Show naw METHOD of ROBBING AN D I 1 I 1 I 1 THUGS ATTEND BIG conventions AS DELEGATES select a victim induce him to enter a cab and then put him to death e chicago may 22 solution of the I 1 m mystery astery surrounding tho the murder of I 1 robert 0 P holmes purchasing agent for the commonwealth edison electric company whose dead body was found in a downtown alley early batly yesterday will disclose it is thought the operations of experts in crime I 1 that the lif killing fling and robbing of holmes was wag not the work of ordinary street thugs but was perpetrated by amen men who probably mingled with their victims friends at tile the Auditorium rep 1 1 resented themselves to be delegates to the electrical conri convention tion and then followed him as he left the hotel police authorities agreed after working all day on the tragedy holmes is known to have left the hotel 15 or 20 minutes after midnight just before departing he told friends he thought he would take a cab and I 1 be driven home working on the theory that holmes murderers got him into a cab slugged him into unconsciousness and then threw his bod body y into a dark corner as the vehicle was driven through tho the alley patrolmen and detectives were last night detailed to conduct a thorough search for clews among downtown cab drivers and to search leading hote cotela 19 for suspicious characters |