Salt Lake Telegram | 1931-07-27 | Page 1 | Hunt in Apache Land for Girl's Killer Guarded

I I I I HUNT IN APACHE LAND fOR GIRLS GIRL KILLER GUARDE Three Leaders of Search Are Missing Believed on Important Important Important Im Im- Im- Im Clue PROBE LARGEST IN YEARS Virtually All Indians Are UnI Under Under Un Un- der Suspicion Br Ui United Tress Ariz July 27 27 Pro Progress ress of the manhunt in th the thc Apache pache Indian country for Cor the slayer of Henrietta Columbia university anthropology student mur near here last week was carefully carefully care care- fully guarded today todar Three Thre leaders of the Investigation were missing from headquarters here and it was believed they either were in a closed conference or pursuing a I clue in connection with the mysterious ous death of the girl William Donner superintendent of ol the Whiteriver reservation John Gungl GungI United States district at tor ney ncy for Arizona and Deputy Deput Sheriff Sherif George Woolford of Holbrook could not be located Apaches descendants of the famous fa ta a amous tribe that spread terror through the southwest 75 years ago went vent about their tasks in silence REFUSE TO TALK All refused to discuss the case Some went to the fields for lor their cattie cattle cat cat- tie tle tle while others started work in a n near-by near pine lumber sawmill These Indians srol of tho the some Jn Anzona Arizona Ari An- zona are the most unceremonious of the red men They have no gods no tribal secrets secrets se se- se crets or ceremonies Their chief entertainment entertainment en is a country dance once a week at Fort Apache Miss ler was en route to one of these dances when she met death Virtually all of or the Indians were ere under suspicion as the search the largest In la the region in recent years got under way CLUES MISSING Authorities admittedly admitted I were wore without with out clues Seven Apaches i and W. W R R. R Warner a Fort Apache white man Continued on P Pue fc Two T HUNT IN- IN IN APACHE APAGH lAND r FOR R GIRLS GIRL'S GU Continued from Page One were released from custody after they had been questions Miss body decomposed by the storms that swep swept through this region last week was wa prepared for tor shipment to New York City Sheriff Sherlf L L. L B B. B representIng represent- represent Ing big the state was expected here m momentarily mo r from Holbrook to rejoin federal authorities In the hunt Divelbess entered the case at the request of Governor George W. W P. P Hunt when Donner declared following follow followIng ing irig a a. coroners coroner's inquest there was sufficient sufficient suf suf- evidence showing Miss had been murdered I Investigating authorities Sunday retraced the route from Miss lers ler's Apache where she stayed to the spot in the canyon canyon can can- yon jon where her body was found Friday Fri day by Woolford and a Do posse of ot 25 Indian scouts At the time of at her death the girl sirl was wearing a squaw dress with many folds In the cloth The cloth was WIlS entangled in a wire fence In the canyon The body had been carried some distance down the canyon b by floodwaters flood floodwaters waters vaters from a flash lash storm Searchers Search ers found near the body the girls girl's flashlight a beret beaded buckskin bag her broken fountain pen beads and md a na nail file e. e