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TalksDahlia MurderLOS ANGELES, Jan.,11—«NS)_ Los Angeles police Tuesday jailed one “red hot” suspect in the mutilation murder of Elizabeth (Black Dahlia) Short and opened a nationwide manhunt for a second man.Police said suspect number one, Leslie Dillon, a 27-year-old bellhop, broke down after ail night questioning and named a Jeff Connors. Connors now is sought for questioning in the death of the 22-year-old beauty.Police said every agency in the nation will he asked to cooperate in bringing about Connors' arrest.Meantime, Dillon, described as the “hottest suspect in the case so far” will be held incommunicado.The “Black Dahlia was found fiendishly slain January 15, 1947. Her body had been savagely dismembered and indications were that she had been tortured.Dillon, bellhop at a Santa Monica hotel, was arrested Monday after a fantastic chain of circumstances.Official interest in the thin youth who had dyed his hair three times in recent months began six weeks ago when he contacted [joliee psychiatrist J. Paul DeRiver. .Dillon said hfe was interested in psychopathic cases, such as the unsolved “Black Dahlia” murder, and wanted to collaborate with the psychiatrist in writing a hook.The two met and Dr. De River found that Dillon “knew more about sadism and psychiatry thanI did.” , , ,During the interviews that lol-lowcd Dillon discussed certain things anent the brutal murder only the police knew. tMrs. Laura Stevenson, Dillons mother in law, told police Dillon and his wife and 3-year-oid daughter were in Los Angeles at the time of the slaying. .Dillon separated from his wife more than a year ago. His wife, Mary, and daughter, Diane, are in Florida.The suspect’s mother, Mrs. Mamie McLenndon, in. Oklahoma City, described her son as “a very good boy.OillOklahoma authorities, however, furnished Los Angeles authorities with Dillon's record which included four arrests for possession of whisky, a larceny charge, suspicion of working with bootleggers, and traffic arrests.The suspect admitted he possessed an “irregular discharge” from the navy.SiopeihawternandnouVmermerpayTvisiifanlfaw2ndTexKncciaiRSoulamDillon WorkedIn Resort CityMIAMI BEACH. Jan. 11—HNS Miami Beach police said Tuesday that Leslie Dillon, “Black Dahlia suspect, was employed in the resort city sometime during 1947, the year Elizabeth Short was slain in Los Angeles.Police records show that Dillon was employed as a bus boy in a Miami Beach hotel sometime during 1947, but do not show the month.The “Black Dahlia slaying occurred in January 1947.Dillon obtained a license as a cab driver in Miami Beach. He got the license September 11, 1948 and worked for a cab com-GInCLeeladinsiFri100fBocpany.Police also said Dillon s estranged wife, Mrs. Georgia Ruth Dillon, is in Miami Beach, where she has been working at a sandwich shop since September 18 of last year.senjunbkRu1DoRuMrdertaramtheMarjoe Inspires Action by SolonThe recent marriage performed by 4-year-old Marjoe Gortner of Long Beach brought action by a California assemblyman Tuesday.Assemblyman Elwyn E. Bennett, Los Angeles, introduced in the legislature a bill to outlaw the practice of minors officiating at marriages.Bennett said ho was inspired toLS3LoTubuinShnehi;chthnarv
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Long Beach Independent
Long Beach, California, US
Wed, Jan 12, 1949
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