TWO MURDER MYSTERIES.

Press, Volume LX, Issue 18230, 14 November 1924, Page 13

TWO MURDER MYSTERIES.

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NJEJW YORK, November 12. Two murder mysteries, one in Lea Angeles and another in Chicago, aro attracting widespread interest; ; The police at Loa Angeles are ongaged endeavouring to track the slayer of Harry Kate, millionaire. Six years ago, Kate, aged 26, arrived aad«W ed to be a Russian closely . ronnected with the Ozar'e family. His identaty was never traced, but it w evident that he was fabulously, rich, He cently increased his fortune greatly by property speculation and) diamond speculation. „ , „jj The police state that Kate was called at midnight into an ante-room of his magnificent apartments where too assassin, after speaking a few words, shot him dead. Kate waa a man or many lores. Among his letters wore found a number from a well-knownl The whole affair is a mystery. The police at Chicago are .seeking to unravel the murder of Daniel OBannion, who reputedly made l,cqu,wu dollare in the bootlegging business. O'Bannion was called out of a store, ■where he sold funeral wreaths, »y three gunmen who shot him dead «na escaped. It is reported that the gunmen were former associates or 'J nion and that the crime was the outcome of his informing upon them.