Evening star., 1924-08-16
Witness Tells Police She
Heard Shot, Saw Two Flee.
Neither Was Accused.
DISPROVES SUICIDE
STORY OF PUGIL1sT
Witness Positively Sets Time of
Killing-Fighter Plans to
Write of Life.

BY the Associated Press.
Los ANGELES, August 16.-An en-
tirely new aspect has been given to
the Theresa MorS shooting investiga-
tion, police announced today. by the
testimony of woman who says she
heard and saw two men Aooing from
the apartment occupied by Mrs. Mors
and Kid Mccoy. former pugilist, a
few minutes after the shot was fired
that ended the life OF the wealthy
divorcee early Wednesday morning.
The new witness, police say, lived
In the apartment directly under that
IN which the shooting took place and
saw one OF the fleeing men SO clearly
and at such close range that she was
able to give detectives a complete de-
scription of him.
Testimony Important.
The testimony of the new witness
Mrs. Iva Martin, Is of supreme i'm
portance for two reason, police point
out:
1t fixes the time of the Staying def
nitely at 1905 am. Wednesday.
1t completely disproves the suicide
theory OF Mrs. Mors' death.
Mrs. Martin was in bed, she said,
wnen she was awakened suddenly by
voices In the apartment above.
on, my God. don't do that" were
the hrst words she heard. she said.
iwice more. in anguished tones
these words were repeated
No reply was heard, only the
sounds OF a scuffle and then again
woman's voice pleading.
Finally, said Mrs Martin, came the
last words she heard:
"Oh. my God, don't do that" "Oh.
this will be terrible" a woman's voice
screamed. Then a shot, a brief 81
lence: the thump Of some object fall
ing: again silence.
Some one was moving about
stealthily on the floor above" con-
tinued Mrs. Martin. When the shot
rang out, jumped out of bed. and
looked at the clock. 1t was minutes
after midnight
Heard Steps on stairs.
Il was frightened and nervous and
Immediately put out the light and
listened. There was q full moon
outside.
"A few minutes later certainly not
more than S or minutes, heard
foot steps down the stairway-the
back stairs.
Il am certain there were two
&,
They crashed through the back door,
making loud noise. 1 ran to my
Kitchen window, which overlooks the
back part of the apartment and as
l reached 1t. l could distinctly hear
the sound of running feet on the con-
crete of the back yard. There were
perhaps 10 or IL steps.
Il was still listening to these foot
steps when l heard some one brush
up against something right in front
of me. There is another building
just west of the concrete walk on
the west side of the apartment and it
Is there that l heard very plainly
the noise made by some one dashinR
by.
My kitchen has three windows, one
OF them facing toward the front of
the apartment house. AS I reached
this window I saw, just a few feet
away from me, a man crawling on
hands and knees toward the street.
Saw Man Stand Up.
"The man passed my window and
then he Strengthened up. l saw him
standing there for just a brief mo-
ment.
He hesitated second, and then
staggered toward the front of the
apartment where he leaned against
the brick archway.
HE was facing me. I did not get
a good look at his face, but I will
know his figure and general appear
ance.
"He was a thickish man, about S
feet inches in height, heavy chested
and with a heavy waistline. He
wore no hat. 1t looked to me as
though he were either drunk or un-
nerved. He stood there leaning
against the building for fully minutes.
Then he staggered to the street.
Shortly afterward l heard the sound
Of a car driving away"
This man, she said positively and
repeatedly, was not Kid Mccoy. She
was able to furnish no description OF
the other man, whom she knew only
as the dark, vague shape of man
running swiftly from the building.
VIII Write Autobiography.
Mccoy today had so far recovered
from, the shock of his arrest last
Wednesday on suspicion Of numbering
Mrs. Theresa Mors, divorced wife of
a wealthy antique dealer, that he was
preparing to write the customary
autobiography expected of a person
of his past prominence and present
predicament. "As soon as they will
let me have my typewriter" he an
nounced from his cell in the city Jail.
''I'm going to get started. Maybe will
help some one eIse-I don't know"
McCoy's contention that Mrs. Mors
shot and killed herself despite his ef-
forts to prevent her received some
corroboration at yesterdays coroners
inquest, when the county autopsy
surgeon testified that the bullet
which ended the woman's life ap-
peared to have been fired from a
weapon held close to her head.
Predicts Indictment.
Despite this testimony and the ver-
dict of the coroner's jury, which
admitted itself unable to decide
whether this wound was self-infiicted
with suicidal intent, or by some per-
son with homicidal intent" the dis
trict attorney says he is confident
that the grand jury will fndict Nc
Coy for the murder of Mrs. Mors
when it meets again next Tuesday.
Mrs. Mors, he pointed out, was
right-handed; the bullet entered her
left temple. = Further, the alleged
Of Mccoy to his sister. Mrs.
Jennie Thomas, that he Just had to
kill that woman" still weighs heavily
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