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Dahlia Sayer ' Skins Date, Note’ Expresses Feat 20 ‘LOS ANGELES, Jan. i “2, ‘Three hours after the deadline for the surtéhder of the Killer of Elizabeth” Short, the “Black Dahlia.” polite” réceived a new note which said the murderer had changed his mind about giving himself up. A. previous communication had said the slayer of the 22-year-old beauty would give himself up at "10 am. today. The hour came and went without anything hap- pening. New Note Sent Early this afternoon Capt. Jack Donahue of police homicide bu- reau received a note. It was ad- dressed to him and said: “T have changed my mind about surrendering. I’m afraid I won't get ‘a fair deal.” . The note was composed of le}: ters: and words cut from news papers, as were several previo messages apparently from ths killer. It came in a typewritten }, envelope, The, envelope and. note were turned over.to the police crime laboratory for study. The new note arrived shortly after. the ‘police had publicly pledged themselves to be fair’ to the-slayer if‘he gave himself up. For threé: days Donahoe had . awaited the deadline of the slay- er’s promise, received in the mail, to. surreridér’ himself at 10 a.m. today. ' + But the investigation was not without developments. In a 12-| hour period,. police received ‘ and: Yejectéd, completely or in part, three. purported confessions ‘to the brutal. mutilation Slaying . of the black-haired girl. The first came last. night whel {Daniel S.\voorhees, 33, gave him} ‘self up: ED pollee*after telephonin that he was the Killer. He gavd. « dofficers, a written five-word ‘con: fession” which said: “I did zal Beth Short.” a), ‘ & uv win ot L9A4/ ‘ald in Observation <-.-——=, Expert questioning on the dates; when he allegedly met‘the girl convinced police it was unlikel i that he killed her. But he waf held in the county jail hospit ward, f Officers pointed. out. that Voor- hees claimed he- went out with the girl in 1941 but her family had _Said.she did not.come to.the West. , Coast until 1943. ' Detectives: were. “even Jess: im- pressed with® feSsion in'San: ! Diego. of E oe illiams; ‘alias Emily. BACarter pga "a™former | Wace. “San Dicgo“officers said. she} told a rambling story aiid ih their ‘opinion was-suffering. from: @ men-’ tal ailment. h Miss Williams claimed: she- Shot and stabbed Miss Short in an auto court on the outskirts. of Los An- geles. The ‘bisected’ body of Miss Short’ showed no ‘evidence of a “Bullets wound. - ‘The third unsupporte »gonfes- sion came from “Mannie, pul- __.veda, 37, who telephoned police “pnd said “{ killed’ Hlizabeth, Short.” Officers. met. her outside a bar on South Vermont Ave. Brief,’ questioning convinced them’ tha she knew nothing. ‘of the case. . Although ‘they chad receiveft nearly’ a halt- dozen- notes - Allez. edly from the: Slayer, police, were doubtful if any:except the first | had a real connection: It was the, first note, ‘received ‘last Friday, which contained personal effects of the ‘victim’ including her: ad-, dress hook, and birth certificate, | WASHINGTON TIMES HERALD LOB OLY Mr. Tolson Mr. EB. A. Tamm_ Mr. Clegg Mr. Glavin Mr. Ladd Mr. Nichols y, T. Rosen Mr. Tracy Mr. Carson Mr. Egan Mr. Gurnea Mr. Harbo Mr. Hendon Mr. Jones Mr. Leonard__ Mr. Penningtom Mr. Quinn Tom _ ry be - . (3 i a wo x aN ; tts 2 fe EO (A Mk. 7? = saree tet a uF Sod TN AR a RE? fa At Tea? nd Rtaite. Pam ene