The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1931-10-21
JEALOUSY Held MOTIVE
IN TRUNK MURDERS: SIFT
DRUG ANGLE OF CRIME
Former Indiana Woman Is
Sought in Vain as
Slayer of Two.
WILD PARTIES Barred
Relatives of Trio Yelled in
Mystery; Hint That
Men Are Involved.
BY GEORGE H. BEALE
United Press stan Correspondent

LOS ANGELES, Oct. 21.--
Jealousy was believed by author
tiles today to have been the motive
in the Staying of Miss Hedvig
Samuelson and Mrs. Agnes Ann
Leroi, whose bodies were shipped
here in trunks from Phoenix, Ariz.
And with a zeal almost equal to
the search for William Edward Hick-
man. the hunt for Mrs. 0lnie Ruth
Judd, q, Indiana minister's daugh-
ter, accused of the strange trunk
Sayings" spread through southern
California and Arizona.
AS in the case of Hickman, who
eventually was captured in Oregon,
the slight blonde woman was re-
ported seen a dozen times in as
many different places, but as the
day wore on each of these clewS APP
peared groundless.
Some officials were of the opin~
ion that the fugitive would not be
found alive.
Relatives Predict Suicide
This theory was shared by her
husband, DR.. William Judd, and
her brother, B. j. McKinnell, both
of whom said they believed Mrs.
Judd would take her own life rather
than face capture.
County Attorney Lloyd Andrews
Of Phoenix and Detective Inspector
David Davidson of Los Angeles
agreed as to the possible motive.
Andrews also said that "the in
veStigation shows that drugs may
have had some part in the affair.""
The Arizona attorney brought
warrants here for the arrest of Mrs.
Judd and two John Doe" compan-
ions who, he said, possibly aided in
the murders.
Suspicion Is Aroused
Suspicious of a Southern Pacific
baggage master, who thought two
trunks shipped from Phoenix con-
tanned contraband deer, led to dis
covery Of the bullet-marked bodies,
one diSmembered, and the subse-
quent search for Mrs. Judd.
Through the license number of
the car in which a man and wom-
an visited the station and asked
for the trunks, from which blood
was oozing, Burton j. McKinneu,
brother of Mrs. Judd, was located.
He admitted he had taken his
sister, wife Of DR.. William Judd,
Santa Monica physician, to the sta
ton to claim the trunks.
After the baggage-master refused
to release the trunks until they were
opened, McKinnell said he took
Mrs. Judd downtown, and had not
seen or heard from her since.
McKinnell, held as material wit
ness for twenty-four hours, was re-
leased today. He refused to COM
ment on the jealousy theory.
Jealousy Is Believed Motive
Detectives said, however, they
learned that the women were ieal-
Gus of attentions paid each other.
Mrs. Anna Evans, 50-year-old nurse,
who first introduced Mrs. Judd to
the victims, enlarged this theory.
From the time they we're intro
duced," Mrs. Evans said. Mrs. Judd
and Miss Samuelson seemed to be
greatly attached to each other.
Three weeks ago, Mrs. Leroi re-
turned from Portland. It was nv
understanding then that all three
women were to live in the same
apartment"
Detective Lieutenants Frank Ryan
and R. B. McCreadie said they be-
lieved that the three women found
1t impossible to live together and
that jealousy eventually led to the
Sayings.
DR.. William c. Judd, the hunted
woman's husband, married to her
seven years ago, was asked if she
was subject to spells of melancholia
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