Evening star., 1922-07-16
SAY BELLA LEMAN
IS MURDER VICTIM
Fairmont, W. Va, Woman
Believed Slain by Man
She Prosecuted.
SLAYER NEAR ARREST
Baltimore Police Watching Sus-
pect in Staying Near
Cstonsville, Md.
Special Dispatch to The Star.

man under surveillance is seen in the
fact that Bella Leman was a material
witness against him in a white slave
case in Baltimore I'm January, 1921.
States Attorney Jenifer and Lieut.,
dorsey OF the Baltimore county police
department directed a search of all
the fooming houses in the city and
county today to learn whether a wom-
an and 9 man answering the descrip-
tion OF the murdered woman and the
man against whom Bella Leman tes-
tilted in the white slave case stopped
anywhere here.
Believed At Road House.
There was q report at police head
seen Wednesday night at a road
house. The report was to the effect
that waiter there remembered
seeing her with three men. The police
are making an effort to run down this
Information.
. The road house mentioned in the
report Is fairly close to the scene of
the crime and could have been reached
within few minutes by either motor
cycle or automobile.
The man VINO ngures in the case
with the Leman woman was seen in
baltimore in an automobile, and in
formation from Fairmont is to the
enect that he swore he would get"
the Leman girl for betraying him on
the white slave charge If it took a
lifetime"
In Previous Probe.
This man is said to have fig
ured several years ago in investIga-
tions made by police of West Vir-
ginia and Washington following
black hand murder, described as
somewhat similar to the murder of
the woman found on the golf club
It Is said that he was associated
with = number of men who were
known to the police or suspected as
black flanders and that following
the investigation several of the men
were sent to Atlanta FEDERAL peni-
tentiary for long terms.
The police were never able to con-
n1ct the man with the murder. it is
said. although they believed that he
At least had some information con-
cerning it.
Further support for the belief that
the woman is Bella Leman was given
J. ID. Props OF Baltimore, who said he
knew the girl eight years ago when he
lived In Clarksburg, w. Va. He said
the upper part Of the face was identical
with that Of the woman, who, he said.
WAS friend Of his brother. The lower
part Of the face. from the lip down.
Was unlike the face Of Bella Leman as
he knew her. He further said that the
woman's correct hrst name was
'Pansy and that eight years ago she
had light brown hair.
Following this. however. Balti-
more woman, who once lived in Fair
mont and who said she went to
school with Bella Leman, visited the
mefgpe and declared 1t was her be-
lief that the body was that OF the
girl she knew. This woman is Mrs.
G. O. Lyons of Baltimore.
DiRereace In Name.
Mrs. Lyons said she knew the girl
we'll. but that the name was Belle
le Mons" and that she WAS the daugh
ter of David lie Mons of Fairmont
and had a sister who lived in Bi Do
Fado, Kan, The woman had brown
hair, lately dyed black. The roots
still show chestnut brown. Props
went to police headquarters from the
morgue with Patrolman Wtschsen, to
give detectives further information.
He said he would get in touch with
his brother, e. D. Props.
Late in the afternoon Q man went
to the mefgue and Identified the body
as that of q girl he had seen in .
restaurant In Fairmont ten days ago.
He gave his name as r. L, Mcclure
worker from BlueAelda. w. Va He
said that while he was in the restau-
rant he heard the woman addressed
as Miss LIE Mons"
II it proves that Bella Leman wore
a black jersey dress. to which was at
tached a black girdie with two tas-
sells, then the detectives believe that
strong links toward Identification
have been forged. The girdle, with
one of the black tassels missing, is
in possession of the police at Cations
willie.
Dress Not Feuad.
The dress has not been found. but
women who saw the girdle said it
was just such q girdle as would be
worn with q black one-piece dress
The girdle was found on the road
side within 2 few yards Of the black
the broken red imitation coral ear
ring.
In Fairmont the police believe
Charles Ntion, an italian restaurant
keeper. could throw some light on
the recent mevemsnts Of Bella Le-
,a.s,a. n:s aa a sns s:. Ipss e. gss Soss
At ths morgue proves to be hers, then
the Fairmont police believe Milon
could be of great help In clearing
up the mystery.
Milon's name appears on Baltimore
police records. On the docket at the
ed on January, 81, 1891, with stealing
an automobile and with violation of
the Mann white slave law.
Milon said he had partly paid for
the car, and it developed that he had.
but in West Virginia It is larceny to
leave the aa siass With Ssh an n, pnpaa auto
brought Elsie Brant Levy with him..
Bella Leman followed them on the
train.
- Gar Owner nreps Charge.
The charge OF larceny was dropped
hecause tha owner Of the car took
Ms,on INV va. frsea sseoss Gemmissionsr
aUpplss ~ . whits-slaxe" hearing:
That Y .sm4th.ss' f y. .,. ssgry ,.a q
Mia SHIen % hss %iv,s a' in sisfs aeisisers ss: fsr
periods ever since. serTt Eugene
a Gcoding Of the northern district.
who helped arrest him and Elsie
Levy, knows him and has sssn him
often on the street: driving q long.
He always nodded pleasantly to
upii Triia Ieman has lived in Baltimore.
ehe was here when Milon was here
with Elsie Levy. She has been here
since. But she was back In Fairmont
Tuesday she left Fairmont. for Bal-
timors; that has been established. A
man left at about the same time.
HeiIa Leman has not been seen or
heard Of since, though her name has
Hssp- spread far and wide In newspa-
ners here and areund West visginia-
This man ID the suspect He Was
ss1dicted" to iight-oolsFed caps. Hpph
i eap was found with the hat Of the
1ur&sYeA weAaan neer tat scene of
suspect wears . large-siEe cap