| Show MURDER SHOWS EVIDENCES Of SURGICAL WORK ORK Victims Victim's Legs Severed With Sharp Instrument Are Found N Near Nar ar Torso SCARS ON FEET IDENTIFY WOMAN Pennsylvania State Police Have Clues Likely to Bring Early Arrest MEDIA Pa Jan 22 United Press Press The The headless headless' and legless torso of a young woman found in inthe inthe the woods near nar here late yesterday afternoon w was s Identified today as that of Miss Anna May Dietrich 34 of Norwood by state police Identification was made by scars on Her hOer feet teet which had been de described described described de- de scribed to A. A F. F a state policeman by the victims victim's sister Mrs A. A L. L who also lives in Norwood a community near Phila Phila- delphia POLICE HAVE CLUES Immediately following identification tion of the torso police announced they had clues to the murderer which may lead to an arrest today A thorough search of the woods woodsby woodsby woodsby by a squad of officers had bad failed to reveal the head of the slain woman Her legs were found fifteen feet from the torso wrapped In a n. piece of heavy brown paper and heavily bound with straps The womans woman's legs had been severed cleanly an examination disclosed A sharp Instrument in instrument instrument In- In strument In the hands of one with witha I Ia a knowledge of surgery was used police believe BROUGHT IN AUTO After a farmer near here had told of seeing an automobile In the vi vicinity vicinity vl- vl of the spot where the tors was found police pollee admitted they theys A s r the theory that the he woman had be been n kidnapped and killed dad and nd brought here b by the slayer A tiny wrist watch bearing the Inscription From H. H B B. B Z to T. T T. T may supply police poUce with new Information Relatives es of the slain woman were reluctant to discuss the affair but will be questioned further today by authorities The slain woman disappeared Tuesday In Philadelphia after a shopping tour with her sister Mrs Alexander Toledo Woman Sluggers Slugger's Victim TOLEDO 0 O. Jan 22 AP To AP-To- To Toledo ledo police were confronted today with a new slugging case The second attack on a woman this week and the tenth in recent months occurred at midnight when hen Miss Dorothy Borton 20 was beaten beat beat- en unconscious by a youth In front of her home The man had followed ved her from front froma fronta a show seizing her from behind and striking her with his his' fists Ing for Cor help the young oung woman fought back but was Continued on page 9 MURDER SHOWS EVIDENCES OF SURGICAL WORK Continued from page 1 1 knocked unconscious just as her herfa fa father ther came to her aid Authorities were vere inclined to be believe believe believe be- be lieve that this latest attack had no connection with other recent assaults as- as in which a club apparently was used as a weapon FOLLOWS MURDER The attack came while police still were attempting to solve the slaying of Miss Mary Handley 44 H whose body was found in the rear real of a yard next to her home earlier in the week weel H Her r head had been crushed by heavy blows blowS' Her attacker attacker at taker had gagged his victim with her torn clothing Miss 1 Handley was the third woman to be killed Miss Bortons Miss Miss- Bortons Borton's father phased father chased d the theman man several blocks and through vacant lots near n near near- ar their home home but but but was outdistanced The girl was able W to make a statement to the police and give a full description of her assailant The attack bore little resemblance resemblance resemblance blance to the series of assaults made on women here recently by bya a man supposed suppose to have used a club on his vi victims tims Last nights night's attack was made without weapons and the assailant followed his victim victim vic vic- tim from a streetcar giving her hera herI a chance to see him while In all the previous cases the assailant lay layn In n wait and attacked suddenly from the darkness PROBABLY USED CLUB In none of ot the previous previous' cases was vas the victim able to see her attacker sufficiently clear to give a de description description description de- de of him All those attacks are said to have been made with a weapon believed to have been a club Those Those- attacks also were centralized centralized centralized central central- in ina ina a small the western side of the city Last nights night's was wason wason wason on the east side fully five miles from the scene of the earlier sl slug g- g gings The east side girl is the tenth victim of attacks by men in Toledo in recent months Three women have been killed but there was little likeness in th the time manner of attack or degree of fierceness between those and nd the cases of MURDER INTENDED In no case case did the so called clubber dubber strike his with sufficient force torce t to knock her un un- conscious In all the killings the wounds have shown the blows were delivered wIth grea great t force torce and a killing determination Miss Handley slain Monday 1 night and left near her home was the latest victim of ot the killer None of the cases has been solved by police t f r 1 MILWAUKEE Wis Jan 22 AP AP Mrs James R. R Mil Mn Milwaukee waukee society woman late last night fought off ort an assailant who seized her as she was returning to her home She was uninjured The attack was the sI sixth th this week weel |
