Show VIVID TALES Of KNifE VICTIMS VICTIM'S WEALTH FADE Three Men Still Held as Suspects in Death of Marital Adventuress in in Kansas City Missouri Plunge in Kansas Oil Believed Believed Be Be- to Explain Loss of Obtained From Marriage to Banker KANSAS CITY Mo March 20 20 A knife found beside the body of Dr Zoo Zoe Wilkins was Will identified tody to to- dy day day as one seen In the possession of Dillard Davies negro furnace tender at the Wilkins home Davies is one of three men held for investigation The others are Charles Wilkins a brother brothers and B. B F. F Tarpley a patient and frequent visitor at the Wilkins home HORT nORT WORTH March larch 20 O. Dr Zoe Wilkins Kansas City osteopath osteopath path had n a premonition she ahe was going to be robbed and slain a week before her murder It was revealed today by her sister Mrs Gertrude M. M Clements Mrs Clements who practises osteopathy here said her sister called her lieI on the telephone and md pleaded with her to come to Kansas Kansas Kan Knit sas City She said she feared a murder plot and asked me to rush to her Mrs l Clements said KANSAS CITY March 20 By my A. A P- P PA A A A mystery stell woman was Introduced Intro introduced Intro intro- today into the baffling murder mur mur- der tIer of Dr Zoe Zoo Wilkins marital ad adventuress adventuress adventuress ad- ad and osteopath while po police pollee po- po lice pursued other avenues of ot in inI investigation investigation in- in I opened up b by the statements statements state state- ments of three men held for gation A woman as yet unidentified fied fled entered Dr Wilkins Wilkins' home Sunday night It was revealed by a tamale peddler Dr Wilkins was slashed and beaten to death some time between Saturday afternoon and Tuesday evening The three men being held beld are i Charles Wilkins brother of the slain I woman who had often otten quarreled with her he says over her gay y life Ufe i B. B F. F Tapley Ta who sa says saya s 's he was a at t i J but who tsay say was Her intimate and Dillam Dillia Dil- Dil l lam lia f Davis negro janitor who is is d declared t to have e attempted once to attack the woman WEALTH FADES Belief that Dr Wilkins was wealthy began to fade toda today Investigation investigation investigation Indicating that she had disposed disposed dis die posed of most moat of the or so so she sho obtained several years ago by her marriage to Thomas W. W Cunningham Cunningham Cun Cun- wealthy Joplin Mo Io banker She appeared to have ha been pressed for tor money lately and a nurse who vho attended her some weeks ago made statements to police OlIce that seem to discount the story of or Jesse resse James rames a attorney who had been employed by Dr Wilkins Jn connection n with I. I financial affairs in Colorado that I she had securities amounting to in la a now missing strong box Jealousy Jealous robbery a violent quarrel quarrel rd rel with one of her many admirers Or a dispute over her tangled finan- finan Continued on page 5 VIVID TALES I I Continued from page 1 1 1 is ia fairs are arc the motives being Developed by the police 0 sP LORADO SPRINGS IN S Colo Coto Denials 20 Denials of statements sued In Kansas City by attorneys Zoe Wilkins found mur- mur red In her home there Tuesday lint hat a former husband A A. A W YV Mark Mark- hettel effel ot of Colorado Springs owed h her r on a note was issued h here r last night by representatives Court records here show v that at the time of Miss Wilkins Wilkins Wilkins' Wil- Wil kins kins' divorce from Marksheffel he paid her in full settlement of ot all I debts DEBTS DISCLOSED MIss Wilkins on tho the other hand hand asserted to have been heavily InvOlved involved in- in financially here Court records records records rec- rec show she sheo owed d approximately r to three three men II It A. A Hamilton Hamil- Hamil ton toni on a a. former Jeweler loaned her on oil wells wens located at Paola Kan three years ago and no now has hasa a suit pending in the district court for tor that amount plus more for diamonds she bought from him Miss Wilkins also owed the estate of ot Joseph Value approximately 1800 on a motorcar sale and was indebted to Edward Pring a rancher ranch ranch- er for In a real estate transaction transaction transaction trans trans- action according to records here Friends of Miss Wilkins ar a last night that she had lost virtually her tier entire fortune in oil Investments at Paola w where ere atone at one time sho she had I three producing wells Frank Walsh attorney of ot Kansas City is said to have ha represented her In her dealings there |