Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1908-07-15


will lead to the apprehension Of the MUIR
derer of Hazel Drew. whose body was
found Saturday in an old mill pond near
"A lonely road leading from Averill Park
to Taborton. Bit by bit the authorities
have been weaving a net of c.rcumstantial
evidence into which they hope to enmesh
the slayer OF the young woman.
Alive Tuesday Nightp
Frank Smith and Rudolph Gundernan
both claim to have seen Miss Drew on the
night of Tuesday, July Z. walking along
the road TO Taborton. swinging her hat in
her hand and apparently on her way to
the home of her uncle. William Taylor.
who has farm on the Taylor road not
far from the main road to Taborton.
Smith, when first questioned by the police.
was not clear as to whether il was Mon
day or Tuesday evening that he had seen
the girl. His mother told the authorities
that Frank said il was Monday night. The
boy however told the authorities that it
was Tuesday night. This was corrobor-
ated by Gunderman.
Hazel left the house where her aunt
Miss Minnie TAYLOR is stopping in Troy,
Monday. July u, for " atervuet. She ear
ried a suit case and a handbag. Smith
and Gunderman declare that wnen they
saw her she did not have these articles.
Smith Runs to Pharmacy.
Shortly before midnight Monday, July
&, Smith ran into the village of Averill
GREATNESS and excited, according to Post
master George Shriner and ex-Supervisor
Carmon, who reported the incident to the
police. Smith ran past them and on TO a
drug store, and as the hour was late they
\ had hse q
suddenly. or that there mad been an acci-
dent. Smith, according to the story told
the police, paused a moment at the store
and then started to return. Jne two mel
at the post Once questioned him ss 10 the
trouble, and ne repTi I'd: Nothing.
>Doring omItn's Questioning uy the au-
thcrities since the nndlng " the BODY
ue did not menuon tne< journey to the
drug store.
Gunderman's Story.
According to GuIderman's story he was
driving to Averiil Park Tuesday night
| when Frank Smith hailed MIN and asked
him for a ride TO town. We had just
passed Taylor's road" continued Gunder-
man, (which turns off from the main
read, when / saw girl with light hair
CARRYING a black hat trimmed with back
feathers in her hand She said: Hello.
Frank and he answered her salute and
then said TO me: That john Drew 5
eldest girl Neither Smith nor l got out
OF the wagon ana tna girl went on up the
road We drove TO harris saloon, al
Averill Park, where We mad few orlnks'
and then / vent TO meet some friends,
lea, ing smith there.
Tracing Hazel Drew.
Search is being made for the girls suit
case and bag, and as there is possibility
that they may have been thrown into the
mill pond the water is to be let out TO-
day.
The girls movements have been traced
from July 3 until the night of the murder.
Hazel appeared at MISS Iaylor's nome
at 10 am July u and announced tnat she
had lett tie employment of Prof. 4. I.
Gary. and had shipped ner trunk nome
ana WAS gong for d visit with friends IN
waterviiet. Nothing is known OF her
movements from the time she was seen
10 board the II loliey for Watervl!et until
sne appeared in the road near the scene
OF her death, more tnan twenty-louf
hours later
Later III The day it was said tnat young
Smiths hurried trip to the drug stor
at Ayerill Park OIL the night OF July .
was the resulL of a wager made at Chris
Grapes Hotel, which is on the AHerii
PARK road about two miles from the VII
lagc, that Smith could not go from the
hotel to the village drug store. purchase
a postal card and return in fifteen mill
utes Smith, who Is said to have Desn
the victim of many a joke. undertook to
make the t,lp. but lost by one minute