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threatened to f�kill.her it he everfound hex-with another man." She�had left him that day. ' -

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Yesterday an-'autop2:y;_'.;i115i&edthe girl hadsharp metal weapons -,lb�e'Iore"'she;died,. thenbutchered. _:� -;�" �Dr. Frederick D. Ne92'ivbai'r',ii:h.le£_'

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Officers in the border city im-mediately feared that San Diego's89-dis"tic_ yvprnan killer, already be-lieved responsible for at �leastseven unsolved mu_rders,- was on�92¢�.Pr§W1'.az:.a.in-. , . . . 1 ;_ -'

For 15 years, police and psychol-Ogists have agreedthat the killerwas �a sexual sadist whose crimesincreased in brutality. _ _ _A

I-' -Byfstudying the records� ot un-3°lY°d . F?-5.9.9». . .u.�?Y . °°!.1Zi°°t"1'°¢1

f�nat» Miss Short.�who worked and-�lived�i_n*San Diego, could well -be___.the___1nad �killer's �latest victim-"in �lms #1 th.em.a11.

i, began gig Feb., 1931. whenVirginia, - 1 .- ..'»1-='.°=':r.ear:<>.1.�1'..=i= "1slr1:wss»

" _._¢1�-*'¢i1Y.j:b�921===d~1ni=s_92m- Louise =T¬ubeiI,_174year-old<clerk.':.=.=1:se¢1s. ,.we=, ¬9!'¥*d;-!11°!%th8, later-.$»7?T=�»0n_-<Aprii 25'-of rtheaame year,' j__body of �Dolly Bibbens, attrac-

; _ti e,'_i1vejll-to-do - widow, was found_ -.he'r__apartment. She had been .Q"81¥-~,,13_98@t1§géa,t;ter~£1rst' being

� 'D!#9;;�=vyeelcsi-later, Hazel sma-shaq, :ql921_§-iantittil s. 22-year-old tele-phone "qoperator,-Ewes-' found mur-

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liliiin� oi seven= 1 Elurerniézitbliéei in-�{¢§£s �last ' hiigiit was at strikingmad butcher. murder of Elizabeth Short, 22, whose body was found __h__er_e

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.pther'-unsolved San Diego sex crimes. a V __�' * . Q ' .4- - of . -1 .

dered in the Indian Village, Balboa.Park. She had been stabbed 17times. . _ - ' �- While still investigating these

three murders, police were calledtoi the apartment ot. Maud Det-wile:-,. attractive divorcee. She,too, had been raped and sadisti-cally slain. ' _ _

� There was a three year lull_be-fore the sex.tiend struck 122.111.-Then, on the morning ot Ma_ 'h 4,1984, police found Mrs. WesleyAdams dead. the victim ct �hkillerfollowing a similar pattern to thefirst three crinies. _ 1 5 ,.,;,'_Almonth later, San.D go wasshocked by one or the most.bat-�ing or all s_ex_ crlme.cases._1-Iang-g_»trom¢a_tree om.B§§'cl§' ' _

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before she entered her hgmeattendinga movie.. ._ _. -She has been rap¢<i5ff=§Y§,£§l'times, tortured and-strangled??-;'?:§

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Ei�3�2�;-��-�-' ' _ " M I I 0 0 f� n��moarding~our identification of the mujdered girl found in Los _________A];;;4!!_.§e,1.es;;'jday»;_be_fore yesterday, that the Los Angeles Examiner had sent er�

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To recount the happenings on Thursday, January 16, 1 /involving the identification� of Elizabeth Short and the= I92 possible iziterest ofpof the Los Angeles Times,�b I wish to advise asvfollowsz � 'L _~ "s-iS'h'ort1y after 10 a.m. on the morning of J'anuary�l692! �of the local Hearst bureau, which represents the Los�i Examiner, called and related the murder and stated that in cooperation .� 1 Police the Los Angeles Examiner was sending .the "with the Los Ange es _ . _ A; fingerprints of the girl to Washington via International News PhotosI wire service�. They were sending them at considerablecost and as e»� � ' 1: tha 1 soon as they arrwedpasked if we could _c_h_ec _V em.i the ajgrangements with Hr; Quinn ~Tamm in Ident. - _

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Director, FBI ATTENTION: IDENTIFICATION DIVISIONQ! _

RE: ELIZABETH SHORT"BLACK DAHLIA" MURDER III LOS ANGELESINFORMATION CONCERNING _

Dear Sir:

The manner in which ELIZABETH SHORT's body was dissected has in-dicated the possibility that the murderer was a person somewhat experienced inmedical work. The Los Angeles Police Department has undertaken to develop sus-pects among the medical and dental schools in the area, as hell as among otherstudents who have anything to do with human anatomy.

