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Black Dahlia E Short — Part 2

49 pages · May 08, 2026 · Broad topic: Famous Crimes & Fugitives · Topic: Black Dahlia E Short · 49 pages OCR'd
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“| Neesesur FLULO) © Names Vicki As DahliaCase ilibi SAN FRANCISCO, Jan. (UP).—A handsome Hollywood bit-playes arrested as a suspect in the “Black Dahlia” murder, alibied today that he was with his “former wife,” dancer Vicki Evans, a principal in the Robert’ Mitchum marijuana case, the night of the sadistic ‘Slaying in a eC. y ‘Connors, 40, debonair and emoat -talking, was picked up in Gilroy, Cal., and brought here on a tip from the latest “No. 1” sus- _ pect in the savage murder, Leslie caf ! ‘their payroll. af , EIn New York, Miss Evans de- - Dillon, 27, who said Connors téld"* him “intimate details” of how the “Black Dahlia,” Elizabeth’ Short, was killed two yéafs ago, Connors branded the ex-San Francisco bellhop’s attempt to implicate him as “ridiculous.” Dillon, arrested two days ago, s released in Los Angeles on ° gijounds of insufficient evidence. Connors said he knew the 22- ar-old Miss Short “by sight” #nd had told Los Angeles police he saw her in a bar the night be- fore her slashed body was found in a lot, On the murder night, he said, he was with Miss Evans and ‘working as a stand-in on a Co- Jumbia Pictures lot. Her real name, he said, was Gragefaten She was his former wife, he added. Columbia Pictures in Los Ange- les denied ever havi a “Jeff Connors” or “Arthu y ane” on ‘nied through counsel that she | West until a year and had been married to a man named Jeff Connors, that she ever knew such a man or had. ever used the name Grace Allen.] Connors said his real name is Arthur Lane and “Connors” is a pen name he has used several years, Miss Evans’ Los Angeles law. yer said she had not been in the 3 half ago. Reed took Connors to Los ilkngeles this afternoon when eed said, Connors would be (uestioned further. New York Daily Mirror Page_ > Date Mr. Tolson Mr. B. A. Tamm_ Mr. Clegg Mr. Mr. Mr. \ Mr. Glavin : yiSnaaa_ Ae 2 Sef. Tracy, Egan Mr. Gurnea Mr. Harbo . Mohr Pennington__ Quinn Tamm_ Mr. Nease Miss Gandy_ oo wr Koes ef fp © OP REGOEE Po % be ey 44 wae 11 igs ne sce!
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