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The Washington times., 1931-10-21
KAY JUDSON

PHOENIX, Ariz., Oct. a.
MEN fight over what?"
"But HE myself to the
wastelands of the North to try
to forget"
Hickey"
These were the last words writ
ten October IS in the diary Of
Miss Hedwig Samuelson, one of
the murder trunk victims.
They were scrawled with lead
pencil on cheap paper and pinned
in the October IS" page Of the
little red book. A group of ap-
parently meaningless words were
written at different angles on the
paper.
NOtatiOns Were Suggestions
Some of the notations were
weird.
On January s, 1881, Miss Sam
uelson wrote:
"BehaviOriSt. am what I
am. I shall do what shall do
because of the medalian laws of
heredity and the physical re-
flexes developed in my child
hood"
The following day she wrote:
"HedOnist - Doctrine that
pleasure is the chief end of
man."
That the red.headed school
teacher was lonesome was indi-
Gated by the Thought for Feb
ruary g." which declared:
'They say If you lose o friend
you die q little. If that is true,
part Of me is dead"
February 26:
"Oh, let the solid ground now
fall beneath my feet before my
life has found what some have
found so sweet"
September Is:
"One year in bed today"
Had Lung Ailment
Miss Samuelson came here
from Juneau, Alaska, to attempt
The Washington times., 1931-10-21
Trunk Victim s Diary Cites
LoUe for Murder Tales
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to recover from a lung aillmenS.
The other murder victim, Agnes
Leroi, accompanied her as nurse.
On September 26, Miss Samuel
son copied a verse from q poem,
"The Philanderer," which was fol-
lowed several days later by the
notation:
81 made fool Of myself to.
day."
Many references were made
about her fight to regain health
and there were comments on
pleasant evenings passed playing
bridge with DR.. William Judd and
his wife, Ruth, the latter now
sought for the double murder.
Murder Tale Fans
April 90:
>"We moved into a darling
place, 1929 North Second St."
Less than six months later the
darling place" became the scene
Of two savage slayings, with the
diary keeper and her nurse the
victims.
That Agnes Leroi and Miss
Samuelson both were murder
fans" was indicated by the COM
ment March 16 in the diary:
again we listened to our
favOrite murder mystery play
over the radio"
October s:
II have just Is minutes Of
leisure before Sherlock Holmes.
All doors are locked and win.
dOwS barred i'm anticipation Of
an exciting time. Then we
dOuse oil the lights and get
deliciOuSly frightened. Isn't lt
Silly-twO grown women with
the mentalities Of children?
But when it's over we are too
frightened to go to bed"
The diary contained no indi.
cation that Miss Samuelson
feared for her life and ended the
day before she was killed.
"Men fight over what Pr
The Washington times., 1931-10-21
DYING, HUNGRY,
SEEKS KIN

Ill, destitute, facing the poor
house." a lonely man in New
port News, Va, is hoping that
his brother, believed in Washing
ton, will answer his plea for
help.
The man, John Emory, of 214
Thirty-Sixth St., Newport News,
not knowing his brothers ad-
dress, wrote q letter to the lost
brother, addressing it to- The
Washington Times.
Afflicted with cancer of the
stomach and unable to provide
for himself, he wants to see his
brother and, if possible, receive
aid from him, before he dies. He
says that a city physician, who
is attending him, told him that
he has not long to live.
Mr.. Emory says he has no
money to buy the food which
the doctor recommends.
The Washington times., 1931-10-21

