Show s. s L. L CITY FACES SUIT ON DEATH OF SMITH BOY Still convinced that Earl Smith 5 was a murder victim police ton con con d their investigation of th the baffling case Friday but were un unable unable unable un- un able to uncover any conclusive evidenCe evidence evi evi- dence supporting their hypothesis Chief pf of Detectives Riley M. M Beckstead Beckstead Beck- Beck stead held a a a. long conference during the morri morning ng with Mrs 1 Emma Smith and Mrs Mallie 1 Hayter mother an and ana grandmother respectively a of the dead child Neither one of thorn could offer otter any motive for the crime or give any information as asto to a possible possible possible pos pos- pos pos- sible slayer of or the child the chief declared at noon It Is probable that the grandmother will be questioned further further further fur fur- ther this afternoon The city revealed by the conference faces a possible damage suit for the death a of the tho child While no complaint has been prepared prepared prepared pre pre- pared as yet Mrs 1 Smith has entered entered entered en en- into a contract with the law firm a of Ulner Pearce to start a damage action on a fifty fifty-fifty 1 split phit basis with no fee In case ease a judgment Is not secured d. d The Tle contemplated contemplated con con- suit will be based on the contention that the childs child's death was due to carelessness o of the city In leaving the cesspool uncovered J. J W. W V. V Powell 60 a neighbor of the Smith family who is being held heldon on the accusations o of the mother and grandmother that he acted queerly regarding the case will in all probability be released Friday Friday Friday Fri Fri- day afternoon n. n Every effort eUort Chief Beckstead said tc tc- link UnIt him up with th the disappearance of or the child ha haled has led up a le l Chen I Che Chelst Her analysis man an of ot the dead 1 11 to determine determine determine deter deter- mine if it conta n but this will not be completed ted for several days In case casono no no poison polson oison is found there still sUIl remains the the possibility that he was suffocated or asphyxiated asphyxiated asphyxiated before being placed in the cesspool Investigating aUn officers support their claim that the boy did not accidentally fall tall into the cesspool and drown first by th the autopsy which showed no water In the lungs and secondly second by the tle fact that all available evidence indicates that the position of the t cesspool cover would prevent the child from falling failing In Attendants at a garage In front of ot the manhole detectives claim have positively asserted that th there re was an opening of ot only an Inch or two when they first noticed the Smith boys boy's toy baby carriage standing sanding nearby Thursday night |