The Waterbury Democrat., 1935-12-19
THELMA TODD HAS
 SECRETS REVEALED
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 one half of a dialogue that might have been written by Q professional movie Scenarist. The other half was spoken by deputy district attorney George Johnson.
 Did you have intimate relations with Miss Todd?" asked Johnson.
 West Was Squirming
 West squirmed, gave every indica- tion of embarrassment. Hesitatingly, he replied:
 Miss Todd was my best friend"
 'Did you know Miss Todd con- templated leaving you to resume relations with her former husband, PacQuale De Cicco? Johnson con- tinued.
 Leave me?" West asked, aston- ished. "She wouldn't she could mt"
 In an instant he was in control of himself again.
 we were partners" he said, slowly.
 Miss Garments revelation added a new and seemingly impenetrable mystery to Miss Todd's death, which, despite other strange cir cumstances, had given the appear ance of having been caused by &C., cident.
 But Miss Garments story gave a new authenticity to the story of Mrs. Wallace Ford, wife of the &C., tor and director, who had reported telephone conversation with Miss Todd Sunday afternoon and made almost certain that Miss Todd had not died soon after leaving the par ty, but hours later-hours during which her movements and where abouts could not be explained by any facts known.
 Miss Todd Telephoned | Mrs. Ford gave cocktail party Sunday afternoon. She had invited Miss Todd. At AHA p. m. she was called to the telephone and 8 wo- man she identified positively as Miss Todd informed her that she would arrive in 8 few minutes and would bring an uninvited guest whose identity would surprise" Mrs. Ford.
 Then, soon after II p. rn., Miss Carmen said she saw Miss Todd's familiar motorcar on Hollywood boulevard, 8 dark and handsome stranger at the wheel Miss Todd sitting beside him.
 Where, asked detectives, was Miss Todd from 8. m. Sunday morn- ing, when she left the night club party, until 4:10 p. n., when Mrs. Ford talked to her and until Il p. J m., when Miss Carmen saw her. Who was the mysterious stranger? Was he the uninv1ted guest Miss Todd had promised to take to Mrs.. Ford's party?
 Missing Hours Puzzle The missing hours gave the mys- tery 8 new and sinister character. Detectives could conceive of Miss Todd, without 8 key to her home, spending 8 few hours of the early morning in her garage to avoid in- conveniencing friends, but for her to have stayed away from her home and her friends all day Sum- day, all Sunday evening, and then go to Vests garage and die in her own car without leaving more than slight trace of her actions, seemed all but impossible to explain. Mrs. Ford had been positive that she talked to Miss Todd, but police suspected that one of her guests might have called her from an ex- tension phone in the Ford house, for joke.
 Last night, Miss Carmen tele- phoned police and told her story. Unable to believe, detectives went to her apartment and listened again while the tall aristocratic Miss Carmen insisted that there could be no error. She was asked why she had not told them about 1t when she was questioned before. She did not, she said, because newspaper men were around.
 Grand Jury Takes It The coroner's jury's recommen- dation of further investigation was followed quickly by an announce ment of George Rochester, foreman of the county grand jury, that his body would take over the case im- mediately. Rochester said, without explanation, that he had informa- ton that certain gambling inter- ests had attempted to establish re- sorts near Miss Todd's cafe. Soon afterwards, district attorney Bur- ton Pitts announced that he felt certain pertinent information" had been withheld from the coroner's jury.
 West was the chief witness at yesterdays inquest. He was ques- tioned in detail concerning his movements from the time Miss Todd left her apartment to attend the party at the Cafe Trocadero until her body was found Monday morning.
 He disclosed that Charles A. Smith, a watchman, slept in a room over the garage where Miss Todd's body was found. Miss Todd's maid, Mrs. May Whitehead, said she gave Miss Todd key to the side door of the apartment just before she left for the party. West had testified previously that she had no key.
 Mrs. Ford Positive
 Mrs. Ford testified that she was positive beyond possibility of error that Miss Todd called her Sunday afternoon. Dr. A. J. Wagner, au- topsy surgeon, testified that Miss Todd apparently died of carbon monoxide poisoning about" 28 hours before her body was found, or about noon Sunday, but said there was a possibility of an error of F