on the border threw up a block
aGe and announced they would
question every woman attempting
to get across.
The search assumed the pro-
portions of the hunt conducted
for William Edward Hickman,
the "Fox" slayer of Marion
Parker four years ago. y '
Texas Suspect Freed
At Phoenix authorities early to,
day received, a report that q
woman, answering Mrs. Judd's
description, had boarded an Amer
ican Airways plane and had flown
to Tucson. The report came
from Dallas, Tex; destination Of
the plane, and Immediately set
hundreds of Arizona officers on
a hunt in the vicinity Of Tucson,
60 miles north of the Mexican
boundary. ..
From Amarillo, Tex, came word
that authorities there had held q
woman resembling Mrs. Judd un-
der guard until she established
Identification. She arrived there
aboard o Western air express
airplane from the West and was
allowed to continue her trip to
Chicago after being detained for
q few hours. ro *
Three officials of Ph0eniX.
headed by County Attorney
Andrews, were in Los Angeles to-
day, carrying murder warrants
for Mrs. Judd'S arrest. .t
OF the countless tips. coming
to headquarters hourly, police to.
day were inclined to prefer the
motorists story of, q woman
hitch-hiker. Preverchan declared
the woman he assisted was wear.
ing clothes similar to those of
Mrs. Judd.
The Washington times., 1931-10-21
TRUNK MURDER
MOTIVE CLEAR,
SAY EXPERTS
Circumstances Said to Show
Mrs. Judd Had Jealous Love
For One or Both of Victims
BY J. b. CAMPBELL
Copyright. 1881, by International
News SerVice)

LOS ANGELES, Calf. Oct. 81
Criminologists investigating cir
cumstances of the weird trunk
murder mystery reached several
very definite conclusions today.
The murders of Mrs. Agnes
Leroi and Miss Hedwig Samuel
son were due to a strange form
Of feminine triangle, they said.
Man In Background
There are some circumstances
that indicate the possible aid Of
. man. in the murder Of Mrs.
LerOi and Miss SamueIsOn. But,
declare criminOIOgists, even IL o
man aided Mrs. Judd the motive
for the crime rested baSically ON
Mrs. Judd's jealous affection for
one or both Of the women slain.
The suspected slayer, Mrs. Judd,
was q, q flower-like little crea-
ture of approximately 100 pounds,
beautiful but feveriSh from con-
sumption, as shown from hes let
ters to her husband.
Mrs. Leroi, one of the We men
slain, was 30 and weighed $50
pounds--a rather large woman Of
q manniSh type.
Miss Samuelson, the other
woman slain, was about 21.
weighed about 12S pounds and
was of the clinging vine type.
Beaten and Mutilated
Mrs. Leroi was slain while she
wore only the most sheer Of
Silken night robes. Then the
slayer, who had first shot her,
beat her face until it was almost
unrecognizable. Miss Samuelson
was slain while entirely unclad,
or else her body was stripped
after the tragedy.
The slayer then dismembered
her body, apparently with Surgi-
cal instruments, and in doing so
made characteristic slashes on
the body similar in some ways to
the desecration of Alberta Mea-
dows by her slayer. Clara Phillips.
These circumSt stances, say.
criminologists, all support their
theory of the crime.
Husbands Letter
In this connection the police
found in Mrs. Judd's apartment
the following letter, apparently
written by her husband, DIR,
Judd, from Los Angeles on Sept.
IS:
II don't want to write a let
ter to lie around for Sammie
and Mrs. LerOi to read. I had
supposed you thought SO much
Of those two girls that yOM
would be perfectly happy with
them, but If you are not, 1t
puts q different face ON mat
tiers. I am mot at all surprised
at what you tell me"
The Washington times., 1931-10-21
HOWe Named Head
Of NeIU Orchestra

Walter Bruce Howe, attorney,
has been named head of the ex-
ecutive committee of the National
Symphony Orchestra, which will
begin a series of concerts No
vember 2 at Constitution Hall
under the direction Of Hans
Kinder.
Others on the committee are
Corcoran Thorn, George Hewitt
Myaers, Myron Whitney, Paul
Wilstach, Mrs. Tracy Dows, Mrs.
Walter Bruce Howe and Mrs.
Deeve Lewis.
The Washington times., 1931-10-21
SIS Fee For MOUi1g
Prisoners Asked

