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shout 35—would come to the desk and pay her rem’ the dlerk sald. dl “This man owned 2 falrly old model black Ford sedan, When the three girls left, they drove off in this sedan.” Reporters learned at Santg Barbara that at the time Miss| [Short was taken into custody) there three years ago, she was befriended by the arresting go- Jicewoman, Mary H. Unefer, “She had the blackest hair! ever saw,” Miss Unefer ra- called yesterday: At the time of her death, the} girl's hair was hennaed, but the original dark strands were be- ginning to regrow. LIVING IN COURT. ‘She was living in » court with a Vera Green,” Miss Une- fer also said. “There were four soldiers from Camp Cooke in their cottage when they wets rested. Miss Green said ope them was her husband, ut Wp later learned her husband was a soldier overseas.” The cottage was at 321-C West} Montecito street, in Santa Bar- bara. This was the address give by? the FBI. 7 “While she was awaiting xc: ‘ion on the probation investi- gation, I took her into my home,” the policewoman * tinued. “She was with me sqy- eral days, I noticed she wanja very nice girl and was m@st neat about her person and clothes. “The juvenile court released her on probation finally and I took her to a bus on which she started to Massachusetts. The Santa Barbara, Neighborhood Miss Unefer said she “ppsitive” Miss Short reached eri fhome in Medford because sevefal) letters came to her from the’ irl there. . q This was another fact con-|| ‘ixmed by the mother. 4 The policewoman revealed that the Short girl had a rose tattooed! on her left leg. F “She loved to sit so that it q would show,” Miss Uneter re- called. The slayer mutiliated this: identifying blemish. The gitl apparently went to} work at Camp Cooke—in the! commissary — on her return 4% California, The camp is abot! four miles north of Lompoc, ; Meanume Dr. Newbarr cf- ficially reported t! MATCHED —This fingerpcint, transmitted via. soundphote te the Faderal Bureau of Investigation in Washington, wax one of several which identified slaying victim here as Elizabeth Short, ~—International Hews scundphoto, IM. IDEN TEEVED—Thic is Elizabeth Short, 22, whose mutilated body was found on a Los Angeles vacant lot Wednesday morning. She was identified through fingerprints rushed to the Federal Bureau of Investigation in Washington by this newspa i" Neen oS F. {Veer Jf 74F a