Show GIRL DENIES SHE HINTED AT SLAYING HER FIAN CE Dead Man Leaves Letter Intimating She Threat Threat- i cued ened His Hi tife Experts Disagree as to Poison Ia Jan 20 o AP-A AP s by Veda Belle Belle- feuille a written intimation inti- inti mation left by her hel dead fiance that sh she had had talked of attempt attempt- inS Ing his life and a clash of expert opiniOn n as as' as to whether Charles Erod met death by poison or from natural causes today deepened deep deep- ened ne 1 the suro the case S Jn In a a. a letter written n by Elrod tJ ti tithe the thc year 19 school schoolgirl gIrl while he was dying he said said he had dreamed dreamed sh h poisoned him and declared de- de dared that mat although she once threatened threatened his his' life he could not believe be- be lieve th that l she attempted d to kilt him But it if It were true he added he forgave forgave for for- gave her The girl denied that such a threat ever w was s made by her adding that Elrod himself had talked of f suicide I b because cause of ti not directly related re- re ted Ila-ted to their disrupted matrimonial plans S 'S OPINIONS DIFFER S The Tha difference of opinion among i ie e erts Included a statement b two ph physicians that Elrod died from poisoning while Dean Wilbur J. J Teeters ot of the University ot of iowa Va o reported he was unable to find trace ot of poison A coroners coroner's jury yesterday agreed with the two physicians and re re- tU a verdict that death S d L t b ca u l n S poison poison The move was in doubt today Attorney Roy L. L engaged with a heavy criminal crim- crim inal docket In district court an announced that his course depend depend de- de pend upon his review later of the testimony before the coroners coroner's jury I Veda Yeda a high school senior and her mother were prostrated over developments of the strange case Yesterday the girl occupied the th witness itress chair at the Inquest for lI snort short time weeping continuously as asS S Continued on page 6 5 S GIRt GIRL DENIES SHE HINTED AT SLAYING HER FIAN CE Continued from page 1 she told of her last meeting Sa Saturday Sat Sat- t- t with Elrod At that time I she testifIed Elrod asked asked her it If I she cared for tor Keith Clayton a i fictitious lover she had haJ told him of ofIn ofin In under to dOl to test his for her If she did Trod told her he would get out ut of the way She said she reassured him that she was Infatuated with ho other othel man and 0 e left her to await the decision decision deci- deci sion of her parents upon his desirability desirability desir- desir ability as a son In I LEAVES LETTER Ii If Cody 1 ody wis was found lound lying on a abed abed bed at his hotel r room om nd on a ata ta table le was the unfinished letter In whIch terms of endearment were interspersed with illegible phrases and references to his his' illness which I 1 believed was due to poison polson an 1 would prove fatal Veda saId a reference In the letter letter let let- ter to trouble probably concerned Elrod's financial dIfficulties She denied there had been a quarrel Asked It she accepted Eliod letter as 1113 genuine the girl replied replie it does not sound like lle Charles It was placed In evidence as his through identification of the hand hand- writing Elrod was was a widower 28 years of age with a daughter He had been In Marshalltown l for some time ha having come primarily because of alarm over the fictitious rivals of the girl pictured to him She rebated related re- re bated she had followed the plot of ofa ofa a magazine story in the plan to test Elrod's affections In the last of a series of three letters Miss Is supposed to have sent to Elrod and signed Keith Clayton and Dexter Orten Orten Or- Or ten the following statements appear appeal ap- ap pear peal All women are more or less untrue untrue un- un true and if IC a person uses the tele right methods It Is not a difficult matter to wean your loved one away from you MADE 50 BET Bet you 50 that within four months Veda will not only no longer love you but that within that time she will be signing hers herself lt Mrs Keith Clayton Are oU on Better Belter get your cash ready but for tor me Its It's like taking candy from a bab baby for you are sure SUie to lose When Elrod went to the farm at girl quoted hips as saying I have hand of Miss was to have met him no Clayton was to be found The girt girl said she confessed confessed con con- the hoax but Elrod already lIvIng in a half world of jealousy and dejection refused to believe her herI I cannot continue to live the the girl quoted hi inns mas sayIng I have contracted debts I can not pay How can I 1 marry you when Im I'm In debt It was then she 13 id he talked of Suicide th the only time he mentioned men men- It I love hIm trul truly and he i loved ed edme me she testified We Ve would have b been en married whether our parents had consented or not we both knew it We Ve were fully reconciled when he left me Saturday night She admitted that there still lingered lingered lin- lin in Elrod's mind the suspicion that Keith Clayton despite her her protestations might be a real rIval |