The Washington times., 1921-05-17
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REID SHOOTING.
Police Suspect Silk King Was
Victim Of PIot-Drag-
net Spread.

NEW YORK, May .17.-Jealousy
was only part of the motive which
led to the shooting of John H. Reid,
wealthy manufacturer, in the home
Of Mrs. Hazel Davis Warner, NOV
ing picture actress, on Sunday, ac-
cording to a statement made today
by Police Inspector Coughlin.
POLICE SEEK ROBBER BAND.
The police official intimated that
The elaborately furnished house in
University avenue where five bullets
were fired into Reid's body following
An all night drinking party was the
headquarters of band of shrewd
men and women who devoted them
selves to relieving rich men of money
In various ways.
The shooting was taken up by the
Bronx county grand jury today. Be-
fore the grand jury convened Dis
trict Attorney alennon, OF Bronx
county, talked with two new wit
nesses and said that sensational rev.
elations probably would be forthcom-
ing.
Reid is in the Fordham Hospital in
. serious condition. He has been un-
conscious most of the time since
taken there. In periods of conscious
ness. he refused to discuss the at
tack upon his life.
The police found a letter in the
University avenue house addressed to
Mrs. Warner from Tarrytown which
xaid in part: DO not let May know
we are. playing a dangerous game"
THREE WITNESSES DISAPPEAR.
The police have not yet identified
May" The police have not yet sue
ceeded in finding three witnesses who
fed Immediately after the shooting,
They are Mrs. Warner. Lila Wiley,
moving picture actress, and Frank
Boyland. The police have a dragnet
out also for Don Collins, said to be
known in the underworld as "Dapper
DON" He is known to the police in
various cities as stephen DAILY"
Thomas Watson" Arthur Tourvil-
Ion" and Henry Haynes" He is said
to have served time in Elmira, N. Y,
and the Federal penitentiary at. At
lanta, Ga.
According to the police. Collins ac-
tivities range from fleeing at cards
to blackmail and grand larceny.
Little information was secured
from George Kuriger. uncle Of Mrs
Warner, who was in the house at the
time of the shooting and who took
Reid to the hospital Kuriger told
OF serving drinks to the party, but
said he was not present when the
shooting occurred
Detectives knew Collins as the
brains of the de luxe blackmailers
who used the Mann act as a club to
mulct wealthy philanderers out OF
hundreds OF thousands of dollars in
1916 and 1917. They have further
record OF him as confidence man,
stick-up man. and all-around extor-
ZIONIST.
WAS RIVAL OF REID.
But, more important in the present
ease. they know him as the man whom
Reid replaced in Mrs. Warmers affec-
tons Two months ago the police
have been informed. Collins visited
the Warner bungalow on an errand of
Jealous revenge. He smashed mirrors
and wrecked furniture in protest
against the transfer of the owners
restless heart to another.
And the police say that the "face at
the window" that threw the bunga-
lows occupants into panN. Sunday
morning was unauestfonably Collins.
This was learned from George
Kuriger, Mrs. Warmers uncle, who
served as major domo OF the Warner
establishment at 1892 University
avenue.
Kuriger did not see Collins enter the
house. Having good reason to believe
trouble was coming, he ran upstairs
and locked himself in his room. Con-
cerning what happened subsequently,
he said:
II heard some one running upstairs.
left the house In a hurry. I came out
and went to Mrs Warmers room.
WOMAN STILL s1sING.
sReid was lying acr0ss the sill Of
the bath room door. which opens into
the room. Mrs Warner, in kimono.
was standing over him"
Mrs Warner herself has disap-
peared as completely as bas Collins.