Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1896-05-05

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lens house Before he left the scene he
called out to Mr.. Joseph J. Hamilton, Mr..
Kreglo's partner in running the farm who
was at work with plow a piece of high
ground some distance off. Hamilton claims
to have hurried at once to the spot where
the murder took place, but in this state
ment he is contradicted by the colored
man, who says that Hamilton only came
part way and then returned.
Police Assistance.
The first policeman to reach the spot was
officer Kramer of the biological Park po-
lice. As soon as he saw what had hap
pened he hurried to the office of the Zoo
and sent a telephone message to the city,
which called out a number of policemen
from the sixth, seventh and ninth pre-
cincts. Kramer was near enough to hear
the girls cries as she was hacked to dea n,
but saw nothing of the asSailant he APP
pears to have come to the spot from di-
rection opposite to that by which the muir
derer escaped DR.. Frank Baker. super
intendent of the Zoo. reached the
scene, as did Drs. Gibbs and Harding. but
they realized al once that there was no
need of their services. the poor girl was
then beyond medical aid
Revolver Found.
Not far from where the body lay at the
foot of the hill was found a big, ugly bull
dog revolver containing four cartridges,
none Of which had been exploded. On the
handle scratched the initials, IF. d.
A." though the first letter may possibly he
IT, 1t would look as though the MUIR
oerer had attempted to intimidate the girl
with a pistol but either dropped it, or had
it knocked from his hand, and then resort
ed to the knife when he realized that he
had gone far that if she ever escaped
she might bring him to punishment for at
tempted rape. Her underclothing was al
most torn from her body, and near where
she lay found button which was torn
put, with a piece of cloth attached, from
the back of one of the garments. During
the struggle down the hill it would seem
as though the brute must have held his
hand over her mouth, for otherwise it
9 impossible to understand how it was her
cries were not heard sooner. The exact de-
tails of the case, however, may never be
cleared up.
Searching for Clues.
When the body of the poor murdered
girl was Fitted from the stream it was laid
carefully in the grass near by, and there
1T stayed for several hours. The neighbors
did not like to take it upon themselves 10
remove it until it had been viewed by the
coroner I.afe in the evening it was placed
on a stretcher and taken 10 the NOR que on
New Jersey avenue. where DR. GlazeDrook
the deputy coroner performed An autopsy
this morning During the night the police
kept up a more or less active search of the
HelS lDOG0OOC, DuI were unsuccessful IN Sc
curing any definite or satisfactory clue
to the identity of the murderer. Detec-
tives Horne and Weldon have been as
signed to the case and are working hard.
but so far without success. Last evening
Detective Sergeant Perry sent dispatches
to all the neighboring towns and villages
asking the arrest of any Suspicious-looking
colored man who might be covered with
blood otherwise show evidence of hav-
ing been involved in an ARRAY.
From the ease with which the murderer
IT a1e his escape from the scene through
part of the country that is not familiar to
everyone, the police are rather of the opin-
ion that Elsie Greglo's assailant must have
been a man who was acquainted with the
girl, and rot a stranger to the roads in
that neighborhood.
Suspects Arrested.
The police have made several arrests to-
day All those locked up are colored men.
but at best they are only charged with sus-
picion, and Detective Weldon said this af-
ternoon that there was no reason to be-
Heve that the right man had been captured.
Early this morning Policemen Hess and Ell
Holt of the eighth precinct arrested man
on North Capitol street, not far from the
entrance to the Soldiers Home. He was
sitting under a tree, and seemed to an
swer perfectly to the description sent out
last night from the seventh precinct of a.
man Whom II was thought there was some
reason to suspect He gave the name of
John saunders. and at the inquest which
was held this morning, he acted in a sus-
plciouS manner. and for long time refused
TO take the oath, and when on the stand
did not give very good account of his
Whereabouts for the past twenty-four hours
He seemed 10 act like man whose intel
leCt was not of the clearest and he will he
Kept IN confinement until the mystery is
nearer solution than it is today
Sergeant Slattery of the eighth precinct
arrested young colOred boy at the corner
or l4th and Wallach streets this morning
IL is said that a man who lived out in
the country discovered that he had been
Sleeping out in the woods all night, and
followed him into town, giving the word
10 the police. He was locked up in the
station house. but the police do not think
that they have much of a case against
him.
The police of the first precinct this
morning took up a colored man on Penn
sylvania avenue and held him pending the
nivestlsation He was said to be a sus-
Picious looking person. and his clothes
looked as though they had recently had a
thorough wetting and had not completely
dried.
Mr.. F. & Crane. who boards at +ba V,
toldi on 9TH street, stated to a Star reporter
today that yesterday afternoon about :
O'Clock he was driving down the 18th street
road near the blackburn place just outside
OF the city when his attention was attract
ed to n colored man resting by the side of
the road. He said the man was IN his shirt
sleeves and had large stain of blood on
MS arm. He had apparently attempted to
conceal ii by rubbing dirt over it. Mr.
Crane said that at that time he had not
heard of the murder, but mis- notice was at
tracted by the fellows Notwithstanding face
and he remarked to his companion that
that v as certainly a tough-looking citizen
He said the negro was chunky and heavy
set When he drove on the man was still
sitting by the side of the road. The spot
was almost in a line with the scene of the
murder. although some distance to the
eastward of il.
The Inquest.
Coroner Hammett held an inquest over
the body of the murdered girl today at the
sixth precinct station. 1t was supposed
that he would hold an informal investiga-
ton. and then postpone the hearing until
there was something definite to go on, but
instead of that he decided to go ahead with
the formal inquest The result was that
the two detectives, Policeman Kramer and
In fact, almost every person who has been
working on the case or is familiar with It
was kept at the station house from II until
O'Clock. when one would think they might
have been securing the country in the
neighborhood of the crime -or working on