The Seattle Star Newspaper, December 1, 1923, Page 1

OFFICI SERRE ARS Co as ane Reena poe Oi Newspaper With the Biggest Circulation in Washington SCS the Biggest Circulation in Washington : WEATHER | Increasing cloudiness; warmer tonight and ‘Sunday, Moder- q southerly reinds. r : Temperature Last 34 Hours Maximum, 46, Minimum, 33, Ci ea c a . Today noon, 43, | Botered as Second Class Matter May at Postoffics at t ie Wash, under the Act of Congress March Per Year, by Malt, $3.00 | VOL, 5. NO. 240. te > SEATTLE, WASH, ., SATU, RDAY, DECEMBER 1, 1028 i. EEK G. N. MAN |May R tructs Scen | iat Murd ia of “Imaginary Murder’ om | ST F this 1 ae ——-—_———} HE R arranged this “imaginary enabled detectives to go in tracing crimi- {dlot ; mystery murder” of one of its re- nals may deter youngsters from entering porters and then called in a criminal in- upon care of crime. Home Brew | vestigator to run down the unknown 83. It believes such a story at this : | murderer, just as he would in a real time will impress upon folks in a more slaying, for three reasons: could 1. It believes the people of Seattle are interested in looking back of the scenes and finding out just how modern, scientific investigators capture criminals. forcible way than any other story do, the fact that crime does not pay. And so The Star, from day to d print the story of what Luke May detective, does with the clues he digs up, Howdy, folks! hate payday! Lykell! Lykell! Gosh, how we Lykell! will the . } . | Are you reading the series In The} Star abou thy porter who was! : Py ¢ Py ‘ s aataror’. Wen, Seat you believe 2. It believes such an expose of the and of just how—if he is able to do it— a word of it. He wasn't murdered extent to which modern science has he brings the “slayer” to: justice. at all. In fact he's over at. that | other dotk right now, fast asleep! Luke May, famous criminologist, is on the case, He has exam finger-print on the office luding t of Eugene eho worked.’ here in 1896. ‘The only thing that has ever been murdered in this office is the Queen May’s Reconstructed “Murder” CALLS GUN AT SCENE ‘BLIND BULLET FOUND BACK OF RADIATOR IN WOODWORK WHERE MAY SAYS L ENDS LIFE! SI NN RNAP PIRSA SAMIR IAAI Pn Pat XtmAERERI ARREARS SPP PPP PPPOE SEVERYNS DROPS AUSTIN ASE TWO CENTS IN SEATTLE CHEATS INJURY LAW BY THEORY UICDE FALSE! Former City Clerk! Doctor’s X-Ray of Ellensburg Is) Shows No Injury; — Taken‘as Forger; Man Is Held As Shoots Himself | Suspect in Case Titus, Ben L. 302 Stone way, English. | BROWN WAS SHOT | | former city clerk of Ellensburg, || (JHIEF OF POLICE W.. B. - - GUN FOUND HERE shot himself thru the head Sat- || 77 SEVERING | Saturday we The All-American ‘ Dp Af urda ing, \ Meaite. wen esx All-/ 7 , y morning, a minute after 4: Beatile :. polins. Aste = r oon teams. Here is ¢ ~ he had n ested at his would make no further investiga- otball | s. . ere is of | . , Ping home by City Detective D. L. tion of the Nell Austin mystery Beet, ¥ | H omer Br ews, || Blaine on a charge of forgery || case. Relatives of the unfor- 2 | Soa’ 5 ‘ in connection with d* upon ‘him, POLISE fends | Prints Tell Him in the clerk’s office at Ellens lef Severyns to drop the } burg. Titus died instantly, case to avoid further publicity ‘ It was barely’§ o'clock this morn: |ISHELL [ed taine had been dispatched and to nle them to see Miss { when Luke May, sclentific dest HERE ain of I ives ( Austin at the hospital. : PORTLAND, OREGON... nto The Star office to servo tbe forgery