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Show Former ormer Vernalite VernaliteFound VernaliteFound VernaliteFound Found Murdered MurderedIn I In L Los : Angeles AngelesL08 AngelesLOS ne1 : : L08 LOS ANOELES ANGELES March 10 10-Po- 10 Po 10Police _ - _ Po Police - lice sought Monday to colv solve the theslaying theslaying the.slaying theslaying slaying . of Lee if IP P Miller 71 and de- de determine de determine - - deItermlne de-I de I termine termlne who he really relLlly was He waa was waabeaten wasbeaten wbeaten beaten and strangled Saturday The TheI Thebody Thebody Thbody I body bound bolIDd and gagged was tound found foundIn tounIn , In a room of ot an apartment house househe househe houah he owned Jointly with MJ'S MJS Mrs ' MX * Mae MaeCarr MaeCarr Ua.Cirr UaCirr Ua.CirrIn . Carr CarrIn In his trunk was found tound a . letter letteraddressed letteraddressed addressed to Mrs Carr which readThrough readThrough read readThrough Through a . looUsh foolish whim and andtor andfor andfor tor for certain reaaons reMOna reasons of my own I Ih Ihave Ih'av Ihav h have ' ve be been n living under an assum lUUIum- lUUIum lUUIumed assum- assum assumed assumed - - ed name ever since I came to toColOrado toColorado toColorado ColOrado in1898v in 1898v 1898vMy IW 1898 " , . My Initials Intt1als are arethe arethe arethe the same sameI I come from trom a proud and In- In Innuenttal influentlai In Influential - fluential nuenttal fluentlai family tamily of ot standing In thesocial the thesocial thesocial social and business world In which whichthey whichthey whichthey thei they livedMrs livedMrs lived livedMrs i Mrs Carr said he once told her herthat herthat herthat that he was a former fonner UnIted UnItedStates UnitedStates UnitedStates States marshal for Kansas KanBu that h1.s h1s his . h1.sfather hisfather hiafather father was a Leavenworth Kan Kanpostmaster Kanpostmaster Kanpostmaster postmaster and hto his grandfather a awarden awarden awarden warden at the Leavenworth federal federalprison federalprison federalprison federalprisonShe prison prisonShe She found tound the body when she re- re returned returned re returned - turned from a chopping ahopplng shopping trip Sat- Sat Saturday Saturday Sat Saturday - urday night nlght His Hia pockets bad had been beenrtned beenrifled keenrifled rtned rifled and several articles art101ea and her herbank herbank herbank bank book were missing mJ.ss1ng mJss1ng mJ.ss1ngPolice . missingPolice missingPolice Police broadcast broadC8lJt a pickup ord- ord - order ord- ord order ord order - er for a young couple puple cpuple tenant tenants * of ofthe ofthe ofthe the apartment house who left lett Sat- Sat Saturday Saturday Sat Saturday - - urday A taxi driver drtver said he hadtaken had hadtaken hadtaken taken them to the union raUroad railroad raUroadstation railroadstation railroadstation railroadstationMiller station stationMllier stationMiller Miller Mllier was well known In Vernaland Vernal Vernalnd ' and nd lived for tor years In the house housejl houseit houselist jl it st si west of ot the th George Oeorge 0 O P'ree- P'ree Pree Free- Free Freestone P'reestone ' Pree-itone Pree itone - stone farm tarm He came carne to this thta seclion sec- sec section sec section - tion lion from trom the Jackson Hole coun coun- country coun- coun country country - - try In Wyoming after selling a ahomestead ahomestead ahomestead homestead there for a time he helived helived helived lived with Angus M CampbeII Campbell and andlater andlater andlater later purchased the property In In1920 In1920Five , 1929 1929Five Five years ago he sold old the place placeand placeand Iand and < ; shortly hortly afterward atterward went to SaltLake Salt SaltLake Lakl Lake ' Olty OIty City and It La is L * supposed suppooed SaltI he hewl'nt hewent h hwent went wl'nt wlnt ' from thf there > re to Los Angeles I . I |