Show Slaying Admission Solves Vanishing Of Woman Scribe NEW Y HAVEN HAYE Conn Jan 26 Rose JP-Rose OP 4 Rose Brancato 28 NewHaven New NewHaven Haven Journal Courier reporter who V disappeared mysteriously on July 5 5 of last year and was neverseen neverseen never neverseen seen seen nor heard from again was brutally slain and her body stuffed into a furnace the night i of her disappearance New Haven police Said police paid Tuesday night in announcing announcing an- an an announcing the signed confession of Walter W. W Law 39 39 of ot New Haven to the slaying laying Police Captain Raymond EEgan EEgan E E. Egan and Detective Sergeant Howard O. O Young said that Law a former superintendent of a aChurch aChurch a. a Church street building signed the confession after atter undergoing questioning questioning questioning ques ques- for 48 hours Law confessed police say that he killed her and nd stuffed her body into a furnace They added that several details of the slaying were being withheld withheld with with- held by them and there were others which the prisoner refused to disclose se J i a States State's A Attorney Abra Abraham am Ullman Ullman unman Ull- Ull man and Arthur T T. Gorman his assistant declared declare that the ultimate ultimate ulti mate conclusion of ot the confession made by byLaw Law was that he killed her and burned her body Miss Brancato termed by her associates as a home body and not particularly interested in men was active in the American Ameri Ameri- can Womans Volunteer service and had worked part of ot the day prior to her disappearance In the theA theA theA A W V S office which was located ed in the building of which Law was was' superintendent Late in the afternoon the Monday Monday Monday Mon Mon- day following the Fourth of ot July she reported to the newspaper office office office of of- fice for her brief holiday chores and then left for the white shin home she o occupied with her parents parent in Vest Haven West Haven Early in the eVening she returned returned re returned re- re turned the to-the newspaper office for fora a brief visit and then th-en left to attend attend attend at at- tend a block party given for tor cadets of the army rin air forces technical training training- school of Yale sity She was seen leen crossing a street intersection by a taxi driver shortly shortly short short- ly after 8 p. p m m. and then dropped dropp d completely from sight Law was arrested last Jast Saturday on 13 counts of embezzlement and two charges of robbery in Connection tion ion with his employment Sergeant Sergeant Sergeant Ser Ser- geant Young said that even then the man was under suspicion of of- the slaying At the time of ot his arrest Saturday Saturday Saturday Sat Sat- Detective George Gcorge Hines who handled the embezzlement phase of ot the case s said ld Law admitted ad ad- putting a fictitious nameon name on the pay roll of the building o of wl winch which ch h he was was superintendent ant and c collecting the weekly salary o of 1536 for tor the nonexistent em cm em- Law also confessed Hines reported committing two minor mino thefts one in a jewelry store stor and another in a women's women dress shop where he took a dress dress' which h he gave gave to his wife |