warran long as. Sergeant Carr if HAIK, AUBURN... | in investigating th coret \ on Titus at hi me ne warrant Patrolman ~ Jennings a } PUMP CENTER cslitass Ou mediate Tncote a WHERE BODY \ had been received Saturday morning | were in Vancouver holding Miss " ; TRUSTIN, PROVIDENCE porter, in the editorial rooms of thi WAS FOUND \ by telegraph charging Titus with|] Austin under technical arrest 50 i ‘eon blag irs agbeony ~ ea He. urse | i fe 0. | paps A open\d taken $117, according to|| the cage might be cleared up, a fer Tube of Colgate for quarter, | “mnie similar. to Ay .reat DOOR LOCKED DOOR the two sisters waiting there Smear, Case, for left end, and Hunch-| | crime in every respe except that 5 Bla! appeared at Titus’ | were unable to see Misys Nell,” ~~ ‘back of Notre Dame for center, but | re) i Yr , | e! a dummy took the place oP the rear f ON-ANSIDE he asked for the man and }said’ Chief Seyersns: ..“They we stend on the above selection. {victim while the Dullet was fired WHERE MAY SAYS) appeared, Blaine took him! [were so insistent that the police eee bs | was arranged so that. May the SLAYER STOOD ide on the porch and read the! abanden further efforts. to . Henry Fort ts installing.» signntio os 7% | request of The Star, could demon waitant to him and Titus seemed |] straighten out the tangle that ¥ new broadcasting set at Dearborn, Officials Say He Took Money Fr OM | strate for readers how modern scien Fe butvatelast told the de-!] decided it would only annoy and according to the newspapers. f N aT B > iminal investigators operate tective that he would go inside harass them to continue the Hila call wigaber, 10 Goubt; will bel ‘ |in a man hunt good-bye to his wife and chi probe. ome V Wite-NG.Lt6 Buyivo. gave.” see kt ass| Fen tat ag eat orearatary || LEVIS AUSTIN et tou Pre | 3 we }to going to Jail she had a very good reax pd } e ry good rea. The radio has been so perfected By John W. Nelson | There's something funny about) “Will you have every man in the | Blaine agreed ana stayed on son to leave, What that reason that a Seattle fan can now tune in rged with bigamy, Edward] this marriage J editorial department sit down, take the porch. A moment later oue || is no one but herself knows, 1 ‘On the: Athbessador hotel in Loe} MM Bradley, assistant cashier : Then h , told her Bradtey was} a De and write mo this senten: of the children opened the door hope to see the mystery cleared Angeles and,listen to the .native/of the Great Northern in Los Angelos on a leave of ab-|‘If I ever got sick, I will always got and yelled for him to get a || but we are thru for the time x Jowans eat soup. loftices at Ballard, was being sought | |we har up the papers, with} doctor, Blaine rushed inside | | being. é 2G aturday by . An- | NEIGHBOR WOMAN | the names of the men on them, and | and found Titus on the floor ; es eles. A warrant charging Bra EAKS NEWS | then repeat the same perform of the bedroo A pistol lay prngtie Pag hy hd Fria ga alana No. 2 then went to the}After the second papers are collect- | beside him from which tie had | ER, B.C. Dec. 1— Ie John Andrews» Mel thy Gif Anne home and found no] ed, do it once more fired a bullet thru his head. X-ray photographs of the head of ene ek te eed June, was inmued by Judge C, C next door| “INSIDE JOB—I'VE VERIFIED | Dr. U. B. Kidd was called, but | Miss Nefl Austin, taken at ut he tried to sque ‘ |ton Friday the request of Deputy thought her| THAT,” DETECTIVE SAYS i pronounced ‘Titus dead. Vancouver hospital at noon Sat- oa | Prosect ugene Meacham. rt Jensie Pui The urning to the m: ) has} | The Titus Say came to Seaitle|‘ urday, developed the fact that completing| Tho cnse, according to Meacham, | 2671 Anne ave. a neighbor, | been t while | ee Peianatens | °not an dnjury of Any kind 6a c Tut’a| is the most fiagrant violation of the | told th erer, | lbought the yi pune oh skull of Miss Austin could be de- . iit to's has come to his at is not your hushand. 