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June 20 1933
The Sentinel Carlisle, Pennsylvania Tuesday, June 20, 1933
Suspected Slayer is Found Dying
Hollywood, June 20.—(U.P.)—Clifford Sherwood, 40, identified by police as the nephew of two former governors of Connecticut, was near death here today from a bullet wound, self-inflicted after he assertedly shot and killed his sweetheart.
Sherwood, a wound in his head, was found unconscious in his automobile in Burbank this morning. Beside his body were newspapers, telling of the murder of 28-year-old Gabrielle Andrieux, petite French modiste, and the search police were making for him in connection with the slaying.
Sherwood, well known here as a writer and chess expert, was removed to the General Hospital. Physicians said he was near death.
June 21 1933
The Scranton Republican Scranton, Pennsylvania Wednesday, June 21, 1933
Suspected Slayer Commits Suicide
LOS ANGELES, June 20 (AP).—Clifford Sherwood, 40, found shot in the head early today while police hunted for him as the slayer of Gabrielle Andrieux, French seamstress, shot to death in a Hollywood bungalow yesterday, died this afternoon at the county hospital. Officers said Sherwood apparently had committed suicide.
El Paso Times El Paso, Texas Wednesday, June 21, 1933
Sought In Woman's Death, Suspect Ends Life
Los Angeles, June 20 (AP).—Clifford Sherwood, 40, found shot in the head early today while police hunted for him as the slayer of Gabrielle Andrieux, seamstress, shot to death in a Hollywood bungalow yesterday, died this afternoon at the County hospital. Officers said Sherwood apparently committed suicide.
Big Spring Daily Herald Big Spring, Texas Wednesday, June 21, 1933
Writer and Chess Expert Kills Self After Young French Modiste Is Slain
Hollywood, Cal., (UP)—Clifford Sherwood, Los Angeles writer and chess expert, assertedly shot himself in the head while police were seeking him in connection with the fatal shooting of Miss Gabrielle Andrieux, young French modiste.
The suspect fired a bullet into his head while driving through Burbank, police reported. He was expected to die.
Sherwood had been sought since the body of Miss Andrieux was found in her bungalow sewing shop.
The San Francisco Examiner, San Francisco, California, Wednesday, June 21, 1933
DEATH SUSPECT KILLS HIMSELF
HOLLYWOOD, June 20.—Clifford Sherwood, 40, accused by police as the “love slayer” of Gabrielle Andrieux, 28, pretty French modiste, died today in a suburban hospital of a self-inflicted bullet wound. Miss Andrieux was shot and killed in her Hollywood bungalow yesterday.
Sherwood, noted locally as a chess expert and student of immortality, shot himself in his automobile as he was apparently fleeing from the city after Miss Andrieux was found shot to death in her apartment in what police said was a quarrel with Sherwood. He shot himself in the head.
Sherwood was said to be a nephew of the late Phineas C. Lounsbury, former Governor of Connecticut.
In Sherwood's car police found an extra set of license plates and newspapers with accounts of the killing of Miss Andrieux.
The gun with which Sherwood had shot himself, a .32 caliber, revolver, with which he also was believed to have shot Miss Andrieux, was found clutched in his hand.
Nearby were some newspaper clippings describing a will fight in which Sherwood had attempted to break the will of his Governor uncle.
Police said they believed he engaged in a quarrel with Miss Andrieux, who had been spurning proposals of marriage, and killed her as she apparently attempted to telephone police for help.
DANBURY (Conn.), June 20. (AP) Clifford Sherwood was a grand-nephew of two Connecticut Governors.
His grandmother, Mrs. Alson B. Sherwood, was Sarah Lounsbury, a sister of Governor Phineas C. Lounsbury, and Governor George E. Lounsbury, brothers, who were Governors of Connecticut, the former in 1887-89 and the latter in 1899-1901.
The Los Angeles Times Los Angeles, California Wednesday, June 21, 1933
Love Tragedy Gun Ends Second Life
Suicide Checks Murder Inquiry; Chess Expert Dies of Wound After Killing Modiste. Hunted Man, Found in Car, Expires in Hospital. Kin of Two Governors Called Mentally Perturbed. — “Checkmate!” Death, with immutable fingers, slipped across the chess board of life yesterday afternoon and ended the game in which police were waiting to move against Cliff Sherwood, 40-year-old chess expert, for the murder of Miss Gabriella Andrieux, French modiste, in her home at 1748½ North Wilcox avenue, Monday afternoon. Sherwood, while police of the Southland were searching for him, shot himself in the head with the same pistol authorities say he used to kill Miss Andrieux. He was found in his automobile at Glenoaks Boulevard and Palm Avenue Burbank, by Burbank police shortly after dawn yesterday. Yesterday afternoon he died in General Hospital without regaining consciousness. Detective Lieutenants Clark and Bryan had been waiting to question him regarding the slaying of Miss Andrieux.
POLICE INQUIRY ENDS. Sherwood's death precluded any further police investigation of the shooting. Murder and suicide was the finis written to the reports filed in police records. No inquest will be conducted. From acquaintances of the murdered woman and Sherwood the detectives learned the chess expert had been a frequent visitor at her Hollywood home. Lucie Belville, with whom Miss Andrieux worked and lived, told them Sherwood apparently had been paying hopeless attentions to Miss Andrieux. Neighbors of the two women reported they saw Sherwood talking to Miss Andrieux on the front porch of her home Monday afternoon and a few minutes later heard two pistol shots and screams and then saw Sherwood flee from the scene in his automobile.
RELATIVE OF GOVERNOR. Checking over personal effects of the chess expert found in his automobile, the detectives found newspaper clippings which identified him as a grand-nephew of Phineas C. Lounsbury, former Governor of Connecticut. The clippings, taken from a local newspaper and dated April 26, 1926, told the story of how Sherwood temporarily had halted the settlement of Lounsbury's $1,000,000 estate by asserting that, under a will left by his grandmother, Mrs. Sarah Sherwood, thirty years ago, he had been made a beneficiary and Lounsbury had been made an executor of Mrs. Sherwood's estate. In Lounsbury's will, according to the clippings, there was no record of this asserted transaction. Sherwood, the clippings stated, had received an income from his grandmother's estate until twelve years ago.
ANOTHER HIGH KINSMAN. Records of the contest of the will of Gov. Lounsbury, which finally was settled in 1925, do not disclose that Sherwood was one of the contestants, according to a dispatch yesterday from Danbury, Ct. Relatives of Sherwood, according to the dispatch, live at Ridgefield and Redding, Ct., but they said yesterday he had never lived in Connecticut and that they had not heard from him for many years. Sherwood was a grand-nephew of two Connecticut governors, for George E. Lounsbury, brother of Phineas C. Lounsbury, who was Governor from 1887 to 1889, also served as Governor of the State, his term having run from 1899 to 1901. Sherwood's grandmother, whose maiden name was Sarah Lounsbury, was the sister of the governors.
MOTHER IN FRANCE. A recent letter received by Sherwood disclosed that he leaves a mother living in Leiseux, France. Exclusive of this communication police found no other papers revealing the whereabouts of other relatives. Sherwood, acquaintances told detectives, had been mentally perturbed for the last few weeks. With a monthly income which he derived from some source in the East, he had made his living conducting and writing about chess and checker tournaments. His home address was given as 1026 West Third street on his automobile registration, but it was found he had moved from that address months ago, and subsequently had changed his residence frequently. Miss Andrieux's parents, according to Miss Belville, reside in Boudeville, France. Miss Andrieux had resided in Hollywood for several years.
June 23 1933
Clifford Sherwood, Certificate of Death
