The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1923-01-25
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officer. had been seen leaving the
death garage after three shots had
been fired inside The time was
about 1 a. m. on the morning Of
March ~.
These two men. she said. had been
reen together In a downtown cafe
half an hour or 80 before the officar
was shot. This statement was found
20 be true, severyns said.
Probably cut al tho mas~ 81
such storics and tangled clues
TIN true solution Of the crime
VIII be found In time. severyns
declares his belief that the true
murdcr~r has becn found--that
he h living In Seattle 1T present
with his family.
Captain Of Detectives Charles Ten
nant. however. steadfaatly maintains
that I.csats committed suicido. Tcn.
nsnt 10 the leader Of faction In the
police department who hold such an
opinion.
That TENANTS finding |. not 10
he taken lightly n the general opin-
lon. voiced by many poiicv officials.
who stand hehind bis Judgment.
backed with 20 Year, experience IN
dealing with such cases.
On the other hand. aeyor,ns points
90 a rcw Of three bultsss. which. he
claims. prove beyond a shadow of .
doubt that fexats was murdered
One of these bullets was found In the
officers brain. Another was found
In tho floor Of thu KsruE~. outside
the auto. The third bullst--tha most
important Of ali. according 10 sSv-
eryns--waa found sticking In .
gravel bunker near the gsnx~.
II wan THE bullet which remnant
declares pierced L~rnta's cheek.
emerging from tho neck. and psnc-
srassd the auto curtain and then
bored q hole thru the garage wall.
landing In the bunker.
This bullet vas examined scien-
tificAily BY experts and declared 10
b. one fired from . Colts .ss-caiibsr
rvvoiver, a. shown BY tho Marrow
rfffinR marks. Tho other two bull
iets were srooved with vide bands
which the experts say show they
were fr~a from . .1s-oalioer smith
q wesson revolver
Lexate. when found. was dumped
garage. His pistol. .ss-eaIiber
Smith a wes.on police model Sim.
liar 20 those carried By all police
offiosrs. vas found lying In the hot.
low Of HIS neck and shoulder Two
shoss had been fired from H.
Tho rear seat OF the auto was GOV.
cred with blood. Blood drippod from
Lexate'H leg TO the garage floor.
Otherwise there wes no siEn Of vio-
isncs except slight smear OF blood
on the rear end OF the car. outside.
Tenant maintains that 10 f~gats
was killed. the slayer would have left
. bloody trail from the garage 10 tho
street
Detectives Ernie Yoris and Claude
rortnor were working on the clues
advanced by Agent Morris THURSDAY.
eudeavorinR 90 locate the woman
named Carrie. who Ia quoted N say.
ing that on the morning of the muir
der q police officer entered her room.
y ptcft tfpnn tnt n4fotf AAtHfs anu
told her our friend In dead"
when she asked who tho friend
was. the officer said ''Legate" This
happened an hour before the dead
man was found. The informant then
went 10 tho Aihsmhra cabaret near
by. and tainted. according to infor-
nation given by Morris.
Tho police officer mentioned also
was a witness before the two investi.
eating bodies.
Morris testimony was given slight
credence by scvoryns. however. De-
tectives were also inclined TO doubt
the authenticity of the message. as
the woman Carrie ls alleged TO be
partially dsmentsd.
There are three men In Seattle
who. beyond a doubt. could tell
everything about this MURDER" said
ono officer Thursday. who has
worked on the case since the start.
''Ons OF them viii never tell. but
the other two might be forced to do
no. altho doubt H. But there Ia no
doubt that II they were not directly
implicated they could give the name
OF tho slayer and the details OF the
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