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Sergeant Brown had worked off and on for four years on the "Black Dahlia" case, the killing of Elizabeth Short in Los Angeles on January 15, 1947. Miss Short had been beaten, raped, sliced up, and deposited in a vacant lot, leaving in her wake what the newspaper euphemistically called "a lot of boyfriends" and a little black book containing the names of more than a hundred of those boy-friends, Immediately after the crime there had been a wave of confessions; apparently people seeking attention had been inspired by the intensity of the violence. Sergeant Brown methodically tracked down...
...their stories from what they call sources at headquarters," a broad category which can include anybody from a janitor to a captain. The Traveler's source was quick at producing a reason for Brown's trip to Boston. Wednesday night's Blue Streak edition of the Traveler led with DAHLIA MURDER HUNT SHIFTS TO HARVARD...
...story said the Dahlia's little black book had led Brown to a suspect "who is now a student at Harvard." It was a good story and a clear news beat. The Traveler sold out at House dining hall newsstands that night...
Sergeant Brown Wednesday night told the CRIMSON and other newspapers that his appearance at Harvard had "absolutely no connection" with the Dahlia slaying. However, Captain Blaine Steed of the Los Angeles Police Department refuted Brown's statement when contacted by the CRIMSON...
According to Steed, Brown was sent East primarily on an extradition matter, but was advised to interview two persons relative to background facts in the Dahlia case while in the Boston area. One was the former student and the other a waltress who had worked with the murdered woman...