Albuquerque morning journal. [volume] (Albuquerque, N.M.) 1903-1926, 1922-10-08
SINGLE HAIR IS
OFFICERS ONLY
TANGIBLE. Glue
Found CIinging to One Of
Dernier's Socks After
His Body Was Found
Floating in Arizona Canal


Phoenix, Ariz., Oct. s tby As
ISOLATED Press).- single, long,
dark colored hair-one that carries
a CLINT of bronze when 1t is held
to the lights the only real, tam
gible clew Sheriff John Montgom-
cry and his deputies have had to
work on since the body of Guy
Dernier was found floating ir the
Arizona canal the afternoon of
Sept. IL. This one hair, carefully
stored in an envelope in the sher-
ifs safe was found clinging to
one of Derniers socks shortly af-
ter his body was found. 1t was abb
solutely the only thing found
among Dernier's effects that did
not belong to him, said the sher-
iff today.
Sheriff Montgomery returned to-
day from a tour Of towns in the
southeast part Of the state in con-
nection with the case. Also Dep
uty Sheriff Frank w. Bell re-
turned from Los Angeles. He dis
claims responsibility for much of
the interview attributed to him
yesterday in the coast city in which
he is supposed to have said that
the lists Of suspects in the Dernier
case had narrowed down to two
prominent business men of Phoe-
nix" Bell states that the Los An
geles story originated almost in its
entirety with Los Angeles county
deputy sheriff.
Lived a Dual Life
S"There are perhaps 20 men who
would have had a motive for killing
Guy Dernier," said Sheriff Mont
gomery today, Gle lived dual
life. His familiars were to be
found in all strata of society, from
the top to the dregs. He was the
courtier to the housemaid or to
her mistress. He hobnobbed with
pillars of society and with boot
leggers. To say that this man or
that man, especially at this time,
is the man who killed Guy Der
nier would be foolish"
"In all of our investigations"
continued the sheriff, I'VE are con-
stantly finding evidence of Der
nier's affairs with women-many !
women-not one or two-and the |
Investigations have led us all over |
this state and into California.
1--WE have discovered" the sher- |
if went on, that the side of Der |
nier's connection with the under |
world was unknown to his friends |
of respectable society. AS far as |
down our suspicious is |
concerned, it amounts to Just this: |
Dernier might have been killed by /.
a jealous husband or he might |
have died by the hand. of some
prostitutes paramour."
City Detective Lewis A. Parhan1
and J. H. Bledsoe, special inyesti- |
gator for the county attorneys Of
flee, who have been working on |
the case, confirmed Sheriff Mont |
gomery's statements.
Officers Arc BewiIdered
1--WE have found ourselves en- |
tangled in the most amazing mesh |
of seeming clews, all of which have |
turned out to be groundless, that |
we must admit that we are bewil-
dered," said Parham today. ZAP
we are as far from SOL |
ution of the mystery Of how Guy |
Dernier came to his death as we |
ever were.
Bledsoe returned only last night |
from Douglas, where he had gone |
in connection with the case.
1.-THE same old thing" he said |
today. "A promising clew, and |
then the blind WALL
Probe Not Being Squelched
All the officials unite in deny |
ing the reported charge made by !
X. T. Dernier, brother of the dead
man, in Chicago last night, that
the probe of Dernier's death was
being squelched and that Governor
Thomas L. Campbell had a hand
in the squelching.
"That statement, II 1t Is true"
said Sheriff Montgomery, sis in
famous. To my personal knowl-
edge, Governor Campbell knows
of this affair except what
he read in the newspapers AMI
what I myself have told him..
You may say for me- con-
Guided the sheriff, that I shall |
continue with my investigations
and when 1 have something of any
real Importance to announce i
shall announce it,