San Antonio light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1911-1993, 1925-10-02

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bic brother-in-law was named as
sxecutor and trustee.
These people have been real true
friends." Mrs. McCobb declared in
ne will. As far as can be determined,
hey are not related 10 the dead wo-
nan. of the young woman, to whom
NE wiiled q fortune in jewelry and
furA she said, I'm remembrance of a
sweet young baby
Valuable furs and costly china and
cut glass, valued at several thousand
dollars, were also revealed in the
trunk which contained the will and
. number Of legal documents now be-
ing investigated. In no place in the
viii were Mrs. McCobb's relatives
mentioned.
ON HOT TRAIL
TIE trail of millions, splotched with
me blood Of the hammer staying vic
tim. Friday stretched to Europe, on
one hand, and back to the death room
1t 80 Laciede avenue.
For further evidence of what oc-
CURED behind that bolted door when
Mrs. McCobb was fighting for life
under the rain O. hammer blows that
battered out her life reached District
Attorney c. NJ. Chambers Friday, and
started investigators on the hottest
trail they have yet picked up.
While in far-away New York, an
other trail of millions crossed that OF
tbs hammer staying victim, when it
Was dicovercd here Friday that Fran
ccs Mendham. Of New York, was a
niece of the slain woman.
NIECE SUED EMPEROR.
Il was Frances Mendham who sued
Robert Lebaudy, multi-millionaire
sugar king of France, and brother of
the self-styled Emperor of the Sa-
hara," for a million collars for breach
q promise.
The fight for the fortune of En-
Ytrorr Lebaudy have filled the news
papers of three continents.
Discovery of the relationship with
Ironces Mendhom was made Friday,
- officers searching the remaining
trunks brought here from Laredo.
which were not searched Thursday.
And while the new clues to the
death in the Laclede avenue house,
and the discovery of further relatives
IN New York were being investigat-
ed, investigators again turned their
attention to the search for the mys-
fery man. who has logged Mrs. Nc
Cobb's trail for years.
STAYED IN HIDING.
This was the man of whom she
was in mortal fear.
This man was the reason, the dis
frict attorney believes, that Mrs. Nc
Cobb shifted her address periodical
lr-the reason she preferred to take
her meals in her room-the reason
that the wealthy globe trotter, with
millions at her disposal. remained hid
den at the obscure I.aelede avenue ad-
dress where she was slain.
Mrs. Mabel Lcngworth Sheridan.
who is held in the county jail under a
$4,000 bond, charged with her muir
der, was found lying at her feet, ap-
pafenfly unconscious.
4 q ten-psge statement to investi-
gators of the district attorney. Mrs.
8heridan is said to have confessed the
killing, pleading self-defense.
BAGGAGE AIDS PROBE.
Search of eleven trunks brought
here from Laredo where the dead WON
A had kept them stored for several
xears. which halted Wednesday when
seven of them yielded up only cloth
( Ing. household goods, trinkets and ODDS
4 and ends. was resumed Friday.
~What little we know of the muir
dercd woman, Of her past, Of the
strange life she was living at the
time of her death" Mr.. Chambers said.
I'VE have learned from papers and
letters found in the trunks and suit
- L. ,.-t4h Lor Nfsl
out the information her baggage CON
tanned we would have had only the
body of murdered woman.
Having found the opening chapters
Of the mystery Of her life and death in
the trunks 90 far opened" be said. Il
feel that the answer 10 the case can
also be found there"
SEEK MYSTERY MAN,
valuable papers, deeds, mining maps
and Mrs. McCobb's win have not been
found among her effects. They will
be the object Of the search Friday.
Though diamonds and other valus-
bic jewelry, valued by various estima.
tors at from $4,000 10 10000. were
found in the trunks which Mrs. Nc
Cobb had with her, il is the belief Of
UffBone WHO knew HtE al INC mdb.
roomine houses that she had yet other
fortunes in jewels. furs and tapestries
stored in trunks over the country.
Records have been found to show
that the dead woman had trunks stored
in San Francisco, Los Angeles anC
Mexico City, as well as IN Laredo.
While the opening Of the trunks was
in progress FRIDAY in the presence Of
John II. Cunningham. appointed ad
ministrator of the estate. representa-
fivcs of the district attorney and Gus
toms officials. investigators kept ~
their search for a mystery man" n
the case from whom Mrs. McCobb il
believed 20 have tried 10 hide during
the last years Of her life.
That she feared someone was tryin;
f 20 kin her or 10 gain possession o.
her Jewels or papers, is believed q
Account for the fact that Mrs. Ne
Cobb moved constantly from one room
ing house 10 another and tried q
leave no trail.
Investigation Is also being made int
persons shown by records and paper
~ be related 10 the dead woman. bu