Sheriff w. Curtis Hopkins yes
terday appeared before the Prince
Georges County Commissioners
seeking a change from the flat
rate Of 500 per month for remov.
ing prisoners from the county TO
a fee Of SIS for every prisoner
removed.
Although there is little likeli.
hood Of the SIS rate being
granted, it was said, the present
rate in all probability will be in.
creased.
The Washington times., 1931-10-21
DC. Man DrGuUs Year
In Jail on Rum Count

Convicted for the third time Of
having in his possession intoxicat.
ing liquor with intent to sell,
Irwin Hook, of Washington, was
sentenced to serve IL months in
the Maryland House Of Correction
by Police Court Judge Charles w.
Woodward, who added a fine Of
$500 or an extra IL months In the
House Of Correction. Hook ap.
nealed
The Washington times., 1931-10-21
PETA|N ON TOUR
Of CAPITAL

Henri Petain, Marshal Of
France, and one of that Country's
greatest military heroes, spent to-
day on a sightseeing tour Of
Washington.
This morning at Arlington the
gray-haired veteran placed a
wreath on the Tomb Of the Un-
known Soldier.
Earlier in the day he had visited
Vice President Curtis.
He visited Boiling Field as the
guest of Maj. Howard c. David
son and was a luncheon guest of
Secretary of State Stimson at the
Pan-American Union.
Late today he will visit the Sons
of the American Revolution.
The Washington times., 1931-10-21
BY ALLEN YOUNT
Copyright, 1881, by International
News ServiceN

News Service)
OLNEY, Ill, Oct. 21.-The ma
tion-wide search for Mrs. Win
nifred Ruth Judd, suspected
slayer of. Agnes@ Ann Leroi, a
nurse, and Hedwig Samuelson, 81.
a school teacher, today brought
to light another sensational case
in 1922, in which Mrs. Judd, then
Ruth McKinnell. was. a figure.
The girl, at the time q high
school student Of Olney, was
found uncIad in the hayIoft Of q
local minister's barn after diSap-
pearing for several days and
charged that two men had ab-
Quoted her, naming an Indiana
youth as the father Of her uM-
born child.
Held q NeurastYfeniC
The case occurred when the
girl was a high school student
here. She was conside--- at that
time a neurathenic, and a letter
she wrote to, the mother of q
young man whom she accused CT
seducing her, showed a fanciful
mind. Ruth had been a student
Of the free Methodist College at
Greenville. Ill, the year previous
to her abduction.
Ruth disappeared for. several
days in November, of 1922, and
mystery shrouded her where
aboutS.
On November II, 1922, the Rev.
e. L. Lawler, a Methodist pastor
at Calhoun. Ill.,, five miles south
Of Olney, found her unclothed in
the hayloft Of his barn.
The girl told q weird and
The Washington times., 1931-10-21
Constable RecOUers
Stolen Automobile

Prompt action of Constable
Jack Wilson. of the Prince
Georges county police yesterday
resulted in recovering for J.
T'hone Sasscer, of Baltimore, the
car stolen from him in Washing
ton Sunday night.
The car disappeared late Sun
day afternoon. That night Con.
stable Wilson, becoming su-
suspicious of car moving along
Defense Highway, near Bladens-
burg. ordered 1t to stop. The
two occupants jumped from the
moving vehicle and ran. The
automobile crashed into two oak
saplings, but was not badly dam
aged.
The Washington times., 1931-10-21
Bus-Car Collision
.IniUres 2 Women

