The Seattle Star Newspaper, August 31, 1921, Page 4

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Plenty of large (Bditor’s Note—Attention today ts accomplished, was the only daughter of Juan Olivera, a high ranking officer in the Mexican army during the Huerta regime. She was the reigning senorita of the elite Those gallants who were graced with her smile considered themselves for tunate, One got the impression that she gloated over her multitude of victims, She waa a loving soul, ever in quest of happiness. She had many affairs and the trail of punctured hearts w long one. Bhew n alluring young woman medium in height, pleasingly sien der and a striking brunette, Her facial lines expressed intelligence iter luring black eyes made her fas cinating. Her voice was tempered with muale, Her attire was of plc turesque design. Her personality and etiquette proclaimed her noble ancestry. ARM OF LAW REACHES OUT ‘The vicissitudes of revolution swept Mexico and the bandits exe | cuted her father, Helena fled to Los lAngeles as @ refugee, hoping to work out her destiny, She lived and loved. Two years Vater the arm of the law reached out for her and she was cast behind the coldfiron bars of prison, charged with the murde. of Feltx Urquides, her husband tn all but the legal ceremony, One day later Thomas Vasques was also lodged in jail as her accom plice In the murder. This was in September, 1916. Vasques was an-acquaintance from Mexico. Helena and Tom had known each other casually for years before the revolution, In common distress, their friendship became platonic. It became a matter of common knowl Gossip had ft that he loved her secretly. SENSATIONS ZENITH | REACHED | With the arrest of Tom the case reached the zenith of sensation In leheir social circle. Aspersions were multifarious. The circumstances were spley. The theories of the murder multiplied. | Did Helena kill her husband to rid herself of him? if #0, who was the “interested” man? Was it Tom, her secret lover, or was it a suitor him out of admiration for Helena, Tom eliminate him so that he could have her for bis own? Did some jealous busband shoot him, or did he fortett his life to pay some grudge harbored by the mjsterious assassin? \FOUND CRYING OVER BODY | Welix Urquidex wag shot In the ‘back just as he etepped upon the threshold of his home in*September, 1916, and fell dead on the lawa, with @ bullet in his neck and one in bis heart. Helena was attracted by the report of @ revolver, she 2 TWENTY SEVEN DAYS fiat from th founfl her husband life In Salvation Army; [pou hoe and there fou He Won’t Be Jailed Carl Nelsen, who pleaded guilty to @ charge of grand lar given a 51 fen- Port Glass Mixing 800 sets available—Set of five (5, 6, 7, 8, 9 inches) Special 98c No phone or ©. 0. D. orders Come 2-in. Galvanized Conductor Pipe 9¢ foot full lengths—10 ft. BO0¢ 10¢ foot, cut lengths pe each for Ells We Guarantee to heat your home to your en- tire satisfaction with the H why it is the most efficient Furnace made, Racer brand, hickory handled and of excellent quality steel. oT ry KA RUE $2.00 per hex. ~. MAB-RU COMPANY, Tecoma, Wash, 24 D-handled, square-pointed and handled, round-pointed Shovels at...79¢ Regular price $1.25 The D-handled Racer 2 S;MMVTVHUN00U0NUE00HNN UCHLI EUR Dive ate Taant we Vor Gale For French Pastry i , pete pit 'y look up Boldt's. i man” involved. the shooting occurred, with bis arm bandaged. But she immediately | took the tnitiative tn his defense. “Tom is innocent of this shoot: ing.” she volunteered. |ALL APPEARED TO BE GUILTY The officers concluded that she was shielding him, so they arrested Tom. His part, particularly that portion of his life which ‘elated to the prisoner's associations and “at fairs of the heart,” was investigated with painful scrutiny. The gerrespondence uncovered was susceptible of various interpre tations. All appeared circumstan clally guilty, with the scale heavily overbalanced against Tom. Other arrests were rumored, but never materialized. A complaint of murder was filed against Helena and Tom. Detective Sergeant Thomas Pico, who for 18 years had faithfully en forced the respect for the laws, was assigned to the case to solve the mysterious murder for the police de partment, and send the guilty to He was peculiarly fit