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Show Parents of Young Bride Murdered in Colorado Sought District .Attorney Aski Denrer Officials to Ar rest Mother and Fathei in Probe of Crime COLORADO SPRINGS," Colo, Aug. ft The police of Denver wen asked early thla morning by District Dis-trict Attorney W. L. Btrachaa find and hold for investigation C E. Lowe fni hia wife.etepfathei and mother respectively of Mra. Elsie El-sie Jorgensen Buttle, 17-yearoM I brfBe of R. II. Buttle Jr, who wai , found alaln en a bed at her hoim here shortly before noon yeaterday Soon after being apprised, of nei I daughter's death yeaterday afternoon. after-noon. Mra. Lowe told the '-pollct here over tha telephone from Denver Den-ver that ahe would leave at once hy automobile for Colorado Springs Police aaaert that she did not ar. rive, and when the district attorney waa called Into tha caee, he asked that Mrs. Lowe and her husband ba found. If possible, and held foi questioning. LETTERS FORM CLUE. Early today tha police had made no arreata in connection with the murder. Their principal clue. It waa said, was found In reading a packet of five crumpled let t era die-covered die-covered under a pillow on the alaln glri'a bed. Search la being made for a man designated by tha police aa "Jack." who la thought to have Invaded tha girl'a room In an effort to obtain tha lettera. Police aald that tha young woman had carried on a eorreepondence with an admirer, ad-mirer, and that a window box In her room had been need aa a poet-offtr poet-offtr both by Mrs. Suttla ad the suspect. They declined to reveal the contents of tha letters at thla time. - riesrch la being made alao for a young Spaniard, known aa 'Man-do." 'Man-do." aald by police to be a rejected suitor of tha girl, on tha theory that ha can throw torn light on tba oaae. According to tha story told polio by Mrs. IL H. BuUie Br., her dnughter-ln-law arose about I 'clock, yesterday morning, shortly after her husband had gone to work. "Elsie came Into the kitchen for a moment." Mrs. Buttl aald. "and then returned to her room, which ha an outside entrance." MAN ASKED FOR HER. ' Shortly afterward, Mrs. Buttle continued, tha man Bought by the police appeared and asked to see Elale. Mra. Suttla aald ahe ' Informed In-formed her daughter-ln-Iaw. but hat the latter refused to see the visitor. At o'clock Mra. Buttle aald- ahe went to a atore and when aha returned re-turned about an hour later, found the girt lying In a pool of blood on tha bed. The room bora evidence evi-dence of a atruggle. When Mrs. Buttle entered the room, aha aald, Elala waa lying across tha bed, clad only In a torn nightdress. A blood-atalned pillow covered her head and aba waa unconscious. un-conscious. Mra. Buttle summoned neighbors snd tha girl waa taken to a hospital, where aha died without regaining consciousness. Hospital doctors said tba young woman had been beaten over the head with a blunt weapon. In addition addi-tion there were finger marks on her neck and her left collar bona waa broken. The slain gliTa husband work In a btcvele shop. They were married July- tnl y"'- |