The New York herald., 1922-03-16
Man Also Charged With
Stealing Her Jewelry
Found i'm His Coat.
DESERTED GIRL IN TEXAS
Reported TO Have Welded
Mrs. II. q. Earle Of Will
mington i'm 1917.

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Copyright, 1879. ~ THE NEW ioRN liERsLp.
New York Herald Bureau.
London. March rs.
Major" Ronald True. an English
aviator who lived in the United States
for some years and who married
Frances Roberts. New York actress,
In Stamford. Conn. November s. 1917,
Is being held I'm connection with the
murder OF Gertrude Yates. otherwise
olive Young. the young girl OF the
streets whose body was found two
weeks ago in the bathroom OF her
fiat in kensington. Her maid has
identified True as the man who left
her fiat in tho morning shortly be-
fore the crime was discovered. lie
also is charged with the theft OF 81, 900
worth of Jewelry found in his possess
sion, which has been identified as the
property of the Yates girl.
The London police are In communica-
tion with Houston. Tex, I'm an en-
deavor TO identify True as the dapper
Englishman who was flying instructor
in "A civilian capacity at Ellington Field
Texas. This airman went through the
form of a marriage ceremony with
pretty young Houston girl. deserted her
a few days later i'm Galveston. and dis
appeared early in 1918.
AS a Second Lieutenant in the Royal
Flying Corps. True crashed while flying
in England. in 1916, and was discharged
as disabled. He still limps with an
"ununited hip" He admits that he en-
gagged in flying In America and worked
In the Curtiss airplane factory In Buff
falo.
Truc's Stamford wife. who says she
was a "Folies" girl in New York. APP
peared with him in court here to-day.
The Major Is 80. tall and handsome.
and has an engaging manner. He was
arrested two days after the discovery
of the crime. while OCCUPYING a box in
Hammersmith music hall. In his
pocket was small automatic pistol
loaded and cooked.
The jewelry was found In an over
coat he had left In an automobile out
side. He also had pawn tickets for the
rings which have been identified as
Miss Yates's property. 1t was testified
in preliminary hearing that he had
bought new suit the day following
the murder. and had left another suit.
which was blood sta ined, in a barber
shop.
True declared his Innocence. He adj
nnitted that he had visited Miss Yates
the night OF the murder. but said that
he had left her In heated argument
with another man. about his size and
age girl friend Of Miss Yates testi-
fled that she said she had feared True.
because he always carried revolver,
and seemed strangely TO admire her jew
clry. This witness testified also that
after True had left. on the occasion OF
a visit two weeks before. Miss Yates had
missed five pound note from her hand
bag.
Tho police believe that Miss Yates
was killed with rolling pin which was
found in her bedroom. She was badly
wounded In tho head. and was discov-
cred lifeless. with the cord of dressing
gown about her neck.
In July OF 1917 True. then described
AZ a Captain in the Royal British Fly
ing Corps. was on special duty here as
an instructor for the Eastern Aeroplane
Company OF Brooklyn. Before he was
assigned to America as an instructor In
military aviation IL was understood he
had been on active field duty In France.
and was reported to have brought down
fourteen German planes. While fying
over Sheepshead Bay on July %. 1917.
True's plane suddenly became unman-
AEedble ana crashed 10 the ground. lie
and William a. Reed. student In avia-
ton. we're buried In it's wreckage. but
neither was seriously hurt a week be-
fore the accident occurred True was re-
ported TO have married Mrs. II. q. Earle
OF Wilmington. Del.
Houston. Texas. March f5.-Ronald
True. civilian instructor at Ellington
field. disappeared in 1918 after trouble
har rhpnlG q maj rrfad a. Hottu-
ton girl. whom he deserted. She later
obtained an annulment lie was rcpri-
manded while on duty at Ellington for
flying low and nearly striking crowds
OF spectators.
STAMFORD Conn, March t5.--There
in no record here OF the marriage ri
Ronald True and Florence Roberts on
November s, 1917.
CLUBBING CHARGE DROPPED.