because of his gifted understanding of the traits of his collected and found as much joy In uncovering evidence favoring the accused as he did in detecting guilt INVESTIGATION EXTENDED WIDE He started out with little Inform; tion. Helena's statement that ele low up. Neither did Tom's religious adherenee to the Mexican proverb: files will get in,’ give the detective any encouraging lead, So he turned to his past- experience as an officer for bis guidance, Authorities extended investiga tions to the prisoners’ birthplaces, Their labors yielded complicated and incriminating circumstances breath. ing theories only for the cause of the murder, Detective Rico 4id not nurse them along, however, As soon as @ fact was unearthed, he studied it, applied it to human conduct, in the light of reason, bearing in mind the prejudices of the informer, and reliable circumstances, or dismissed it from his mind. For instance, alous females \of Helena's ly Judge Not Hastily edge that Helena valued Tom's ad-| vice, and she sought ft frequently. | of a “revived affair?” Did Tom kill] thus relieving her of the life of| drudgery with her husband, or did} claimed. She ran out of the house, jess, the revolver with two empties Townsend, is the time credited thelat his right and a little Chihuahua Amundsen exploration vessel Maud,|qog mourning his master's death which arrived at the Puget Sound neighbors who gathered saw barbor Tuesday. The nels uspended Helena shedding tears profusely over ears. the dead bedy. Xo one saw the Be eae re ere toed chpating.- | She "ORCS WO Sons arate 5 use |to temporarily organize a local wel-|moned. They questioned Helena bership in the Sal-/fare council of Seattle postoffice employees Tuesday night. and then incarcerated her. She pro- tested her innocence and denied the accusation that there was “another In the Inspection of the tnterfor of the house the odor of medicine was detected. Helena was ques toned, and she recalled that Tom had visited her two hours before THE The Story of a Mexican Man, a Maid,| and a Shooting riveted on the great. number ef cir- cumatantial evidence murder cases about to go to trial on the Pacific coast. The Star hes induced Walter 8. Fulton, Seattle attorney, to write a series of articles dealing with famous circumstantial evidence indicates that circumstantial evidence ts often unreliable justice, These articles, however, are not intended in any way to influence sentiment regarding any of the murder cases adout to come to trial, This ta the second article of Fulton's series) By Walter S. Fulton } ELENA OLIVERA, pretty and]|acquaintance vouched that many @ toreador faced the desperate bull in the arena tnstead of fleeing to safe ty, tn order to please Helena and gain her admiration. FLORENCE’S ACTIONS CLOSELY CHECKED He would dismiss this information with the laconio remark: “Poor fei lows, they did not know when they wore happy.” Neither did he con sider burning love letters and un-| conditional of come Helena shedding any Ne! the murder on the part of Helena. The admission of Florence Du ‘wm men to be. material or arte that the affection of the de. | ceased was alienated from her and that Helena was the cause of ft, held the temporary attention of the | F000) UU RAGAN ATTATALTLLA e The famous lines of Globe, Winsted, Glaston- bury, Vassar, Cooper and Medlicott go at sale prices. $3.00 Values Men's Wool Shirts and Drawers, Glastonbury make, $1.75. $4.00 Values Men’s Worsted Union Suits, Globe make, $2.85. $2.50 Values Men's Shirts and Draw- ers, Winsted make, $1.65. people. Age and experience made | him practical. 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Florence was not arr The series dangerous to| ed that the murder charge © motive for oo MTT -SHAFER BROS,’ QUITTING BUSINESS SALE Opens Thursday After being established in Seattle for nearly 30 years Shafer Bros. have decided to sell out their immense stock of high grade clothing for men and boys and retire from business. Present conditions in regard to clothing and rents make this decision advisable. Business Sale starts September 1. Every article in stock is offered to the public below the price it will cost Shafer Bros. to sell, and there can be no possibility of profit at the Closing-Out Prices. ‘ People of the entire Northwest