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Show BUNGALOW MYSTERY IS PARTLY SOLVED Murdered Woman Believed to Be Miss Minnie Quinn, a Chicago Domestic. CHICAGO, May 20. Chicago and Los Angeles police tonight arc working on tho theory that tho murdered woman whoso body was found in a bungalpw on the outskirts of tho California city on Itfav 7 was Miss, Minnie Quinn. Sho formerly was a domestic in tho employ of Mrs. Harold IT. McCormicK in Lako Forest, and of Douglas 8mith in win-notku. win-notku. Smith partly identified a picture pic-ture of tho Blain woman as that of bib formor omployeo. According to Smith, Miss Quinn received re-ceived calls whilo in his.-.cmploy. from a man named Dillon, who sho said was an Evanston electrician. Smith Baid sho declared sho intended to marry Dillon. C. C. Dillon, who was killed by a train in a suburb last Saturday and who is thought by the polico to nav0 been tho slayer of: the woman in Los Ango-lcs. Ango-lcs. was an electrician. Dr. J. F. Prosnell told detectives that a vouug woman giving the name ot Minnie Oninn and her address ns Win-netka Win-netka called, on him last January and asked him to perform an operation for her. He refused, ho said, and she went awav and never returned. Clothing bolonging to C. C. Dillon will be shipped to Los Angelos tomorrow tomor-row for possible identification. Examination today showed the owner's own-er's name had been removed from tho collar and tho shirt and the name tag I taken from the inside coat pocket. But- tons on tho coat show it was made by J a California company, say the police. iTho shoes bear a Sacramento dealer's I name. With tho clothing will be sont a ring taken from Dillon "s finger after his death. Ho wore this ring on his trip to California and tho police bcliovo it mav Drove a valuable clew. Relatives of Miss Quinn told the police po-lice tonight that the traveling bag found In Dillon's home and which Is thought to bear bloody finger prints belonged to her. Relatives of tho girl say tho teeth of Miss Quinn fit the description of those of tho murdered girl. Miss Quinn was a member of the Young Woman's Sodality of' tho Holy Name cathedral, ca-thedral, Chicago. The murdered woman wore an insignia of this order. David C. Churchill, a brother-in-law of Dillon, said be wan convinced of Dillon's guilt. "I am so Impressed by the evidence that the police navc disclosed." he said, "that T have been searching his effects for a written confession. Thus far T havo found none." |