The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1924-08-21
new STORY AID
TO M'COY'S ALIBI
Woman Tells of Seeing
Two Men Run From
Apartment.
KID MCCOY NOT ONE

Los Angeles, Cal. - An entirely
new aspect has be engiven to the
Theresa Mors shooting investigation,
police announced today, by the testi-
mony of woman who says she heard
and saw two men fleeing from the
apartment occupied by Mrs. Mors and
Kid Mccoy, ex-pugilist, few mln7
utes after the shot was fired that end
ed the life of the wealthy divorces
early Wednesday morning.
The new witnesses, police say, lived
in the apartment directly under that
in which the shooting took place and
saw one Of the fleeing men 50 clearly
and at such close range that she was
able to give detectives complete des-
cription of him.
This man, she sid, positively and re-
kpeatedly, 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 a man
running swiftly from the building.
The testimony of the new witness,
Mrs. Iva Martin, Is of supreme import
ance for two resons, police point out:
First, it fixes the time of the STAY
ing definitely at 1905 a. m. Wednes-
day.
Second, it completely <disproves the
suicide theory of Mrs. Mors' death.
Mrs. Martin was in bed, she said,
when she was awakened suddenly oy
voices in the apartment above.
Hears Woman Scream.
"Oh. my God, don't do that! Oh,
this will be terrible" a woman's voice
screamed. Then the sharp sound of a
shot. a brief silence; the thump of
some object falling to the floor; again
silence.
CONTINUED from pages1
"When the shot rang out jumped
out Of bed and looked, the clock. 1t
was exactly five minutes after mid
night. There was full moon out
side and it was pretty light.
"a few minutes later, certainly not
more than five or seven minutes, |
heard footsteps going down the stair
way.
81 am certin there we're two persons
running down the stirs. They crash
ed through the back dor, making a
loud noise. / ran to my kitchen win
dow.
81 was still listening to these foot
steps when / heard some one brush
up against something right in front
of me-, she went on.
'Just a few feet away from me was
the figure Of man crawling on hands
and knees toward the street.
"The man passed my mindow and
then he Strengthened up. l saw him
standing there for just brief mo-
ment. 1 still have distinct picture
of him in my mind.
"He was facing me and I will never
forget that sight. He was all slump
ed, sort of all in heap. did not
get a good look at his face, but will
know his figure and general appear
ance anywhere.
Describes Running Man.
"He was thickish man, about
five feet nine inches in height, heavy
chested and with a heavy waist line
bullying about his belt. He wore no
hat 1t looked to me as though he
was either drunk or entirely un-
nerved He stood there leaning
against the building for fully five min
utes.
"Then he staggered to the street"
Mccoy today had SO far recovered
from the shock of his arrest last
Wednesday on suspicion of numbering
Mrs Theresa Mors, divorced wife of
wealthy antique dealer, that he was
preparing to write the customary au-
to biography expected of person of
his past prominence and present pre-
dicament.