Salt Lake Telegram | 1931-02-23 | Page 5 | Police Baffled by Murder of Recluse

POliCE OLICE BAfflED BY MU DE OF RECLUSE BALTIMORE Feb 23 poUce P Police V were ere baffled today by the apparent a absence of a motive for the slaying of pf Miss Anna E. E Herrera year old r recluse found dead In her apartment apart apart- P ment Saturday night with her head i C crushed rushed Efforts to locate fingerprints of her ier assailant were unsuccessful and andI I I the he absence of any sign of a struggle In a the room added complications Miss Herrera reputed d at one time timeto to 0 be bC wealthy wealth owned the building I In a which she lived renting the upper f floors to six abc negro tenants She ocI oc occupied oc- oc C an apartment in the baser base base- I r ment nent Neighbors notified d the police when they hey t became anxious after the wot woman woman wo wo- wo- wo man nan had not been seen en for 24 hours I Discovery of 4 lying on a table near ear her body caused police to discard discard dis dis- dis- dis I C card ard the theory that robbery was the t motive for tor the crime The woman lost several thousand don dollars rs in ill an Investment In in Florida I Seal real estate police pollee said and had I placed laced mortgages on her Baltimore property including the building In which she was f found nd slain