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Show MAY SOLVE MYSTERY Officers Believe They Have Oluo to the Identity of Murdered Girl. LOS ANGELES, Aug. 24. Although tho body of tho murdered young woman, whoso decomposed remains were found in Tomcscal canyon. Santa Monica, nearly a month ago, has boon buried and public intorst in one of tho most mysterious murders ever commit ted in "southorn California has largoly subsided, tho authorities arc still at work, and it is announced today that they havo still some hopes of identifying identify-ing tho victim and eventually capturing the murderer. Officers aro now nearly positive that tho body was that of Miss Emma Powers, Pow-ers, a young house servant in the cm-ploy cm-ploy oi Mrs. Chapman, the proprietress of 'the Ocean View rooining-honso at Ocean Park. Mrs. Chapman is a sister of Posey Ilorton, tho young man who found tho body in the canyon and against whom some suspicion at first was directed. Miss Powers disap poarcd during the carl3' part of July, about tho time tho murder was committed. com-mitted. Tho description of the murdered mur-dered woman tallies with that of Miss Powers and tho wearing apparel also was the same. I |