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Show POLICE BELIEVE CREASY MAY BE MALE JpPIHE Book Found in Pocket of Ac cused Man Ha Names of Score of Young Women Entered Upon Ita Pages PRISONER ASSERTS GIRL KILLED SELF Fragments of .Love Letters I to Victim Are Discovered in Back Yard of Her Home by Investigators FRJEEPORT, N. T. June 14 (By V. P.) William Crsaay of Covington. Ky, charged with murdering Miss Edith Lavoy. pretty achool teacher, aa Investigated by police today a a "mala vampire. Juat after he was arrested, following follow-ing tha ahootlng of SI lea Lavoy In the parlor ef her home here, a book was found In Creasy'a pocket In which were the names of twenty women living liv-ing In different parte of the state. "She committed suicide." Creaar creamed, as several persone buret Into the parlor shortly after hearing the revolver shot. I Th tly of Mil Lavoy lay on the couch, a bullet hole In the head. One arm hung ovr the edge of the eofa and a revolver lay partly on the floor, partly grasped In her dead fingers. Creasy la accused or shooting Ike girl and then arranging her body to make It look as f she had killed herself. police today found in the beck yard of tha houae fragments of Creeey'e love letters to XI la Lavoy. A plea of not guilty waa mad for him. and he was Jailed In the Mlneola prison. Oreaay made the following atatc-ment: atatc-ment: "Kdlth, Miss Imstt: 'ensTKeaie' W Kdlth' room talking until lie and Mies Sliaser left te go downtown, She came back about i:M. just after Mlea Slmser left the room Kdlth and I lay on the couch and when Ml Blmaer ram back we got up aad sat on the couch. Then Mia nimeer went to her room. W both lay a the couch again. "t had a gun In my eoat pocket and took my ooat oU aad hung It on a chair. "We lay on this cnurh until 1 0 clock and I wanted a drink of water and Kdlth went to gt It for ma. "Then ehe came back te the eouoh. climbed Aver me and lay nest to the wall with her far toying on my face. 1 lay on my left aide facing her. with my right arm around har. (the waa laying on her right eld facing m. W were both quiet and I Waa Just falling asleep and euddenly I heard the shot. "I em quits poaltlv she shot her. slf snd In ths right temple. 'I did not feel her move Th light waa burning In tha room. She had never made any threats about ahootlng her-aelf. her-aelf. "I was married snd my wife got a divorce from me." |