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Show f 0 DEATHS FIGURE IN KIDNAPING CASE I Ah I A 3 c? A ifti A A A V A. A. A II SLEUTHS I WEBE TRAILING I DIE5JN CRUSH Los Angeles Strange Kidnaping Case Said to Be Nearer to Solution 1 HUSBANDS BUSINESS PARTNER QUESTIONED Accident Victim Said to Have Carried Woman's Clothing '1 Los AN'iiKLKs. Calif., Jan -f) i ' The mystery the disapperitr ance Tuesday of Mrs. Gladys j Willierell. wife fif 0. S. Witherell, investment company head, vas somewhal Dearer a solution lat-1 today, police and private detee-tivcs detee-tivcs investigating the case, said The police declined to suy whether Kl th. y considered the deaths of Charlee iH Beverly, former business assistant of I Witherell, and Mrs. Elcda Tennx. ' Wlthereil'a stenographer, Lh an auto- ': mobile accident early today, had any : ' bearing upon the case. : Beverly and Mrs. Tentiy lost their ! lives when the machine in which the' Ll were riding struck a street car and ll was overturned. H Following this ear was another In which were sveral detectives from a 'H I private agency retained by witherell. Nick Harris, head of tho agency, .H said there had been a purpose In hav- H ing the Pevcrly car trailed, hut do- 1 ( lined to state what it was. H He admitted that Bcvcrn had been questioned about the disappearance of '. IH i. Mrs. Witherell but said there had nev- ; jH i r been the slightest reason to inves- lti.'.ite the movements of Mrs. Tenny ' ll lor those of Harry Glazier or Miss jH j Mary Worthenberg, who were injured ( ll In the accident. - tH Beverly, he said, was questioned ui fH about a report he had been seen t'- j 'H take a bundle of woman's clothing i V- ; to a hotel. 'jlfiflH |