The Washington times., 1931-10-21
AuTO|ST SAYS
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!Woman's Description TaIIies
With That of Mrs. Judd; Clue
Held Best Received Yet

women, who were unusually
3ond Of each other"
Mrs. Judd, tubercular, and wife
Of DR.. william c. Judd, now Of
Santa Monica, Calf, vas admit
ted by Judd today to have been
taking veronal, a sleep-inducing
drug.
He also admitted his wife
owned q .25-calibre revolver, the
type of gun with which wounds
in one Of the victims bodies were
inflicted.
Miss Samuelson, also tubercu-
lar, was a sufferer from malady
that made her mentally feverish.
What DIR. Judd may know about
Che possibility Of . drug motive
was to be sought today in q new
grilIing of Judd and &C Burton J.
McKinnelI, young college student
brother of Mrs. Judd.
These men we're the only
suspects police were able to take
into custody. Yet, today, they
were free, for Los Angeles au-
thorities admitted they could not
pin q single bit Of evidence to
them.
ShOwered BY Gifts
Meanwhile from Phoneix came
new details of the hospital
intrigue" Of the three flirtatiouS
and unattached women, which
made more CHASTITY than ever the
aIn%zing crime chronicle.
Miss Samuelson, red-haired in
valid, given to moods Of exalta-
tion and fear, was popular with
the men as well as the apparent
object Of her two chums' in
terest.
She had been shOwered with
gifts Of exotic perfumes, flowers,
books, candies, and silken under
wear, it was related by o woman
acquaintance, police said.
Mrs. Leroi was more robust
and almost mannish in her SIM
pie tastes.
In the effects of the two wO-
men were found many photo
graphs showing the two girls in
the affectiOnate embrace Of "bOy
friends
FrOlicked With Strangers
Mrs. Judd also was given to
flirtationS, it was said. Two
nights before she allegedly killed
her strangely assorted girl pals,
Mrs. Judd was described by
neighborS as "frolicking" in the
patio Of her apartment home
with q mysterious man visitor,
while the other women and sew
eral other men were carrying
on" indoors.
However, the theory of love and
jealousy as the murder motive was
based ON a different theme, &C.
cording to Phoenix officers.
Assistant County Attorney q. A.
Rodgers at Phoenix said:
Behind the killing Of Agnes
LerOi and Hedwig SamuelSOn is
the shadow Of dope, I am sure"
Burns Backs Theory
william j. Burns, world famous
detective and winter visitor in
Phoenix, where his wife is seeking
health, also declared dope" was
o factor.
But Police Chief George o.
BriSbois, who is in personal charge
of the Phoenix investigation, de-
clared the strange fascination of
three affectionate women, in
volved in a tragic triangle, sup
piled him the most reasonable
motive
Judd told police he had taken
treatments for morphine addic.
tiOn. McKinnell, after first de-
claring he was at q loss to &C.
count for his sisters mad act i'm
trying to get him to help her
dispose Of the trunks and bodies,
came out boldly today in an ef.
fort to establish that Mrs. Judd
Do insane.
Given Lift BY Driver
Es11y Preverchan, a Irotorist,
CANT to police headquarters with
a STORY Of having given y vonan
q ride from Long Beach 20 La
gLna Beach. Sc miles south of
here The woman description,
Freverchan said, Tailed perfectly
with that of the hunted Mrs.
Judd. It was not until after he
had let the woman out of mis- car
that be learned the news OF c.le
trunk murders. Preverchan s2iG:
"The woman stopped me ON
the Coast Highway about seven
miles south Of Long Beach," she
said, II must hurry and get to
San Diego. She seemed tired
from loss Of sleep and was high
ly excited and nervous. She said
she was broke and was hitch
hiking"
After the questioning, DIR. Judd
told newSpapermen he had ad-
mitted his wife used o mild mar
cOtic and possessed q rs calibre
revolver. The bullet wounds in
one of the victims bodies were
inflicted by a rs caIibre weapon.
Blockade at Border
After learning that a woman
whose appearance correSponded
to- the description of Mrs. Judd
was making her way toward the
border, authorities sent out a call
to peace officers Of all communi-
ties between here and the boun-
Diary, asking them to be on the
lookout
American and Mexican officials