The Winslow mail., 1925-08-21
MURDERED WOMAN
WAS IN WINSLOW
LAST PART OF JUNE


search is being made for the muir
derers OF the aged woman, the
search centering in this city this
week.
Yesterday mornings Albuquerque
Journal has the following story:
With her when she left Winslow
were two young men, one of whom
is said to have written to his moth
er in Telluride, Colo, from the
Drake hotel in Gallup. The boy
never arrived at his home in Col
Orado as he had said in his let
ter, and his mother is now attempt
ing to locate him.
The special story from the Jour
nal representative at Winslow is
as follows:
Mrs. Stella Oliver, aged woman
auto tourist, found murdered near
Bluewater, N. NJ, left Winslow
some time between June 26 and
July 1.
"She camped at Winslow about
three weeks after coming here
from San Fernando, Calf, in com
pany with two young men, who
later secured work and remained
several weeks. She made many ac-
quaintances in Winslow, to many
of whom she showed a sack of dia-
monds, several hundred dollars
worth of registered Liberty bonds,
sack of silver and currency to
the amount of $4,000.
Before leaving she advertised
for a driver to escort her eastward.
Two young men are said to have
left with her for New Mexico. One
is said to have been a young car
penter of Telluride, Colo, who
drew his pay check from a local
lumber yard on June 26.
"A letter written to his mother
in Telluride from the Drake hotel,
Gallup, on June 27. stated that he
would soon be home. He did not
arrive at Telluride. His mother
sent the letter to this place, togeth-
er with inquiries as to his where
aboutS.
"A few days after leaving Wins
low he was seen to drive through
Winslow going west in a new
automobile. Nothing has been
heard from him since. Mrs. oliver
claimed to be IS years old, and was
known throughout the west as
Cactus Kat@ She had been a we'll
known character for years in the
mining and construction camps. 1t
is reported that before leaving San
Fernando she had sold a restau-
rant there.
When she left the coast she was
accompanied by four young men,
two of whom left the party at
Blythe, Calf. The other two ac-
'companied her to Winslow. She
made the trip here in. Chevrolet
truck over which had been built
a frame structure. Before leaving
here she traded the cabin auto for
a Dodge touring car"
Another story in the same paper
following the one above states that
Valencia county officials believe
the solution of the Bluewater mur-
der mystery lies in the location of
the two young men who were last
seen in the company of the victim,
Mrs. Stella Oliver, according to an
nouncement of former Sheriff Joe
Tondre. Wednesday afternoon.
Slight doubt exists in the minds
of officials now that the motive for
the Staying was robbery. Informa-
tion from Winslow saying that she
received between $500 and $7O0
from her agent, John F. Zane, at
San Fernando, while she was in
Arizona has strengthened the rob
berry motive theory to a great ex-
tent
The theory now held by officials
is that, following the murder, the
two young men who had accom-
panied her from WinsloW traded
the Dodge touring car which she
had obtained at Winslow for the
trip east, for another automobile
and headed for the coast.
The Dodge touring car in which
the party left Winslow had Ari-
zona registration number 1926.
Inc engine NUMBER was 14oU9O.
The car was obtained from F. C.
Clasner at Clear creek, near Wins
low, at which time she traded in
the Chevrolet house car in which
she had made the trip from San
Fernando.
Arriving at Winslow about May
10, she left on June 6, according to
the latest information from Wins
low. Of the two young men leav-
ing with her a resident of WinslOw
has told the authorities that he be-
lieves he recognized one of the
men.
An investigation by a represent
ative of the Morning Journal att
Gallup failed to find the name of
Mrs. Oliver or the young man from
Telluride, Colo. on the register of
the Drake hotel in June as was
previously stated in dispatch from
WinSlow.
Governor Hunt Expected