Salt Lake Telegram | 1921-05-12 | Page 11 | Woman Traced Through Marriage

Woman Traced 1 Through Marria Marriage c LOS ANGELES A May Ia 12 The 12 The arrest arrest arrest ar ar- rest of Lyda Lda Meyer alias Mrs Southard Southard Southard South South- ard was the result or of an investigation atlon conducted by Deputy Sh Sheriffs J J. J B. B Fox and J J. J F. F Nolan olan of or Los Angeles workIng working working work work- ing with V V. H. H Ormsby county detective detec detec- det detective c- c tive from Twin Falls Palls who came to Los An Angeles eles eighteen days ago after r the bodies of Mrs Irs Southard's Southard husbands husbands husbands hus hus- bands had been exhumed and arsenic found in their stomachs The Tho trail led to Los Angeles Angele where It was found she was married b by Justice Justice Justice Jus Jus- tice Brown on November 28 to Paul Vincent Southard 2 26 2 a It petty officer on the United Star unship im Chicago Chicago Chicago Chi Chi- cago of the Pacific fleet Southard was wan irant to Honolulu Honolulu Hono Hone lulu December 26 and three days later Mrs Southard sailed for or Honolulu on the from San Francisco The chief of or police pollet at Honolulu was cabled last night to arrest her and today h-a h h replied that the woman was in eu cus tod tody When she married Southard she gave the name of ot Edith Eva Meyers leyers officers declared Officers declared that during her stay in Los Angeles Mrs Southard or orI Lyda as 81 she is known to I the authorities was the cause of a quarrel between two prominent auto automobile mobile dealers which almost resulted In their dissolving partnership Both men are arc said to have been In love with her It is also declared that she sho had been accused of or stealing a diamond ring while working as a waitress In a local cafeteria