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By United Press LOS ANGELES. Jan. 29—A shabbily atessed young Army veteran, Daniel 8. Voorhees, was booked on suspicion of murdering Elizabeth Short today after he signed 2 tive-word confession ad- mittung the slaying of the 22-year-old Black Dahlia, Police were not convinced of Voor- hees’ guilt, and were awaiting further word from another “confessed slayer,” Who had promised to give himself up at 10 a, m. today, almost two weeks after the girl's mutilated body was found in a lover's lane, Voorhees’ confession read: “t did kill Beth Short.” ‘He refused to amplify his statement, Voorhees surrendered by phone and sked to be arrested, “I can’t stand it any longer,” the say haired Voorhees told police. “ ve & wife and little girl in Phoenix, * His only connection with the Black,jof surrender, Dahlia was his statement that he, dated her in 1941 and had seen fer! several times since, “I was out with her two weeks ago.” he said. “I took her on the bus.” He refused to tell where he took her. As far as police know, Miss Short first came to California in 1943, two years after Voorhces said he dated her. Police said they would not try to give Voorhees a lie detector test until he had recovered from his “bewildered and befuddled” state, Voorhees said he was hooked on a rape charge in Phoenix in 1941 but did not serve time. He said he was re- leased to serve in the Air Corps. Then he contradicted himself and said his Army service began m 1943, not 1941. He was released in 1943, still @ private, ‘The other “slayer” backed down yes~ terday in new note asking for terms ae “E will give up in Dahlia killing’ it I get 10 years, Don’t try to find mg," | said the note. , Police also questioned Cleo Short, estranged father of the dead girl, for @ second time and released him, A one-time roommate of the dead girl, 16-year-old Lynn Martin, told po- lice more of her own experiences than of Miss Short’s, She was to be ques- tipned again today. ‘he girl, who masqueraded as a 34- yepr-old model, admitted an acquait = are with free-lance Photograp! George Price, 43, and said she had posed in the nude for him for lewd pictures, . Price's name was in the Dahlia’s ress book, Ha was questioned but &] ied knowing Miss Short. Police said that as # result of Martin's testimony 11 men would be charged with contributing to her de« linquency. CopsDoubtDahlia'Slayer’s' Addled