; The University of Southern California Medical School was reluctantto ttrn over a list of their students to the police department without beingassured that the names would not be indexed into police or FBI records as sus-pects in the case. This assurance has been given them.~ I am enclosing two copies of a list of th Univ rsity of SouthernCalifornia medical students, giving the name, address, » dattand Army -or Navy compensation number where known. Those students with "c" numbers are inschool under the G.I. Bill of Rights. It is requested that the Bu:;eau_searchthese names through the criminal record indices and in the event any criminalrecord is determined for any of these men, a copy is requested to be sent airmail to this office. , . b

It will be noted that eight names are preceded with an asteriskIn these cases, if ah�i�gegprint card is located for the individual, it is requested that a photographic copy of fingerprints be furnished to this officeby air mail as the Los Angeles Police Department Crime Laboratory has comparethe handwriting oftfthese individuals with notes received in the case and�hasconcluded that there is some similarity and they would like to be able to com-pare latent fingerprints also. T

I feel that we can be of much assistance to the Los AngelesPolice Department in this case and the Bureau's expedit'ous attentio o t Qproject sill be sincerely appreciated by ' %G0RDED 0

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During the war, Social Security furnished us informationon cases directly concerned with the "successful prosecution af thewar". {cu will recall that just recently they wrote to the AttorneyGeneral and stated since the President's proclamation terminatinghostilities, this cooperation could now be honored only when wecertify that the case in question grew but of the war. weaccordingly directed a memorandum to the Attorney General protesting

_ the lack of cooperation on the part of Social Security_and pointing -out that we now have'cases which are of at least as grave concern~to the security qf the country as during the war and asking him to

this invaluable information. -make every effort to effect arrangements whereby we could secure

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January 31, 1947

Mr. John Edgar Hoover

DirectorFederal Bureau of Investigation _�.92'ashington, D. S.

Dear Mr. Hoover: I am replying to your letter of January 28, 1947, whichdelivered to us, in which you request information from our records "concerning the employment of Elizabeth Short.

The subject of such requests has been previously discussed with theDepartment of Justice; you may recall that early in 1937, your departmentrequested access to our records for the location of individuals suspectedof_.criminal acts. At that time, every consideration was given to therequest but because of the Social Security Board's often�repeated publicpledge that information furnished would be used only for the purposesof the Social Security Act, and after consulting with other governmentalagencies, representatives of organized labor, and others, the request"was denied. Since that time we have followed the policy of refusing to �furnish confidential information from our records except for the purposesof administering the Act. An exception was made, however, in ouragreement whereby your department has been furnished information whensuch disclosures would be in the interest of the successful prosecutipnof the war. A

Supporting this policy Congress, in the 1939 amendments to the SocialSecurity Act, enacted Section 1106 which provides that the records ofthe Social Security Board now the Social Security Administration! shallbe regarded as confidential and that no disclosures thereof may be madeexcept as the Board may by__regulation_s_,prescribg,,_ Regulation I, adoptedin confomityéwlt�hmthis 'statute,�'1§resci7i'Ees at infomation may be dis-closed and to whom. - _,_ __" ~. '.'*.=�z§i

Although I appreciate entirely your desire for such information I regretthat the request, in accordance with this Regulé�ion, is not one for

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/ - -.Based upon the reqoest whichwas mde by...the Les Ahgeles Divisio:':§;;;��°§-5»;--___-_:'_of our fhiladelphia Office tecohduct investigation ixieonnection with ~92;1}e__¢.___-� T�. "Black Dahlia� case; 1 called Philadelphia and instructed they that >basis o£..the -information available to the Bureau, we did not desireinquii-ies'made'in this case. 4 . ' . ~ » "i wire reflects� that the I-os �Ahgeles Policeh th ir an inquiries that the victim

�aring the pertihent period, the Lose Angeles"Police Depsr _ht"s}_ti1l desires�-that hew mo� - ~ _ _. Y4 � p _ � ~� ix� ""- -.°- -s _- Is have not. conducted any investigatiozx_{f.�!§_ this case__sfnIT;I.'__do_wnot we

ought to enter it at this late date. .f1'he;_Phi1ads1phia.-0£fice;gas�*i;sstr92i""�conduct» any investigation and unless �advised to :th_°- contrary'¢..they will ' _approved, a sire should be �sent .to our _Los Angeles Oftice advising that: jie:are tor-be conducted in� this case as previously instructed and that, of� - _ }e_$ur_.___�;Laboratory facilities are availa'b1'e. �there is no reaso� to change these st";§_fia W T 1H NH s Ma Eh ouLD i q '

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�co séonfj which may link 23-year-om li1dIelV31'§~§Bai1ey with the mutilation-

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The handkerchief, given �police by»Bailey,.vwas-found-1yestex-day to have mmea-wiui-"mmm..nma several;WOeksB-$0. Baileyclaimsitislidiss� Shorts handkerchief and her blood andthat he carried it, as "a "keepsake"alter slashing and cutting her bodyin4two with an eight inch Marinecombat knife.

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. Benzedrinisi Hops Up New i 'sDaliIii_a' Coufessigoiiluary 12 he and Miss Short began around or nightclubs. She drank liquor,;he said, while he consumed benredrineand coffee �for a lift." _ � -

Later, Bailey said, he andl�ss Shorttookadriveinastolenauto. Duringtherlde, he said, they argued aboutmi� S� 1'°"'= ml?-=-_. . 1. �

Bailey said he stopped the car alongthe Long Beach;road near the shore.After more argmnents, he knocked MissShort: unconscious and carried herbody down to the beach, slashed herrepeatedly across the breasts, abdomenand groimandthencutherbodyin

nnoon _'s1"ams IT0 CHECK

Bailey, who made his �rst contes-sion March 18, changed his statementadding more details to the gruesomestory he told oi mutilating the girl�:body because she refused to accom-pany him £rgn,I4:s_-Aageles._to St

His new statement did not correct theoriginal discrepan'cy.in'the dates� - MiaBhort�s_ body was found January 15,and police said shoves dead less than12 hours. Bailey claims he killed thegirl January 13. -'~

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