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MORRIS BOLBER SURRENDERS PHILADELPHIA, Pa., May 1. — Morris Bolber, reputed witch doctor, who has been described as the instigator of the unbelievable Philadelphia murder for insurance ring, was surrendered to police today "by his attorney, Bernard Cohen. With the apprehension of Bolber, only one of the thirteen known suspects in the senational case is now at liberty. She is Rose Carina, also known as Rose Ruggirio and Rose Lisa, one-time "secretary" to Bolber, whose strange power over the superstitious woman caused her to be known as the "kiss of death" woman. Bolber was surrendered shortly after Sergeant Kelly announced that another arrest would be made before nightfall. He refused to disclose the name of the new suspect in the fantastic plot, now believed responsible for upwards of 100 slayings. Meanwhile, detectives continued grilling Cesare Valenti, 55-year-old alien, and one of the suspected ringleaders of the "murder for profit" slayers, while police supervised the exhuming of three more bodies of suspected victims of the bizarre plot that extended over a period of seven years.
