Show 8 1 HIDDEN IN AUTO SEAT F Former Husband of DeadMans DeadMan's Dead DeadMan's DeadMans Dea d Mans Man's Wife Held i in n Connection With Slaying Slaying Slaying Slay Slay- ing Deny AH Knowledge Knowledg e PLOT SUSPECTED AGAINST OILMAN N Woman Quoted as Saying Sayin g Prisoner risner Pris ner Uttered Veiled d Threat Against Victim of the Ex Explosion p I 0 S ion n LONG BEACH Cal Cad aJ June 25 5 Lemuel muel Ferris Van Yan Tassel oil w worker was waa Instantly killed at his home ome here hert yesterday when hen what po po- po I lice Uce believe was a n. bomb concealed under the upholstery of or his auto- auto exploded as he attempted to lift out the front seat cushion Edward Engmann of ot Fullerton former husband of ot Mrs rs VanTassel Van VanTassel VanTassel Tassel and Mrs Beatrice Madison of ot Long Beach Deach w were ro arrested In I connection with tho the affair Van VanTassel VanTassel Tassel and tho the former Mrs Engmann Engmann Eng Ens- mann were married a n month ago today to toda to- to da day Engmann and Mrs Madison held in the city Jail jall pending InvestigatIon investigation tion of ot the alleged homicide denied tiny noy knowledge of ot the supposed bomb and declared they were In Fullerton at the time Ume of ot the sion Blon In the belief that a n. shock might startle Engmann into revealing Important Im Im- information detectives who I questioned him told him that It was hi his little daughter not Van Tassel who was killed when hen the bomb in Wan Van Tassels Tassel's car exploded He lIe maintained his composure however however however how how- ever and continued to deny any knowledge of or how the bomb happened hap hap- happened ned to be bo In the car Mrs firs Van an Tassel who was 88 mar mar- rIe fled ried to Van Tassel shortly after alter her divorce from Engmann was quoted by detectives as baying that Engmann Engmann Eng Eng- mann the father tather of or her year old daughter had told Tier ber several days das ago that there will never be any stepfather to my mv child |