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iGives Up, Says ant Stand | ny Longer’ 33-year-old Man Denies Writing Notes LOS ANGELES, Jan. 28 (AP). Police Capt. Jack Donohoe an+ nounced late tonight that a 33+ year-old man had walked into po- lice headquarters and said he “wanted to confess” to the sadis- tic killing of Elizabeth Short, 22, whose nude, bisected body was found in a vacant lot here re cently. The man, dressed in tan work pants, green sport shirt, his cop- per-curly hair bareheaded, was booked on suspicion of murder. Voorhees. ( —epraniell \“Can’t Stand“It Any Longer” “Just a short time ago,” said Donohoe, “a man telephoned po- lice headquarters and said “E can’t stand it any longer want to confess to the murder of the Black Dahlia’" That was the way friends of the former Hyde Park, Mass., girl referred to her, because of he penchant for wearing black clot! ing to match her raven tresses. “Shortly atter we received thi telqghone call,’ said Donohoe, “this man walked into the homi- cidg department and said ‘I can't stand it any longer—t want to confess to the Black Dahlia’s mur- der’? He gave his name as Daniel S, ae Has Family in dn Phoenix A Donohue said that atter the man was booked, giving several down: town hotels as his residence, he was turned over for questioning iby Dr. Paul De River, police psy: NE eee The psy he psychiatrists said, after a preliminary examination, that he fhad “come to no definite conclu- sion.” Detective Ed Barrett, who was among the man’s questioners, dis« played a sheet of paper on which ‘|was written, “I did kill Elizabeth Short,” which was signed “Daniel 'S. Voorhees.” Barrett said Voorhees told him ‘\he has a wife and nine-year-old ‘\daughter in Phoenix, Ariz, bus declined to identify them, '| Must ‘Get it Of My Chest? Barrett quoted Voorhees as say ing: *T am so sick I can’t stand it, I simply had to get it off my chest.” He denied having written any of a number of letters and post cards to police, one of which said the slayer would surrender at 10 am. tomorrow. PHOENES, Ariz., Jan. 28 (AP), The Phoenix police identification {bureau said tonight a man who fgave his name as Dan Voorhees ‘had been arrested here five times, The bureau said that Voorhees, arrested in 1942.1n connection with... a ‘a Phoenix ult to commit yapa _ case, give ‘his age ag 25. Records showed no disesition of the case, Mr. Tolson_____ Mr. EB. A. Tamm_ Mr. Clegg Mr. Glavin__ Mr. Ladd. Mr. Nichols. Mr. Rosen. Mr. Tracy_____ Mr. Carson Mr. Egan. Mr. Gurnea___ Mr. Harbo. Mr. Hendon Mr. Jones. Mr. Leonard___ Mr. Pennington Mr. Quinn Tamm_ Mr. Nease Miss Gandy. WASHINGTON TIMES HERALD paTtE_/ =