DEATH OF TWO GIRLS.
WATCHMAN SUSPECTED. NEW~~YORK, Feb. 8. At Los Angeles S, C. Stone, father of Jack Hoxie, the film actor, and night watchman in the residential district whence May and Nini Martin disappeared in August, is being held in gaol for questioning concerning the kidnapping and death of the little girls, whose bodies were discovered m a shallow grave. Stone declares he knew nothing of the death of the Martin sisters, but the investigators announced tney had witnesses ready to testify they saw Stone talking with the girls shortly before their disappearance and suspicious clues were found in Stone's automobile.—A. and N.Z. cable. LOS ANGELES, Feb. 8. Jack Hoxie denies that Stone is his father. Stone had told the police he was Hoxie's father. It appears that Hoxie's real name is Stone.—A. and NVZ. cable.
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Manawatu Standard, Volume XLV, Issue 59, 9 February 1925, Page 5
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