◆ SpookStack

Story i in Doubt FORT DIX, N. J., Feb. 9 (NY News)—-The army’s criminal in- vestigation division here, faced with the likelihood of having its Black Dahlia murder “solution” blow up in its face, withdrew be-: hind a curtain, Of secrecy today. Corp. Joseph Dumais, the gar- rulous combat “véteran and mil- itary policeman, who said yester- day. that it was “possible” that he was the killer, was being ques- tioned again by Capt. William H. Plorence, head of the post’s CID. Throws Up Veil But Florence refused to talk to newspapermen, refused to let them question Dumais, and re- fused to tell what progress, if any, he was making. Yet yesverday he hai announced that he was “con- _ vilced” Dumais murdered “The .-Dahlia’—atiractive Elizabeth Short, 22, whose nude’ and~sev-"~ ‘ated body was found in a Lbs ngeles lot on Janvary 15. Capt. Jack Donohoe, ‘head of the Los Angeles homicide squad, said the weakest point in Flor- ence’s case was the fact that Fart. Dix records show Dumais was jn camp at 3 p.m. on January , the day Miss Short’s body ws: found in the lot, close to a fup- quently used sidewalk and in plain sight. . Plane Possibility The body probably -was placed’ there after dark on January 14’ or early on January 15, Donohoe said, otherwise it would have! been discovered earlier. Dumais | couldn’t have done it and get: back to Fort Dix by 3 p.m. of | January 15, Donohoe said, with- out flying East on a Constellation , plane and there is no evidence that he did. Today three sergeants said they saw Dumias when he checked into camp January 10 after a 45-day turlough and that they saw him there on January 13, 14 and 15. Post records show he was there! January 11, but there is no record of where he was on January 12. Meanwhile at Tilton, N. H., the mother of Dumais’ first wife re- ported her daughter alive and well. : Dumais reportedly told authorities * ‘at Fort Dix she died under mys- terious circumstances.” Mrs. Hazel de Langis said Dumais married her daughier, the former Eunice Fortune, on January, 1, 1937, in Claremont where the ‘corporal lived at that time. Town records show that Told of Dumais’ statement that is first wife was dead, Mrs. De angis replied: , Cs “Why, wd Herabsurd. My. dau Frente ivel rap well.” an —Ee Mr. Tolson _g- * | WASHINGTON TIMES- HERALD Page —_———} Mr. B.A, ‘Metin _ Mr. ofete~! Mr. Coffey’ Mr. Glavin Mr. Ladd Mr. Egan Mr. Hendon Mr. Pennington __ Mr. Quinn Tamm _ Mr. Nease Miss Gandy ae