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Show PR08E OF DEATH JAILSJCTRESS HOLLYWOOD. CeL. July 1( (UP) Miaa Kay Tutwllar, 29, a movie Actress, waa held on suspicion of murder today In th death of Mrs. Dorothy May Garland, brilliant 21-year-old lawyer and former deputy city attorney, who waa under treatment treat-ment for acute alcoholism when aba died. Police ordered an autopsy whn Dr.- Wendell W. Starr, whe waa treating Mrs. Garland for th drink habit, refuted to sign a death certificate. cer-tificate. Dr. Starr aaid he waa uncertain whether death resulted from alcoholism or some Internal Injury suffered In a ecuffle Wednesday Wednes-day night. Dr. Starr said ha aaw Mia Tut-wiler Tut-wiler beat and kick Mr. Garland, a handsome brunette. Mi Tut-wiler Tut-wiler denied the charge. Argued Over Bill "We did have an argument ever $100 bill that Dorothy aaid waa missing from her purse, but we did not fight," she told police. "How could I beat her with three grown persons in the room with us?" Mrs. Garland, Mia Tutwller and Luther Allen, 12, a movie actor, were drinking heavily when Dr. Starr made a routine call at the attorney's at-torney's horn, he said. A few min- tire later the quarrel between th women (witched from " word to blows, he said. They fought on a bed, he aaid, and then Mr. Garland was thrown to th floor, where ah was pummeled and kicked before he could interfere. inter-fere. He found hla patient injured and ordered her to a hospital. She refused to go until two day later. She died Saturday night. A nurse. Miss C. M. Carver, also witnessed the fight, he said. Mia Tutwller aaid the trouble started when Mrs. Garland asked her to get soma refreshments. Tell ef Tumble "Sh asked ma to go out for re-' re-' freahment and gave me a 1100 bill," ah said. "I refused to take It and later h gave me three tl bills. Then the argument started ever the 100 bill, which ah aaid waa missing miss-ing from her pure." Allan, held a a material witness, aid h left the room when th women quarreled. "Dorothy asked her to get some refreshments," he aaid. "Kay had no money, so sh took a f 100 bill from Dorothy's pur. I reft the room, but beard om sort of a squabble and saw a woman tuck the bill in the front of her dress." |