| Show RO OVER MONEY CAUSE GAUSE OF MURDER Fashionable Woman Shot and Killed by Well Well Known lown Mining Ino Engineer Engin er el MAKES MAIES CLAIM OF DEFENSE Murderer 1 rt erl Ghe G Up UI and all Says Sa Victim Trying to 0 Add d In Ills His Face Los Angeles Feb 23 A quarrel oer over financial matters Is 11 today accepted by tIre the police as ns the tho most likely U h origin of ot ofa ota ofa a murder committed early earl carl title this morning when Mis Charlotte L IL L No a young widow was shot eliot and Instantly killed In her hel apartments In tim tha fashionable West Lake Lako district by W V P a mining engineer who has been her attentions for or somo time The slayer Idaer In iii his hia first statements mont to tho the police phIco declared that Mrs Noyes had ha attempted to fling In a I cupful of ot sulphuric acid In his face faeo that Iha he shot at a tho the ceiling to frighten her and that ho he then fired fred to protect himself exhibiting In proof of ot his Iris statement acid burns on onIris his Iris face taco which required treatment at nt atthe atthe the receiving hospital The Tire detectives disagree with wih tho the statements of ot Mc McComas Ic Comas Cornas and express a n belief bloC that ho lie de rio deliberately applied tire the acid to his taco tICO WOMAN WOMA FROM FROIt FRO BOSTON BOTON Mrs Irs Novos Noes o es who alto appears to have havo been poss b nr considerable wealth came Caine cameto Cune to this city from Boston about five fo months ago aso She Site was waR known to her acquaintances as ns a widow of ot refined tastes and lied hOl made the tho ho acquaintance of ot several of ot her neighbors According to the tho evidence in n tho the hands of or the police McComa McComas who has been in tho tire company of O Mrs rs Noyes oyes almost dally for tor many manly weeks at nt her apartments about abut 31 il 1 last night Just what hat transpired McComas would not say until after he ho had con consulted suited with attorneys for tor whom he heRent Rent Bent shortly after aner the chargo ch Igo of ot mur der was made against a him SURRENDERED TO fO SHERIFF Sl The Tho he first known of the tho was when at tho the close of ot a ball at tho thu a cose Hotel Hoto close cle to Mrs Mm It home McComas his taco face stained with wih acid appeared In the lie midst of ot tho the guests and Inquired for tor Deputy Sheriff Y V r C Carey of the tho hotel TO announced thet t ho had led Mrs The Tho officer McComas hack back to the tho apartments of ot Mrs Mr Noyes and Immediately sum aunt summoned summoned tho The body of ot Mrs Noyes oyes was waa M found on the tho floor noor of ot tim tho room where she sho had hm evident ly y fallen Two bullet bulet wounds showed In her breast end and one of at these thin surgeons later hater discovered had pierced her heart heart When asked Isted for a statement Me lire MI Comas said to 10 tho the police pol co coI I have havo known tho the woman for tor Ovo Ilvo years ears and sh ho has hM boon boen bothering ne neI ner 0 I r could not stand tand It lt longer and aird put an un end to it i DISCREPANCY ANCY IS NOTED Before leaving tho thre house informed tho th officers officer that ho and Mrs MI Noyes had quarreled that she hind had scurried with him In itt II the tho kitchen and had attempted to throw acid upon him Supporting this theory was wa the tho trace of sulphuric acid splashed upon tho the door between tho tIm kitchen rind and an hip tho dining room behind which Mc itc McComas McComas Comas says Sa he attempted to soak seek ref liKe uge le leTho Tho The revolver which McComas used Is said by the iho to contradict his claim oC ot self defense It lt shows that between first and I nil second dis discharges discharges charges chargeR of ot tho the weapon the tha hammer fell Iehl fel upon ripen two other othor cartridges which to explode In addition to this thil although McComas claims to have heIO fired tred once nt at the tho ceiling both bullets bule were found In the tho body of his victim |
