Evening star., 1923-03-26
MODELS "ST0LEN"
APPAREL IS FOUND
Dress and Hat Discovered in
Mothers Home by
Detectives.
BEADED BAG Is MISSING
Said to Contain Letter From
Mitchell Sought by Blackmailers
and He Admitted Writing. '
BEADED BAG Is MISSING
By the Associated Press.

BY the Associated Press.
NEW YORK. March 26-An eXpen-
sive dress and a hat listed among the
articles stolen from the apartment of
Dorothy keenan,, slain model. were
found by detectives today at the home
of Mrs Anna keenan,. the dead girls
mother.
Detectives who discovered the gar
nents during an interview with Mrs.
Keenan, said the Broadway butter
fy's mother at first seemed sur
prised." but quickly explained that she
had gathered together some Of Miss
Keenan's effects when she went to
her apartment after Dorothy had been
slain, and that the last costume the
model wore before she met death had
been among them.
"Forgot" to Tell Police.
In her agitation over Dorothy S
death they quoted Mrs. keenan, as
saying she had forgotten to tell the
police she had these much sought
garments.
Inspector Coughlin. in charge of
the investigation. was keenly inter
ested in the find because of intor-
nation given him by Billie Brad
ford, Miss Keenan's maid. that with
the gray costume just discovered.
the model had carried a beaded bag
containing a letter written her from
Palm Beach by John kearsley Nit
chell, wealthy and socially promi-
nent Philadelphia who had paid her
atCntions.
The police have been working for
several days on a theory that Miss
Keenan, was slain by a woulu-b be
blackmailer who knew of her friend
ship for Mr. Mitchell and knew that
she had received letter from him.
Police Suspect Identity.
Admission that he had written the
model from Palm Beach was made
by Mr.. Mitchell Saturday. few hours
after he had been disclosed as the
mysterious Mr.. Marshall" whose
identity was so closely guarded for
nine days
billie" Bradford has told the po-
lice she saw Miss Keenan, put the
Mitchell letter in her handbag the
day before her body was found.
The Bradford woman, it was dis
closed, has given the police consul
cradle information about the sup
posed blackmail plot which has not
, been made public heretofore. <-.~-.r-..-
Miss Keenan,, the negress Is said to
have declared, had told her that she
was being importuned to aid in a
biackmail plot against Mr.. Mitchell
and that her refusals, based on the
fact that he had been good to her"
had resulted in threats. 1t was these
threats. the Bradford woman said,
that caused the model TO seek solace
In liquor.
Whether Miss keenan, gave the
names Of any of the persons involved
n the blackmail plot was not made
known. although it was said the po-
lice had "a good idea" who the would
be blackmailers were.
Inspector Coughlan announced to-
day that he had learned Alfred Gui-
mares, Miss keenan's closest friend
had recovered batch of letters last
July from Miss keenan, after a stormy
scene. He explained. the inspector
said, that Miss keenan, was inclined
to reveal intimate features of The let
ters when she was intoxicated and
mat "a fellow writes a lot of stuff 10
a girl that seems ridiculous when
thought about at leisure"
Claiming to know the identity of
the man who sought to engineer a
tn-law of F. T. Stotesbury of Phil
adelphia, the police today through the
oyways of the underworld sought for
o1ners believed to have been impli-
Ihey said action against the as vet
unnamed blackmail principal was be-
!ng held in abeyance pending efforts
10 obtain evidence to support their
theory that the blackmailer, baked
IN his original plan, dosed the model
with chloroform that he might get
Mitchells letters to her, to be used
despite her opposition.
Mitchell Keeps Silent.
No statement was forthcoming from
Mitchell, reputed to have given the
model gifts and money aggregating
more than $4,000, and said to be the
last man known to have seen the
girl alive. Nor did his confidential
/ attorney. John II. Jackson. who was
the Wilson" of the ten-day mystery
surrounding the identity of the two
men, give out anything for publica-
ton. Mitchell was reported to have
returned to his Philadelphia home.
other sources said he still was in
New York.
Ella Bradford, negro maid who
found her mistress body twelve DAYS
ago. was said to have supplied the
authorities with considerable infor-
alton concerning the blackmail plot
for more than 100000" which was
believed to have brought death to
Miss keenan, on her refusal to league
herself against her wealthy admirer.
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