Imperial Valley press., 1925-07-21
KTRK'S EFFECTS
FAIL TO REVEAL
CAUSE OF FEUD
Confined from Page "

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last Tuesday. mt which time she said
! he seemed nervous and fidgety.
Asked if there was anything wrong,
he replied that The heat made him
uncomfortable. He told the girl
that he intended to leave the valley
The next day for Honolulu, to visit
his sister who resides there and that
upon hos return 10 the states he IN
tended to leave for GicXico, where
/ he asserted he had bought land in
the state Of Sonora and he intend
ed to ranch there.
The girl readily identified several
. pictures of Kirk, one of which show
3 ed him dressed in Tuxedo and
holding SaN@phoHe. On the other
7lHe cf the picture was printed
" Henry Kirk, leader Kirk 5 Palace
Orchestra. II WAS evident that at
some time in his career Kirk had
been member Of an orchestra. The
SaNaphone was found in his room At
The Imperial hotel
Had Lots of Money
Miss E>taVilla stated that Kirk
always seemed TO have plenty of
money and that his relations with
her and her family were cordial.
though there was no affair between
them. lie had calic,- on several oc-
casiouS but never discussed any of
ms personal affairs that might cx-
plain The tragedy, nor had he ever
mentioned Truden.
An unfinished aud undated let
ter found among Kirk : effects was
addressed to Dear Dave In II
the writer stated he was back in
the United States from Mexico. for
short stay but intended soon to
retWn to Mexico for three or four
months, after which time he would
have made sufficient money to al
low him 10 live comfortably for
long time
The letter mentioned the heat at
Imperial. and gave Il description of
Imperial Valleys fertility and the
opportunity for making money here
in the produce business.
In the last paragraph he stated
that he had recently located two
army day friends, enc near Impcr-
lal and the other across the line
IN Mexico. He spoke of having
promised the latter to pay him i F..
visit. and said he intended to do So
on his way back plto Mexico. HeI
mentioned having a Packard ear for :
his nse. and also that he owned Il
fine saddle horse which he intended
to bring back from Mexico To this
country when he made his stake.
The work is easy, to say the least
and | am making money dig
money aIso plenty of hunting and
of course shooting, the let.er con
oIndes. It MAS not signed and ap.
parcHtiv had not been finished
Several Love Affairs
Other letters limited Of affairs
with several women, one of whom
in Hawaii va, evidently irving 10
let Kirk doHu easy. as the writer
,t"teS he apparently could not come
up to her standard and she did not
wish 70 descend TO his level.
From lis clothing and his effects,
also descriptive letters which he had
written. it is apparent that Kirk was
wei educated and knew how
'o make Il sao,- appearance. Truden
appears to have beea of somewhat g
ruu2her type. Why kir,; WIS work
ine as Il trucl, driver Mt Imperial,
VIXEN he could possibly have held
better position. i another queer
twist that fits wen into the whole
mystery story.
1t viii possibly never be known
just what led the men to cutcr into
tLcir grue.omc agreement. provided
there WAS such q compact. Unless
solution of the mystery is made
soon If viii undoubtedly NEVER be
soivcd and Will remain as one of
TIE wc.~de>t tragedies ever to come
10 the surface i'm California.
Trudcn 5 body is in San Diego
wLcrc coroner : inquest wa, 10 be
held today and Kirk : body was in
terfed yesterday n Mountain View
cemetery.