Evening star., 1939-02-26
Roommate Of Dancer,
Slain on Campus,
Is Missing
Mystery Deepens While
Police Arrest One ard
Hunt Spurned Suitor
Dy the Associated Press,


LOS ANGELES, Feb. 25.-The
disappearance of Beulah Ann Stan.
ley, roommate Of Anya. .Sosoyeva, 80,
Russian dancer and former Ziegfeld
Follies girl, found attacked and IA
tally clubbed last night, added fur
ther mystery to the Staying tonight.
Mrs. w. D. Price of Rendondo
Beach told police her daughter Miss
Stanley, was to have visited her
early this morning and that she
could find no trace of her. She
asked officers to aid in the search.
Mr.. Price, Miss Stanleys STEP
father, told officers he knew a per-
sistent suitor Miss Sosoyeva had
spurned. Detectives arrested one
man, but centered their investiga-
ton on the man named by Price.
Detective 1t. H. B. Workman took
in custody Bernard H. Sutton, 80,
Janitor, in park in Hollywood. 1t.
Workman quoted him as admitting
he had been convicted on a morals
charge last August 20. but had been
released on probation. He was
booked on suspicion of murder.
Miss Sosoyeva, found fatally club
bed on the campus of Los Angeles
City College, came here three months
ago from her San Francisco home,
ambitious to enter either the movies
or radio. She once danced with a
Fanchon and Marco unit and re-
Gently had danced in New York and
Chicago night clubs.
Was on Way to Revue.
She was on her way from her
apartment, across the street from
the college, to the college auditorium
to appear in a revue in which she
and other aspirants hoped to at
tract the attention of talent scouts.
Police obtained a lead late today
from the landlady of Miss Sosoyevas
apartment house. Mrs. Esther Ca
hoon said man Of foreign appear
ance called on the girl last night
and that they went out together
about 7:45. The man returned alone
As minutes later. but left when his
knock at her door was not an
sWered.
Her partner in the skit was Wally
Myar. "a, pianist and actor. When
he did not find her backstage at 8
O'Clock, he went to look for her.
Sees Her Staggering.
II went out in front of the audi
torium and stood there for a while"
Myar told police Then I started
to walk toward the street, about
$40.
Suddenly I saw some one stag
gering toward me. I recognized the
figure as Anya. AS she came closer
saw her face was bloody. She was
sick. I grabbed her as she was about
to fall.
Nobody came to protect me-
why didn't you come sooner she
asked me. I asked her what hap
pened and she said man hit her
over the head. She said some one
asked her where she was going and
as she turned something struck her.
Il picked her up and carried her
into the janitor's room. I told Bob
Mclaughlin another student 10
tell Ann Stanley, the dramatic
teacher, what had happened and to
call an ambulance"
Miss Sosoyeva died early today of
skull fracture, without regaining
consciousness. Physicians said she
had been criminally attacked.
Bloody Card Most Important.
Capt. Dalton R. Patton of the
Homicide Bureau found a blood
stained gray glove. comb with
blood on it, bloody card on which
something was written. and a heavy
piece of wood-a by 4. about 3 feet
long-under tree near the spot
where Myar first saw Miss Sosoyeva.
Capt. Patton indicated the most
important clue was the card, but he
declined to divulge what was written
on it. Myar was questioned, but
Detective William Clark said he was
not involved.