1 am] | hay’ sala te ck tected. y is really d tention during his th of serv. | one Bradicy’s best frie ac hittle to tell: you 7 1 see eve.| Wis the result of n technical The result of the eXaminati | a Naa | ton in, thesprosscutor And|and k ubstehsr hee tees pean inthe y reports on prog The diagram shows how Luke May, scientific detective,|\™* asses anice thas Soaen Boke ination, ity ] cause of 6 prom of the| years. . She and her husbanc or-| ems. It wa: de Job, of course. | pe, Stings fs 4 wr ot ig: any é 6 op i THE SILENT DRAMA Peau tecaicanateecon Sa Lea to tad Auetiea ia, tdi tew| Cve alroody verified that, You have, | Teocrmtruceea.the “theoretical murder’ of The'Star reporter, | completely vindleates his theory that j Scene: The White House, Wash.) "°??!* og tile t aaptaibds | dxtocco blues a vera) weeks: age too. the jnnitors story that all the| Ut building his case against the unknown slayer. The fin- the 22-year-old Seattle school teacher j ington, D. C. ax 6 thigh moatae eawe aie From. there Mrs. Bradley No. 2{doors and windows were bolted—the| gérprints below are those of the six members of The Star’s left her home voluntarily and met hes er ee the president's | rom his employers, He motored t office of Deputy Pros-| that he had been thru the edi-| editorial department who have keys to the of. May| Biba iy ee te te bet i Secretary, who hasn't spoken a sin-| geles in an Oldsmobile au or. Meac no Investigated] torial rooms a few moments before Bape ae e gist had sustal ilu WOEE Jeirlndt the defire-attarneon: ee Aas ep teow ot abe f ey te We ; i Ne ts ais wrap ; fer fas mn | took the m Saturday in his hunt for evidence. [ee injuries to her head. ] "Good night, Mr. President.’ am, he had putchased for hie second | for Bradley's arrést | “No, no, don't get the idea the| urday' noon Miss Austin was 3 President Coolidge (severely): “Chat- Je with money he had persuadad| During the time Bradley was} janitor had any hand in the shoot-| i pa a delirium. Seen by a Star Se | his firet.wife to draw from their ant. | pres Mian Gittord,|ing, He has been eliminated with | ie a es (0) ice; | aundry Employe Disappears | reporter; an ‘aiis was. taken (2 ings account. Their address has been | he nt suitor, | ease Pontes ny icin opm tenn Wish ‘are mgd gu wicney along thettin’ cortaieaiin AiG. Innseeoa ne niuree| "Rut tell me, who in the editorial} From Seattle Home —_ | sembiea a corpse than a living pes Labrador coast, says a news item. |suburp of Los Angeles, according ¢ 1 follow] department carries keys to the fron son. Her face was white and ema: : How'd you like to carry some) seacham to another] door of the office? | own own en i e With the hunt unde for ais tiated and her body and limbs rigid. 5 for currency of 18 attention ¢ ut given the names of si: nkno' m in » y | No signs of returning consciousne! 