The producers news. [volume] (Plentywood, Mont.) 1918-1937, 1929-02-22

nervous illness, which it was hoped
to relieve by an operation Sunday.
The belief that Plunkett had pre-
meditated the murder of his employ
er was expressed by police Sunday
night. 1t was thought at first the
murder had been committed in sud-
den burst of insanity.
From the position of Doheny's body
1t was seen that he had been killed
instantly as he sat in chair in the
bed room. He was shot through the
left temple by a As calibre bullet.
Plunkett shot himself through the
forehead. Both men were fully dress
ed.
DIR. Fishbaugh called E. L. Doheny,
Sr., Immediately at his home in Los
Angeles. The millionaire oil man
was at his sons estate within half an
hour. District Attorney Buron Fits,
his investigators and Beverly Hills
police also appeared within a short
time. Fits said that in his opinion
there was no doubt but that Plunkett
suddenly had become demented.
With DOhenys Is Years
Plmkett( who was "a years old, had
been in the service of the Doheny
family for Is years. Originally he
was employed by E. L. Doheny, ST., as
a secretary and stenographer in the
Mexican Petroleum Company.
Young Doheny's wife who admitted
DR.. Fishbaugh just before the secre-
tary's suicide, was in a state of col
, lapse Sunday night and was under tbs
care of physician.
Father COllapses
! The murdered mans 70 year ole
father, leading figure in the ma
tons business circles, was complete.
| ly unnerved by the tragedy. He was
awakcnC f'um his sleep to hear The
news that his son, on whom he had de
pended to carry on the family's bust
ness, had met an untimely death.
After he had FASTENED to his SON.!
} home he collapsed, it was said, anC
| he, as well as his daughter-in-law wa!
, said to be receiving medical attention
E at the estate.
Five children survive the dead maj
: all of them too young to realiz'
the tragedy which has entered thei
: home, a magnificent million dolla
' mansion.
' The dead man was the only son o
z the oil magnate. He was graduate,
from the University of Southern Cal
: ifornia in 1916, then followed his ia
. ther into the oil business.
Doheny, Jr., was the man who car
t ried 100000 in little black satche
d from New York to Washington, wher
he gave it to Secretary of the Interio
d Albert B. Fall. He said that he dre1
v it from his own New York account q
n his fathers request.
e Young Doheny was indicted with hi
father on bribery charges which neve
came to trial. Some credit young Dc
heny with inspiring the Pearl Harbo.
Hawaii, project as he, then JUNO
officer in the navy, introduced his fs
} ther to Admiral Robinson, whose fea1
/ of the Japanese menace" were give
as important parts of the elder Dc
heny's defense. Young Doheny So
y through the trials with his fathe
Dr They were very close, not only durin
that difficulty, but in all their bus
ness affairs.
s. The death of his son represented
It stunning change in the fate which ha
( taken Doheny, ST., from the positio
It of gold miner to one of the world
# richest men.
A. He has aged greatly since the TIE;
n, pot dome trials, on which the eyes
IF the nation were centered. This ne
,e blow may have serious effect on Il
e. aged man. In recent years he h;
~ been practically inactive. trusting h
n affairs to his son.