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Fifth WomanSlain in L. A.(Continued from fife 1)length coat was crumpled under her body. Sweet described her as about 37, weighing about 105, five feel, four inches tali.Tire tracks near where the body was found indicated, Sweet reported, that she might have been killed elsewhere. Officers concentrated their efforts on identifying her.Fifth Victim She became the fifth member of a list which includes Elitabeth Short, the Black Dablia, found cruelly hacked last January; Avia-trix Jeanne French, former Film Secretary Evelyn Winters, and Mrs. Dorothy Montgomery, subsequent 'victims of sadistic killers.The husband of Mrs. Dorothy Montgomery, 36, whose nude, strangled body was found under a pepper tree in a vacant lot May 3, was held in jail today, booked on suspicion of murdering her.Husband Arretted Sheriff's Inspector Norris Sten*-land disclosed last night that the husband, Thomas F. Montgomery, 39, a truck driver, was seized Friday night and booked yesterday after a week of painstaking running down of clues Montgomery had been questioned and released earlier in the week.He denied participation in the brutal slaying and, Stensland said, contended’ the last time he saw his wife was when she left their home about 9 30 p. m. May 2 to tail for their daughter, Mayeille, 15, at a playground. Her blood-spattered automobile was found near the playground and her body was discovered the next morning several milesfrom her homeStensland said he would ask the district attorney** office today for a formal murder complaint against Montgomery.But th Washing where liployes n mal stril the telejLyleand Te!manager was cor ctal bar, Northeri not beer labor rel America tion ant Industriethe NF1bargain!Opera the NFT of here, walked Grant a picket kWASt Four in trouble ment fn1. Coa %. Mai3. Rail4. ConCIO iowage u The teli ed. Thei newt to be someThe sisible troCeal— 1. Thimust remines tJohn L. haven't ithe ternat.Oi• at
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San Mateo Times
San Mateo, California, US
Mon, May 12, 1947
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