Show Clears Suspect L California Kidnap D Dr C Cat Jan 11 23 P-Allce P Alice pe inc le lne Thur Thursday day met and ted Earl Shelton a San Sanc deco cIsCO c ex convict ex-convict convict and studio tor torn in n her and was wu redoubled for tor a sew earch talking middle-aged middle man her a day and demanded h held eId ransom e J is not the man man declared 1 pretty tty and popular r year 17 d Lodi Lod high school student upon confronting con con- fronting Shelton Her mother Mrs John Edward Devine who said she had seen th the theman theman man who sent for tor Alice Dean to have her picture taken Monday night when the girl disappeared joined in exonerating Shelton The girl returned home Tuesday night unharmed except for minor bruises and told police pollee she had freed herself from rope bonds and escaped from an auto court in the absence of ot her hel capt captor r. r Shelton ye 40 year old r operator of ofa a photographic and modeling studio dio in San Francisco came to Lodi Lcd voluntarily with Lodi Police Pollee Pat Coon Wednesday night to be cleared by the girl She earlier had said his picture looked like her kidnaper He met Alice Dean and other members of the wealthy Devine family secretly at 2 am a.m. PST on a rural road w west t of here and confronted 1 her er in the glare of automobile h headlights C Coon on arranged the meeting and accompanied Sh Shelton lt n later to an interview with reporters at the Lodl s station t ti on Shelton Shei said little at the interview interview inter inter- view and departed soon rafter after i for tor forSan forSan San Francisco not under arrest or r detention In ln the case Earlier his explanation of his whereabouts was backed tip lip by 30 models who said they were taking takIng taking tak tak- ing a dancing lesson from him Monday at t the time of the girls girl's disappearance Alice lIce De Dean disappeared after she had gone to a photographic studio here to have her picture taken for what she was told would be part of ot a series of national magazine articles on the typical American girl In high school She was returned to her home 26 hours later by the California state patrol after having spent a night in a motor court near Sacramento tru trussed sed on a bed she said while her abductor smoked and watched over ver her I Previous Opinion Shown p pictures I 1 c t u r res e s of Shelton Wednesday she was quoted by Lodi Lod Police Pollee Chief Millard L. L Fore as saying that the picture r sem- sem bled the man who held her cap cap- tive Earlier Sacramento Police Pollee Capt M. M W. W Lincecum who sent senta a Sacramento officer to Lodi with the picture said the girl was positive in her Identification State police Thursday renewed their pickup message for tor a man who had rented the motel cabin where Alice Dean spent Monday night and most of Tuesday The message said Pick ck up and hold for kidnap kidnap- p- p ing E E. W. W Stiles SUles described as 42 years 5 feet 8 inches weighing to pounds dark brown hair receding at forehead sharp features was driving Ford sedan medium gray in color thought to tobe tobe tobe be a 1937 model Above suspect held victim captive cap cap- tive rive in motel near Sacramento since dark Jan 20 Victim kid kid- in Lodi and was blindfolded tied and gagged while being hauled around in car Suspect left victim to make telephone call and victim worked free of ties and notified officers Suspect used the name of ot Giles in Lodi However he signed the name namo of E E. W. W Stiles on motel reg reg- ister Any information for Millard L. L Fore chief of police Lodi or orthis orthis orthis this office Survey Claim The man using the name of ot Giles and representing himself as the agent of a nationally known publishing house in the east arrived arrived arrived ar ar- ar- ar rived in Lodi Lcd Saturday and explained explained ex ex- explained that he was making the survey of typical girls and high schools for a series which would i be nationally published i After discussing the arU articles les with various Lodi persons he arranged arranged arranged ar ar- ar- ar ranged with Alice Deans Dean's mother Mrs John Edward Devine to havethe havethe have havethe the girls girl's picture taken for the series at the Lodi picture studio of Louis Dudley and sent a taXicab taxicab taxicab taxi- taxi cab f for r her Monday night Lodi Lod police pollee said Alice and Giles entered the studio shortly after 7 pm p.m. and left 30 minutes later after atter Dudley had taken several i pictures She w was s not seen here I again until sh she returned home at pm p.m. Tuesday I |