Salt Lake Telegram | 1935-12-23 | Page 7 | Accidental Death Evidence Slated in Todd Inquiry

Accidental Death Evidence I Slated in Todd Inquiry LOS ANGELES Dec 23 UP UP Evidence Evidence strengthening the belief that Thelma T Todd odd blonde screen star met an accidental death in her garage was scheduled to be submitted to the county grand jury today Scientific tests by city chemists police homicide officers and I district attorneys attorney's investigators were reported to have disclosed that I 1 Miss Mss Todds Todd's phaeton could 1 fill the garage where she died with deadly carbon monoxide gas InI in I two minutes 2 The car holding the body I probably had not been driven since late Saturday or early Sunday 3 3 J. The motor of the car could not be heard in the quarters of Charles H H. Smith of or Miss Todds Todd's cafe above the garage garage garage ga ga- ga- ga rage with only a a. vague sound audible when the engine was raced Thirty hirty witnesses close friends of oC the actress or persons who thought they saw her hours after after- she had returned to her beach home from Crom a film t- t colony party were gathering at the fury chambers Deputy district district district dis dis- dis- dis attorneys prepared to question I Ithem them with hopes of ot establishing when the a actress tre-ss tre died Deputy District Attorney George Johnson said the symposium was being conducted first to fix whether Miss Todd died early last Sunday morning or from 12 to 20 hours hour later If there is any reason to believe Miss Todd did not die accidentally as first indicated suffocating from carbon monoxide gas then we will question other witnesses along new v lines Johnson said Another witness who Is to b be questioned is Pasquele Dl Di Cicco husband ex of at the actress He is In New York but he indicated he would return by Friday if It needed