are invited to substantial savings that this closing-out sale make penses of a trip from any part of the Northwest can more than MEN’S SUITS AND OVERCOATS | Every man knows the standard quality of Stein-Bloch, Roches’ and other standard makes of ‘letinn soln mel to be disposed of during our big closing-out sale at the greatest sac- nto These are just a few of the sale ietndes MEN’S $30 WOOL SUITS $19.65 MEN’S $40 WOOL SUITS $22.65 MEN’S $45 OVERCOATS $22.50 MEN’S $55 OVERCOATS $28.50 BOYS! Noten of Seattle, SEATTLE STAR officers, Having the earmarks of « betrayal of love, Florence's actions on the day of the murder were checked Hut the detective that under such © a betrayed woman race would more likely gratify her disappointment by use of a knife ecarring her idol’s face, #0 that he would hold no attraction for the “other woman.” There wea noth Nothing more was foun Helena Therefore, he rm Helena be dismissed, The tion ¢® per immunity from the murder charge and subpoenaed her an a state witness against Tom. EVIDENCE PLENTY, IT BKEEMED As to her friend Tom, the auther ities believed that they had suffi clent evidence to justify a convic ton. 1. Tom and Helena frequently met at different places, 2. The odor of medicine, taken to be mute evidence, was there at the time of the shooting, instead of two hours preceding it as Helena claimed. 3. The revolver found near the dead body had been purchased by Tom, according to testimony. 4..The motive for the killing wae love, The platonic friendship idea was ignored, upon the ground that Apples Stored for Fruit Exhibit Here Norly apples from White Salmon arrived in Seattle Tuesday for the Pacific Ni eet Fruit bition and wer d in cold sto the Bell # termina! the first ¢ AS A FAREWELL. to the summer 4. | season, invited guest and employers! Grea ot the Tacoma & Roche Harbor Lime! young. gelis-Iloto circus, w on the Coast, 1» coming here on nile and barbecue Sept. 9, 4 and 6 at| gay and Tuesday, September 12 and 1 company will attend a three-day pic Roche harbor, woman in the cas 6. Two witn claimed that they had seen a man, correspond ing in appearance to that-of the de | fendant, looking over the fence toward the murdered man after the shooting. They said this man di» appeared without offering ald. VERDICT OF ACQUITTAL READ At the trial Tom explained that | rade Helena had complained about bur slaries in the neighborhood. He purchased the pistol and gave it to her for self protection. Helena cor roborated his testimony. The evidence of the cane offered have committed the murder. of despair at not having won the/ heart wan fn it, “JCIRCUS COMING IN TWO WEEKS terminal. There «¢/ Wild Animal Cages to Be Open in Parade it news for the kiddies, old and ——~| ‘The show is larger than when last | here, three years ago, one ring and a stage having been added, The street rade 1s one of the big features of © vinit to Seattle, being, it ts said, | long, headed by five nts, three bands and kinds of clowns, This season the wild animal cages are open to yiew, no cloned cages of | any kind taking @ place in the pa The parade will get downtown ut 11 @ m. on Monday. University Obtains Deed to 485 Acres by the prosecution did not satisfy |acres of land near Friday Harbor the jury that no other person could | are now the property of the Univer | sity of Washington, as-mresult of « The clerk of the court read a ver-|deed sighed recently by President dict of acquittal, Helena stretched | Harding one man does not kill another to| out her hand, congratulating Tom, | sity has» been endeavoring to obtain make a woman happy; he kills out | and the spectators wondered if her |the land, to be used as a biological For two years the univer Fords Run 34 Miles on Gallon Gasolina Start Easy in Coldest Weather Other Cars Show Proportionate Saving A new carburetor which cuts down gasoline consumption of any motor and reduces gasoline bills from one third to one-half is the proud achieve ment of the Alr-Friction Carburetor |Co., 744 Madison st., Dayton, Ohio, # remarkable invention not only increases the power of all motors from 30 to 50 per cent, but enables every one to run slow on high gear, It also makes it easy to start @ Ford or any other car in the coldest weather. 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