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Show C V v v v v v v g V V V I Po&i m P : wb b Dim : mmd I! si chon P D 'eath PRETTY HOTEL I : CASHIER TELLS H STORIES Notorious Chicago Jeweler Alone With Girl When Death Strikes Him. HAD PLAYFUL STRUGGLE YOUNG WOMAN SAYS Escapades of Deceased Enlivened Enliv-ened Night Life of Windy City For Years. CHICAGO, July 31. Miss Ruth Woods, n pretty hotel cashier who was alone with Samuel T. A Loftls, head of tho diamond firm of Ix.flls Broth-rs Broth-rs when he died suddenly in his luxurious lux-urious apartment last night, today told tin police that Inftls crumpled to the floor dead utter they had engaged in a "friendly struggle " Following an autopsy Dr. James F. Simonds, coroner's physician, made the Btateihen.1 that Loftls' death' was caused by a cerebral hemorrhage produced pro-duced by external violence. The In-Jury In-Jury probably was the result of Loftls Lof-tls fall, the physician said. Although the police believe that the diamond merchant died as a result of concussion of the brain, probably caused caus-ed by a fall, they are not satisfied with the conflicting stories told by .Miss Woods and Roy M. Shayne, son of a late millionaire merchant. ILL ED T rooms. Miss Woods, who described Shayne OS her fiance, said she was called by Loftis to his apartment at one o'clock yesterday afternoon; that they danced and drank together. "We were having a playful strug-"l strug-"l ." Miss Woods declared, "and my attention w .s momentarily distracted from blftt. The next Instant I Wiis startled star-tled by tho sound of his body falling on the floor. I was at a loss to know what to do nnd rushed to the telephone tele-phone to summon Mr. Shayne, ' According to the story Shayne told the police, ho reached the Loftls apartment apart-ment at about 8 o'clock; that Loftls opened tho door to admit him and suddenly crumpled up on the floor As soon as Shayne arrived Miss Woods fled from tho apartment. DOTOR OA LED. In the meantime Shayne called n I byslcian ar.d when ho arrived the body of Loftls was cold, indicating that Loftls had been dead for some time. The police are convinced thut Loftls died before Shayne arrived. Loftls gained wealth as the originator origi-nator of the Jewelry mall order instalment instal-ment business, and was widely known as "a good fellow." He was regarded as a ready spender and always carried car-ried largo sums of money. He started me puin oi selling aiamonus at l down and $1 a week. BTA8LIVEL1 t 1REER, Tho diamond merchant's marital troubles, his quarrels with his brother and his esuipades were features of Chicago night life. In 1907 Loftis was siot by his brother in a Quarrel over partnership and two years later was I expelled from one of Chicago's best known clubs because he slapped his ( w ife's face while on a danco floor. Later they were divorced and Loftis j handed her a $12f..000 check and she left Tor California. Another brother. J Clifford Loftls. was acquitted In .1910 at Bakersfleld. Cal , or tho slaying slay-ing of Joseph Lufferty. |