Mrs. Maude McWilliams. 73, of
43OO Thirteenth st. N. E., and Ada
Stroman, 80, colored. of 1900
Roseda1e st. N. E., suffered minor
injuries late yesterday in a col
lision between a railway bus and
an automobile at Connecticut
Avenue and Woodley Road North
west.
Mrs. McWilliams was q pas
senger in the automobile driven
by John Hannah, Of 3205 Twelfth
st. s. E., which was in collision
with the bus on which the Stro-
man woman was a passenger.
The Washington times., 1931-10-21
Trunk Slayer Abducted
In 1922 By Student

rambling story of an allege:-. alb
ductiOn.
Finally she told officers here
what Ruth called her complete
story. She said she had been
chloroformed by two men while
she was sleeping. ..l
She said that she had been
held captive for two days i'm q
deserted house somewhere south
Of Olney. Following, her alleged
abduction, she told officers OF
her escape. The tale, however,
was incOherent.
Ruth told them she eluded the
two men and escaped from them
without her clothing.
She said she sought refuge in
the hayloft. The Rev. Mr.. Lawler
brought the girl to his home,
where his wife provided her food
and clothing. She was then
brought to her home in Olney,
where she was under medical
treatment for, some time.
Case Was Dropped
The truth Of her alleged abduc.
tiOn was never fully established.
A charge Of abduction was filed
by Ruth against q young man Of
MOntezuna, Ind, whom she
claimed was the father Of her un'
horn child. g
The youth was arrested and
brought here to stand trial, but
the case was dropped before il
reached the court.
Rev. H. j. McKinnell and his
family left Olney in 1924, two
years after the incident. He is
now located at Darlington, Ind,
where he Is q retired minister.
The Washington times., 1931-10-21
PLAN NEW HIGHWAY

The Maryland State Roads
Commission will begin work on
a new four-mile gravel highway
from Chesapeake Beach toward
Plum Point in the near future.
The road, which win be within
1000 feet Of the bay, win be
built as a rarC Of the Calvert
county road building program Of
1882.
The Washington times., 1931-10-21
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N2AtSE aHNSNtVNN~2 !
JOSE DE RIVERA

YOUNG SON Of the late
Dictator Of Spain under Alfonso
XIII, has tossed his hat into
the political ring. He seeks a
seat in the Spanish CorteS or
Congress.
The Washington times., 1931-10-10
Rentals
APARTMENrs uNFuRNlsnEp .
NEW HAVEN.

as ~
NEW HAVEN,
2S6 Massachusetts Ave. n, y.
Modern fireproef building, fronting 1--WE
streets, Units of l room and bath az
$50. TO ? large rooms, tiled bath and
kitchen for S6a..
s1S MARYLAND AVE. n. E.
Quiet residential section rooms
kitchen, bath, $47.5o.
THE EVARTs,
1908 Evarts ST, n. Z,
Conservative apartments at coneerVa'
tive rentals One vacancy OF rooms
kitchen, bath, S4S. Ffisidaire. Manager,
BRoORLAND COURTS,
12lO-1S Perry St. n, Z,
Quiet aud delightful section. Detached
twin buildings with frigtdaire, manager.
incinerators etc. large rooms Kitchen
bath, $50 to S65.50.
BOSS & PHELPS,
1417 K, NAT. $500.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1931-04-24

home In River Forest, III, and are stop
ping at the Carlton.
Mr.. and Mrs. John j. Hall Of Pitts
burgh are spending several days at the
Shoreham Hotel.
Mr.. and Mrs. Sidney S. Alberti of
Belgium are at the Willard for a few
days.
Mr.. and Mrs. E. G. Davies have mo-
tored to Washington from their home
in Easton, Pa, and are stopping at the
Carlton.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1931-04-24
OPTIMISTS NAME HANNA
Endorsement Is for Membership o,

Endorsement Is for Membership on
U. S. Commerce Body Board.
John Hanna of Washington was in
dorsed for election to the board of the
United States Chamber Of Commerce
yesterday at a meeting at the Hamilton
Hotel Of the Board of Governors of the
Washington branch of Optimist Inter-
national.
D. j. Kaufman spoke at the meeting,
discussing the Greater Washington pro-
gram.
Members Of the Board of Governors
will attend installation of officers of the
Richmond, Va, club soon, 1t was de-
cided. The Richmond club was inSti-
tuted by the local Optimists.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1931-04-24
PARTY PLANNED TONIGHT
Dancing and Cards Included on
Program at Mcfarland Center.

