SEQUEL TO A JOYRIDE.
» . DEATH OF XOUNG WOMAN. AA joyride, a few drinks of "moonshine" liquor, a bed close to a large open window, »nd six inches higher than the sillj- ■were blamed by detectives fpr the death of Mrs. Marie Isbell, whose nude body was found crushed five storeys below the winflow of her room In the Heuer Hotel, 555, CJeary Street. Theories of suicide and murder were Abandoned after police found the woman >tnd two youths who had been with Mrs. Xsbell during Wednesday evening. They were Miss Ainahda Garcia, 3049, Palifornia Street, employed in the same P'Farrell Street restaurant as Mrs. Isbell; ffhomas J. Elario and Elmer Eamsey, shoe ptore clerks. They told of the automobile ride and the liquor, and of Mrs. Isbell being put to bed by Miss Garcia about midnight. The body was nude when found, because Miss Garcia had been unable t . find Mrs. Isbeirs gUghtgown. Mrs. Isbell was separated from her husband, Harry Isbell, electrician, and leaves k daughter, Mildred, five, whom her busfcand accused her of kidnapping a year a"0
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Auckland Star, Volume LVII, Issue 114, 15 May 1926, Page 38
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