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Show HIGHTOWER HAD ACCOMPLICE , ISTHEORY ' SAX -FRANCISCO, Aug 19 Evidence-'tending to support several police thcorlM that Willlnn E. High-tower, High-tower, held for" the murder of the' Kev. 1'atHck E. Healln. 'had a' mdle uccdhipllco was turned over to the officers of-ficers b- the San Francisco Examiner Tin' newspaper announced that"' its reporters Investigating various clues; had' found two employment agencies' which Hightower and a "small, dark foreigner" had visited together In a aearch for work. "A small dark foreigner1," 'wai the description given by Father Healln'a housekeeper of the man who tricked the priest Into going with him tho night tho cleric disappeared. "" However, later the housekeeper Identified Hightower as the mnri who asked 'Father 'Itesllit to go to he 'atd of a dying man that night, and the police havo been working on the theory since then that had no' nc1 complice, di1 at least no nialu'accom-pllce. nialu'accom-pllce. ' 1" j- T Tho employment agencies sad Htghtower'fi erstwhllo companion had Visited them later alone as jate as last Monday after Hightower had been removed to Redwood Qiy to await itrla). ,- . t, .Officers of., San ,f,fateo, Courty,t vhere father . Hejlln's body, was found, plan to , combine Ulghtow-or's Ulghtow-or's preliminary hearing ,l)nivd1'l( ar,$ ralgnment at some early dato. Hgh-. towera has wal,Tcd ,h,ls legal, jjgbjt to dela, it was announced,, Aloanwjiilt; the officers say they will question further Doria Shlrloy, with whom he said ho had been out, driving the night Father , Hesln disappeared. The girl has denlod she was with him. A new line Is to be taken In the Investigation, It was sad., Talking tp the Jailor today, Hightower High-tower is declared to havo said: "No ono man-coujd havo murdered murder-ed Father Heslln and buried his body where It was .found; It would have been phsically Impossible." Given an opportunity to make a f,ull statement Hightower Is said to have replied: "I am afraid It Is too late to talk now. Anybody who could have helped help-ed nio Is gone " |