Show rH t f To Str r in in Sc S Le LI I JO WAI WATCH H fOR KILLER SENT TO lOCAl POU f Believed Believe l to Have Choked Reno Woman Saturday While on Way to East 2500 IS REWARD Attacks Middle Aged Women Women Women Wo- Wo men men Who Have Room to Rent Signs Displayed Instructions to all police pollee officers and detectives to be on the lookout for the coast strangler who Is believed be believed be- be to be r responsible for more than fifteen murders of elderly rooming house keepers in California and the Northwest were issued by Chief of Police Joseph E. E Burbidge and Chief of of Detectives Riley JUIcy M. M Beckstead Tuesday evening followIng following following follow follow- ing the receipt of a description of the tue man from the tue Portland police department I Information has been r received that the man Is believed to 10 o be responsible re responsible re- re t for r the death of a woman in Reno Nov Nev last Saturday and may at the present time be travel travel- travelIng travelIng Ing east according t to the officers In each case th the tl strangler has lias se selected se- se his victims In in apartments ts or Sf houses where there has been a Room for Rent sign In nearly every case his attacks have been on women of middle age or over it Is reported Ills His motive in most Instances appears to be robbery while while- in one or two the caes cases victims vic vic- tims have been attacked The description s sent ent from Portland Port Port- I land lists the man as being between between be be- be tween 26 and 50 O years old five feet six Inches filches in height and weighs about pounds He lie has broad bread shoulders a chest and is well built lIe He has as dark smooth hair hall is smooth shaven and appears to be either Spanish or Mexican al- al he has no foreign accent His eyes are large and piercing lIe He claims that he is a logger by trade and he has the appearance oC or havIng haying hav hay ing lived most of at his life in the open lIe He lisps at times when talkIng talking talk talk- ing and shows both his upper and lower teeth He lie is said to be carryIng a ma ma- hogan colored suitcase with metal meta trimmings The man is said to speak often orten of religious missions and gives the impression that he attends the Holy Hoy Rollers' Rollers meetings For several months there has been a reward of 01 1500 1600 for his capture cap cap- ture This has now been raised to 2500 The murderer started his work Continued on page 7 ORDER DRum TO 10 WATCH fOR FOn KILLER SENT TO In lOCAl Continued from page 1 1 south of San Francisco and worked his way up the coast after visiting Oakland He lie killed several wow women en enin in both Portland and Seattle and then returned to Oakland accordIng accordIng according accord accord- ing to information received by the local police |