The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1921-12-24
HERE'S MORE ABOUT
MURDER
STARTS ON PAGE ONE

NEE, the man posing there and In
California NJ iiochbrunn.
yesterday. Clara knew nothing OF
Hoshbrunn'n death until she went
into IN. room where her trunk had
been left and stumbled upon the
body a month ago. that she r~cog.
nlxed her own extreme peril N she
were caught. and fled. driven insane.
perhaps. by her CHASTITY discovery. 10
get a. far away m possible from
the scene % horror
ca That. as all her friends and
relatives here assert. she never found
out abaut the murder. that she wen,
to Portland 10 meet Hochbrunn. frvm
whom she supposed she had been
receiving LISTERS. that rhe met. In
stead. "Hochbrunn." the impos'or.
the murderer or his aecomplics. and
that her continued seciusion means
that she IL dead. net alive-~that sh~.
too. has been murdered.
Many fac,s and circumstances
point strongly to IN, probability tina,
IN. last theory n tho correct solu'
ton OF ciara's mysterious disappear.
auce.
The young woman enjoyed Eener.
ally the reputation Of being "a good
girl"
She was 40 regarded by friends.
relatives and acquaintance. and
even by the crinty and sracting old
pruaslan. Hochbrunn.
She attended Trinity Parish church
regularly. according 10 her cousin.
Mrs. Anna Clark. who frequently
went 20 services with her
She came here last July from
Michigan In broken health. yet
she appeared fairly well and In
good spirits whsn she was last
se~n--not the extremely nervous
Girl who had guilty knowledge
Of q murder or the Mortified one
who had lately discovered such
crime.
She went in and out ~ the Hoch
hrtInn house. after the time the deed
had been committed. with seeming
nnconcern. one time asking Mrr.
Clark, who CHANGED 20 be with her
on that occasion. 10 accompany her
upstairs
She got on train bound for san
Bcrnardino. telling her aunt. Mr. w
c. Datssman. who went 20 the depot
with her. that shs intended to meet
Hochhrunn in Portland by prear'
ranFrrnant.
She wen, a- far ~ Portland. and
there her trail ends.
II terminates abruptly. No one has
been found who saw her leave the
Oregon city. There have been no
letters or kilograms 10 relatives from
her since.
All these facts and circumsta noes
tend 10 support the theory that she
went away expecting to meet her
aged grand uncle. Iiochbrunn. who
was dead, but that. instead, she met
'IIochbrunn, the maSquerader. and
that she walked unwittinEly into a
clcverly baited trap Of death.
This theory, too. answers the cues.
ton that is now being asked: II
Clara IL innocent and alive. why
doesn't she come back and explain
IL ALT"
In any event, whether dead or
alive. she must be found before the
mystery OF who killed Ferdinand
Hochbrunn can be solved.
Even after she arrived In
Portland letters frWn 'Iiocb-
brunn' WIRE received by Won
TobeI. the attorney, directing
him to collect the Iiochbrunn
rents and send them To the cor
respondent. who added the post
script:
"CIara sends her regards"
Search for the will Of Hochhrunn.
said To have been written several
years ago. leaving part Of the Old
Germans 100000 estate here TO his
brother, Henry, in San Francisco.
and part to sister In Prussia.
has failed thus far 10 discover the
document.