ions la /; dairy
found on Penberton's body furnished
the reformation concerning his many
wild palties' a'nG his affairs with
more than 80 diiferen3 girls, some IN
los Angeles and some in thc E:ls;..
! On Sept Peinbsrton wrote in thi;
| diary Zone II of : party. HON.
Ut 8 Z. m. On Sept. y appeared an
otaer typical notatlon--. "Stcpped at
roadhouse. Very WILD TIME"
! T'si,, lit.-. one 'wild party" after
another, gradually changed pember-
ton from promising Young business;
man /" Il youth OF lost illusions and
bred tie hcynicidai melancholia wlici,
. caused the traged-, Il is believed,
The last notation on Pembert sons
diary. made Sunday, read:
"Spcnt last night at Hotel tmran,.
Lsbec. Lillian and | decided to die.
Gun Wouldn't work Caused scene.
Back .o Los Angeles 10 a. m. Arrived
about $50 p. m. What shall ! do:
In ore of Pembe,tson pockets VA,
fonnd d farewell letter addressed to
Mrs. Lillian Anslcy OF Bakersfield.
Over the telephone after ,i1e shooting
M's. ..nslay denied she knaAy Penber-
ton ami expressed herself as n,ystitied
BY hi letter to hef. In the diary APP
pear frequent mention Of wild par
les With Lillian"
Included iE the diary was 1, list OF
the names of 33 girls. l2 in Los An
"eles ard q in the East There was
Ruth ard ,se'tie and Alice and Edith.
Mildred and Gertrude and Betty and
E.sher. the girl he killed.
From al that could he learned BY
investigators there wa, TO death pact
between Pon,berton and Miss Green
ing. T",ia! the Girl was to have star.-
td q ecu,se IN music ;nd art ut che
Southwestern university and friends
and relatives declared it wa> impo.;-
>iole IT, conceive of he, conscn. ing to
die At penlhcr.on's hands.
Apparently Pembertor, in one OF his
spells uL extreme melaneholia, peilaps
"peevcds by some trivial remark, shot
tl,e :.ill without warning. He hal
krown her only ,hree months. They
were often together, hut there wa
10 enga cement. The gir's frierds AMI
relatives said they were simply
"chums.'
Pemoerton's diary notation of his
death pact with Lillian" which failed
becaus. the "run wouldn't wcrk,' in
terested the investigators, in view of
iiiS La eli ltAJGi 10 MIS-. n uSlCV, III
bakersfield.
Last Saturday pembcrton made The
following netation in his diary:
"F'eel rather bad. Went tc Office.
Met Lucille at Hotel Lankersbiln.
Start Tor Bakersfield 2 D. m. Arrived
at 6. Met Lillian. Went to read house.
Wild time
It was evidently during this "~iii
time" that Pembeiton and Lillian
agreed to die.
Tho letter 20 Ms. Ansley written
on tAe stationery of Il downtown
hotel. read:
babe: II you receive this letter
gou will know thai my second at
tempt did not fail. ! am now waiting
ID seG Mr.. Long, II he talks favor
abay ID. X Tf not well, I Lave al