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Show THREE CONFESS I MURDER, CLAIM Landlady Lured Into Room and Strangled, Police Declare LOS ANQETLE, Calif., May 2. Sufficient Suf-ficient evidence was discovered Monday, Mon-day, according to police detectives to Justify murder complaints against three young men held in the city Jail on suspicion of the murder ol Mrs Nancy m Wheelook, 6 years old, proprietor pro-prietor of a rooming house, Whose death by Strangulation was discovered Sunday. Mrs. WKeelock's jewels, valued val-ued at $15,000, are mls-slng. MIA IDENTIFIED, Two of the men. Robert Ray. alias Valentine Rabeka and Adam Ward alias Adam Rlaszyk, have admitted participation in the affair, but denied, tholr Intention to go beyond robbery, according to the police. The third man. John Bhellst, resisted ft forts to make him talk Evelyn Scbelhouse, 22. who told newspapermen she was "Ray's girl." and that she had tried to communicate communi-cate In his behnlf with his wife, Mrs. Rena Ray. of 1 02 2 Indiana street. Tci-ledo. Tci-ledo. nhlo, wat taken into custody With Ray and Ward and Is held as i I material witness. I Wnrd and Ray have been Identified IU9 U.H Ml, '"6 II ...... Whr .lock's establishment Saturday and both havo declared Shellst took possession Of Mrs. Wheelock 8 Jewels. fflcers say Mrs Wheelock was killed th.it night. Detectives a Miss BchelhOUSS stated stat-ed she was told of tlr- alleged plot to rob Mrs. Wheelock two weeks ago and tried to dissuade the men from It Hr handkerchiefs, she was said to have declared, were used to gag Mrs. Wheloek after Ray and Ward had lured the elderly landlady to their apartment on the pretext of having her read the gas meter. WOMAN STRANGLED. A towel also was placed over Mrs Wheelock's head. It was said and when she continued to struggle, a handkerchief was tied around her .throat. After that she lay still, and they carried her back to her room, where her body was discovered Sunday Sun-day night by other roomers. Miss Sehoihouse was questioned first by detectives after the discovery of the body. Her replies were unsatisfactory', unsatis-factory', they said, but she was released releas-ed and officers trailed her to places where she met Ray and Ward. The three were arrested and Miss Schel-house Schel-house then told the officers whore they could find Shellst. Detectives said they found Mrs. I Wheelock's bankbooks where Ray and Ward said they had thrown them, j Ray's alleged confession was said to contain the declaration that he had ......,.! ,,.. Mr'.Jl t.,H 11 u Mr-, W heelock was being gagged and that her valuables. Including diamonds, hurrledl) extracted from their settings, were given into his possession. Ward was said to have confessed after af-ter he was shown the confession credited cred-ited to Ray. girl "KNOCKING luBOUT." The police quoted Miss Schelhouse as saying sh was born In Maryland, that she has 'Just been knocking around to see the world " and that she 'picked up an acquaintance" with Ray on the street. "I came here from New York three weeks ago." she said. "I met Ward on the street and he Introduced me to Ray, who took me for his sweetheart I am a nurae. but was penniless, p.) went with the men. I warned them !not to rob Mrs. Wheelock I don't think Ray did the actual killing. He's too weak. Wur.l must have persuaded him to go Into It. "I'm not mixed up In this deal When I get out I'm going to hit for New York. I'm not In love with Ray. but I d like him and I guess vou might call me his girl. He has a wife In Toledo and 1 wrote a letter to her in his behalf, but didn't gel a chance to mall It." Ra is said to have a child as well as a wife in Toledo. Ward Is believed by the police to have been put on probation at Madison. Madi-son. Onto, after conviction of grand larceny. Mrs Wheelock Is said to Wave a sis ter. Mrs. Cynthia uonnen, at. neurit. Ohio. An Inquest over Mrs. Wheelock s body Is planned for this afternoon. |