Show Police Work on L. L A. A Murder LOS ANGELES June 6 Ii AP AP- AP Police today were confronted with what they termed a a. m mysterious triangle murder mUlder the victim be beIng being be- be ing a a. young titian-haired titian woman whose batter battered d body was found hanging in the tile closet coset of ot a a. Union street apartment house Mrs Virginia Patty 28 8 comely wife wiCe of a a. wealthy Portland Ore broker was beaten to death Her Continued on page 8 PRIEST SHOOTS GIRL AND AVD THEN 1 r ENDS OWN LIFE i L i Continued from ft-em page 1 1 body tody bod was round found o d hanging from a lothes clothes closet by py Mrs hook in a l il M. W. W Wilson owner of the apart apart- ment William Tallman 23 radio oper- oper alleged friend of the slain woman woman was ws under arrest aboard the tho J Admiral Benson which was en route today front from Los An eles to San Francisco Fran Isco Chief x of Detectives Herman Cline line of ot Los Angeles sent a a. radio message t to Captain of ot the tho 4 Admiral Benson requesting that Tallman be be- placed under arrest When informed of the charge was waR wa said to have appeared stunned II HO tol told newspaper newspaper men men lIe he knew nothing about the murder a as he had been on the shin shio during It its run from froni San Diego o yesterday esterday at at- atthe t. t the tue time Mrs Patty was' was be- be lI d to have been slain DISCOVERED BODY Mrs Irs Wilson told police the room here the tho body was found had been I rented to toV W V V C. C Johnson of San Francisco Mrs Wilson went to change th thc tha linen in the tho apartment and discovered Mrs Patty's body hanging from a a. hook The skull skulI was as crushed and the tho body was bruised The halves of a brick were ere found Strands Strands of red redhair hair hall halland and blood were on one piece of brick Frank E. E Patty the victims victim's husband husband hus hug band cast east suspicion on Tallman after being bein Informed of nt his wife's vif's death k Patty flew from Portland to Los Angeles at the request of his attorney at attorney at- at torney Clarence Booth who reported report- report ed ed last Saturday that Mrs Patty was was missing from her suite at an n excl exclusive apartment hotel In the Wilshire district At the hotel attendants at- at attendants told of seeing Tallman and Mrs Patty together While searching for his wife her body was discovered and Patty collapsed col- col collapsed collapsed col col- lapsed when he learned of her death Patty told police that he lie and his hi attorney had made a private Investigation in- in and had found his wife and Tallman had been keeping company Diamonds owned by Mrs Patty were found In her apartment together together to- to railroad reservations gether sether with which she was to have used Saturday Satur Satur- dayto day to join her husband in Portland SCREAMS HEARD When shown a. picture of Tallman Tallman Tall Tall- man man Mrs 1 said he was the man who had r rented apartment an at her house under the name of Johnson E Early rh Saturday morning screams were heard by Miss Elaine Tipton a private secretary whose room is fl above ove the one In which Mrs Patty's body was found Miss lIss Tipton told police she heard the screams and the the sound sound of blows between 2 andI and I 3 3 am a.m. VI 1 heard a woman scream Dont bit me Earl Miss Tipton stat- stat tk cd d. d fI I think It was Earl she sal said t but Jt might have been something else Then came a crash like Uke a aL ii L body body striking the floor and then J When the Admiral Benson docks In San Francisco tonight police pollee will Tet return rn Tallman here to face a a. murlI mur- mur murd d lI r charge Mrs Patty wa was the daughter of T T. P. P Scott of Sioux City la Ta She had been married previously and andY Y rf husband Arthur J. J Wiss- Wiss math resides In Los Angeles with their daughter Helen Dorothy Doroth S 8 years old Ola years old Ola The DIe woman was said aId to have met Tallman several months ago while she he was a passenger aboard a ship on which Tallman was a radio op op- r At At O Oakland kland Tallman Tallmans s father Harry Tallman Tallman-a a hotel steward said Mid his son told had him Virginia Patty Patt was that he intended in- in intended tended to marry her The elder I Tallman said he ile was was was' Sure his son r did not know Mrs Patty was was' thai mar ried i 1 |