Imperial Valley press., 1933-12-13
MYSTERY IN
SHOOTING At.
Los ANGELES
: Body Of Prominent Dentist And
Society Man Discovered This
Morning In Alley.
SIGNED NOTE GIVES CLUE
Hint AT Rendezvous With Per-
son Whom Victim Knew Un-
der Police Investigation.

PASADENA, Dec. 10. U.P)-His
place in the affections of an I'M
named Pasadena society girl may
have led to the jealous Staying of
DR.. Leonard Sewer, sccialite den-
fist and patron of the arts, accord
ing to the startling police theory
advanced late today.
With the cryptic announcement,
1--WE are investigating a theory Of
Jealousy" which officers would not
amplify, was raised a sensational
conjecture possibly involving pro-
minent members of the select So
cial-artistic group to which the vic
tim belonged.
PASADENA, Dec. 10. U.P) APP
parently shot down from the rear
under cover of last nights driving
rain, the body of DR.. Leonard Sic
Yer, 40, fashionable aesthetic dem
tist,' society man and patron of
music and art, was found today in
the driveway of the Scottish Rite
cathedral.
The dentist had been slain about
midnight, police surgeons estimated
at about the time he apparently had
gone to keep mysterious rendez-
vous. A note found on the body
read: III p. m. Tuesday" 1t was
signed by a name police refused tC
disclose until they had investigated
further.
Harold Fox, milkman, found the
body huddled in the early morning
rain near the dentists car, which
was parked in the driveway in the
rear of the cathedral.
from the evidence, police deduct
ed that DR.. Siever was shot from
the rear, as he prepared to unlock
and enter his automobile. The door
key to the machine was found in
the lock. DR.. Siever apparently had
been shot first behind the left ear
then through the chest after he
fell, as the second bullet was flat
tened, apparently from contact with
the pavement.
No Weapon Found
The absence of powder marks on
the head and their presence on the
cloth about the chest established
police said, that death was dealt by
other hands than DR.. Siever'S own
and that the second shot was cold
bloodedly fired from within inches
of the already dying man. No wea-
pom was found on the scene.
The wallet and watch DR.. Siever
was presumed to have carried were
missing, but police were of the ten
tative opinion that they were re-
moved deliberately to create the
suspicion that the killing was done
by a hold-up man.
The latter theory was not unten-
able, however, detectives said. They
pointed out that the "Set-up' was
favorable for an armed robber, as
the parking space where the auto
mobile stood was 800 feet from the
street and both visibility and hear
ing were poor because of the rain.
Peter Bennett, caretaker at the
cathedral, who lived in the rear OF
the building, said he heard no shots
during the night. He aWoke shortly
before dawn, he said, and noticed
the automobile standing in the
areaway but thought nothing of it.
as the space was a favorite parking
place of motorists.
Detectives Harry Thomas and
Henry Collins Immediately began a
check of DR.. Siever's movements
last night.
A bachelor socialite, DR.. Siever
had wide practice in aesthetic
dentistry" among the wealthy OF
Pasadena, Los Angeles and Bever-
ly Hills. He was well-knoWn pa
tron of artistic and musical acti-
vities. His offices were in the Pro-
fessional building, block from the
scene of his death.