4 a Ne oy aster fingerpein ee ypaphe da eter: a cae pay: 99 | Mi tin her muttering, however, and seemed “Yes, we have no—” Aw shut upt r he had first becor ite will F vier entre) Men Too Familiar With Their Runs, Be Tenn aetiwac iia See "he Mopeenves Sat M " . " + v a Sat y a 3, - Garis ai 3 ley back| FINDS GUN AT SCENE s aS 7 7eYV Jay, unconscious, in| Saturday, of Sergeant Carr and ark Wi ay’ ton’ ge unless he] BELONGED To HOMER BREW I Rea: on Given by Sev ery! i C., disguised as a| Patrolman Jenn investigation of u on earth ag a He asked who re Saturday morning | the girl's dis nee will have i pea F pir gees remain: afte Ono of the largest upheavals man-hunt in a wen dropped by the Seattle police ly a : i tha? Feat Baa Or thet of the year was in progress in Mis 1 Green, partment. Only one point, of the Mary had a Uitte her No Christmas Grid wate. oft owe saat en} the po who disappeared remained to be probell, Sér iy, Fre ie : r proses with practically every polic aid Saturday noon, ay ttle layer ; Game for Huskies |" muted out Shs in the downtown district figur Bifek sf 2 obtain thi ote the > siege Washington a tte. bBe ing in manner however, tntil car condu- tetera eee n a 1 7 = a seas shake-up ordered Frid p ous tole. | tor Who sold the xX street car 1 Me r I Govan’ i | by Chief of Police W. f the ift, w relayed to the | tickets last Wedne which were s B ‘ , ; ; eryns. ne dutie which un. | found with her 1 purse firey ummer hi Chetis Late (Turn to Page 3, Column 6) | anitteg et Waenkti man: ded at Mt tha Mins | torn n nd at and Mis iduate manager of he i bea yurs later, police were in. Vancouver J has he c ne fc of th y gir, who ‘ciaimed to be | bulletined all its employes in an ¢ _ | cou { fi hem ge and ond | and told: he nt, Mrs. O. P. Nor. jthe girl the ticke When this i | LI'L GEE GEE, TH orrice | |! Low A the We Orrles a, MEO. Sune Es in. the | xren. t) was safe and would | formation is obtained, it will be | VAMP, SEZ: | on given G mar pelr bach n search | ret da bs turned over to the Seattle police de- Talkin’ of turk I'm a good 1 my Merce ; Lainie apap a. rm to are} ts pe the: vol = 125-pound chicken. i| | or Christmas day G. H. The dW. 1. Si trom MAN SAVED FROM ielce W., a fe en iromedt *| Man Who Stabbed Boy in | ceant {fected by the ¢ y ng gir th rious male| Vancouver _ polic olding. nls "Thank 5 5 4 fror . eto Molanest ler . ‘ormant has heen heard, and the | Jo! ili der arrest 4 ‘ =" Fight Under Arrest tirely | ———— alice. are: beg wit "fON at [ene city’ EMBIRA BhaeeRtices ee ae i 2 ¥ , A rath i] Der c t nection with the case of the miss Z t on| WIFE NO. 2 SENT Today's Want Ads tf Tom Smith. a mat there DAD SEATTLE WEAR ma gir ae TO BELLINGHAM ® tified a m Fi h f 1 benefit . ve, are perpl | Williams th oes mber, before M Automobiles the object of search by police sinca | den r A Soveryn HIS WINTER GLOVES bateintide” at ie s ference : I from Ba If lookin a the fatal g of Patrick Lallo, . sisi “ ; 0! D DAD SEATTLE wer 8 3 ar rows, morni directly ae ent «wife N C , w r 16, dit quarrel between F ork Saturday me hree inches tall, a Jacross the inlet from where Miss 5 vee ‘ wa : are ff ind Pe futhie, Jomph: “Kanes Applauds - austin wee Mai { ‘ Ay, WAS OF oe Geraldine Farrar : his mittens, Mount Vesuvius Is onthe back px PLANTA, ¢ fted steate es ee in Eruption tie, captaia, 1 k k warm k SAPLES elirion pb gt e me 1 ¥ « s nective durin vad jumped bs 8 q AbOV ul t Ky flected ter. “in tempo. gee Fs it : f f 1 he had lapsed f it || the ob: " ding the t t was found near the place " was found, and also 1 i | nce of the footprints of Sap minut alsa lcheniettiindeseaanidiciattiapeeeaaaiial 1 a (Turn to Page 3, Column Q