A community dance and card party
will be held at 8 o'clock tonight at
the mcfarland Community Center,
Iowa avenue and Webster street. Music
well be furnished by Phil Lorias Or
chestra. Mr.. and Mrs. Charles Hill
yard, Mrs. F. C. Merritt and Mrs. v.
B. Junkin are on the Hospitality Com
mittee.
The card party will be held in room
155, with Mrs. Ethel Morganston as
hostess.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1931-04-24
Couple Killed in Auto Wreck.

CANANDAIGUA, N. Y, April "a (P.
"A man and his wife were killed and
another couple seriously injured early
today when their automobile overturned
on a highway near here. The dead
were Mr.. and Mrs Harry Brown, both
about 40, and the injured Mr. and Mrs.
Frederick Sumner, 80 and 81, respec-
lively. All were from Athens, Pa.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1931-04-24
WILL SPEAK ON ALASKA
Lecture Tonight by r. H. Sargent
Will Be Illustrated.

An illustrated lecture on Alaska will
be presented at 8:15 o'clock tonight in
the Interior Department Building by
r. H. Sargent of the United States Geo
logical Survey. The lecture, given I'M
der the auspices of the Alaska Rail-
road will be especially for Government
employees.
Mr.. Sargent has spent nearly Is
years in Alaska in Government work,
and his lecture is scheduled as another
step in the organization of the 1881
| Alaska tour for United States officials
and employees.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1931-04-24

Mr.. and Mrs. George E. Ritchey of
Columbus, Ohio are at the Dodge Hotel
during their brief stay in the Capital.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1931-04-24
SOCIETY
(continued FROM Third Page

spend few days. DR.. and Mrs. Ballou
will have as their house guest this week
Mrs. Fred w. Swan, who is now In
Richmond, but will stop in Washington
en- route to her home in Dedham, Mass
Evening star., 1931-12-16
PRISON CONGESTION
IS TARGET OF DRIVE
Federal Bureau Starts Move
to House Short Term Pris-
oners Properly.

BY the Associated Press
A double-edged drive to conquer the
meanest problem of Fed ,ral crime cure
proper housing of short-term prisoners
is underway in the Federal Prison Bill
reau.
Persuading State and county authori-
Ties 10 clean up their jailS and ration
alize discipline is one angle of the at
tack, establishment of seven new Fed
eral jails is the other. Short-termers
may not be placed in penitentiaries, so
the Government has had as MANY as
900 "boarders" in local jails during
1881.
Bates Summarizes Situation.
Sanford Bates. celebrated penologist
directing the bureau. pointed out today
mat JallS taken as a who e have been
generally condemned as dirty, un-
healthy and Offering untold opportuni-
ties for physical, mental end moral de-
terioration."
Here is a country with about 3,70O
countieS-each with separately elected
sheriff, with a hit-or-misS and care
lessly administered Jail system, with lit
tie or no funds provided and with prac-
tically no local public sentiment for
improvement" he added. Its not to
be wondered at that lax conditions de-
velop."
Ell Paso Prison Ready Soon.
With a $500 900 construction appro-
priation Congress supplied the bureau
has bought the famous but dilapidated
old mint in New Orleans, spending
$4,000 to make it ready by January
l for 225 prisoners. An institution for
800 at Ell Paso will be ready by March,
at cost of S315 200.
Within few months the bureau will
ask for bids for the Milan, Mich, prof.
ect, which it hopes to build for $3.50 900.
Offers for the Billings, Mont, Jail were
all above the $50, 900 earmarked for it,
so the project was readvertised.
Kentucky and Southern California
jails are still in blueprint stage. A
Minnesota plan is for Federal prison
farm for 800 who will work at land
reclamation and reforestation.
Evening star., 1931-12-16
Help Santa Claus Smile
Almost Any One Can Brighten Season by Paying"
New Toy to See Good Movie Show
Saturday Morning.

This is new age" said Santa
Claus, as he merrily planned all this
with the local managers.
Children want new toys, not old
ones" he said. 1T is the modern
spirit. The little boys and girls who
need bright toys the most are lust
as modern as anybody else, aren't
they? Why, certainly"
So if you aspire to h.elp Santa
to smile or twinkle. come with a
fresh, unused toy in your hand. and
it alone will admit you to the theater
The price of the toy doesn't count,
only the newncSS thereof.
Santa wants none of your old
used smiles, even if they once made
glad the hearts Of your own little
ones. Used smiles are worn smiles.
If you have no children of your
own. surely you would not bring old
smiles but only fresh ones, shining
like dreams.
Let these smiles become drums, or
horns, or dolls. or fire engines. or
wagons, or what not. be sure they
will admit you to the show. without
further price
They will be enriched by the spirit
of helpfulness.
There is only one Santa Claus.
Help him smile!
Evening star., 1931-12-16
CHANG WITHDRAWAL SEEN.
TOXIC Drops Plan to Send Division and
Half to Manchuria.

TOXIC, December Is lP).-The pro-
poSal to send another division and a
nan OF japanese troops into Manchurja
has been dropped, it was learned TODAY
owing to indications that Marshal Chang
HSueh- -Llang is preparing TO withdraw
from ChlnchoW to position within the
Great Wall.
The cabinet. however, is considering
sending a mixed brigade to tn, leased
territory on the Liaotung Pen. .nsula,
where it would be available to provide
re!lef for the Manchurian forces
II the sending of this brigade is ap-
proved, it is believed one or two bat
talions will be earmarked to proceed to
IlentSln, in the event of disturbances
which officials believe might arise in
North China following President Chang
kai Shek's resignation
Marshal Chang, officials believe, will
need all his troops to maintain his hold
on Peiping and TientSin, and this is the
reason for believing his forces will BE-
entirely withdrawn within the Great
Wall
Yesterdays operations at Chengchia-
tun and Newchang are thought to have
been a camouhage on the part of
Marshal Chang, officials said and meant
to hide his real intentions
Evening star., 1931-12-16
10 ROBBERS WRECK
BANK TO GET &,5l0
Kidnap Telegraph Operator
and Cut Telephone Cables
in Indiana Town.
BY the Associated Press.

ROACHDALE, Ind, December 10
Ten men armed with machine guns and
sawed-off shotguns blew open the safe
OF the Roachdale State Bank here early
this morning and escaped with $4,000
in cash and bonds. The bandits severed
telegraph and telephone cables and the
town was cut off from communication
with other places for some time.
Before entering the bank the men
kidnapped F. r. Jarvis, night telegraph
operator of the Baltimore g. Ohio Rail-
road, and locked him in the telephone
office above the bank with Pauline
Smith, 18. operator, and Pauline's sister,
aged 7, who was spending the night
with her
Cut Telephone Gables.
The robbers then broke into the
power plant and threw the switch, cut
ting current off from all of Roachdale
After cutting all telephone cables the
robbers broke into the bank and blew
the vault and fixtures to pieces with
three or four charges OF nitroglycerin
The entire front of the bank building
was blown out.
No one was able to give any informa-
ton as to how the bandits left town.
Jarvis said they walked about four
blocks and disappeared behind filling
station. That was the last seen OF
them.
Two men approached Jarvis as he
was taking mail from a Monon train.
They covered him with a gun and
escorted him to the town jail The
teleeraDher pleaded with them not to
lock him in and the men then took
him to the telephone Office.
Loss and Damage Insured.
The three were kept under guard
while the safe blowers worked. One
Of the robbers, authorities said, evil
IDENTIFY was an expert in the use OF ex-
plosiveS
The damage to the bank was est!.n-
ated at $1,000. Both robbery loss and
damage are covered by insurance.
Because of the wreckeu condition Of
the institution it was impossible to
conduct business today.