Evening journal., 1908-07-16
HAZEL DREW HAD
A SWEETHEART
May Have Been on Way to
Meet Him When She Was
Murdered
DETECTIVES ARE PUZZLED

by United Press Leased Special Wire.
TROY, July l6- Discovery that Hazel
Drew. whose mysterious murder has
stirred this city and surrounding coun-
try as no other crime has ever done. had
"a mysterious sweetheart whom she had
visited in New York. Providence and Bos-
ton has given the authorities new line
Of investigation on which they are to-
day hard at work. The finding of the
dead girls missing suit case and purse
checked in tho Union station here proves
that she was alive Tuesday afternoon, but
II reevals no motive for her trip TO Icai
pond where her body was found and near
where are The homes of half witted Frank
smith. Gundwlm. the charcoal peddler
and her curiously secretive uncle, William
Taylor.
None of these men are yet entirely freed
of suspicion.
When all is considered says District
Attorney o'Brien to-day, It looks as
though Hazel Drews murderer will be
found to be a resident Of the vicinity
where her body was found. II smith 3
story of his meeting with her that Tues
day evening should be proved a lie the
result OF the responsibility FOR her death
will lie very close TO him. AT any rate
am almost sure that her murderer lives
nthe noighborhood of the Taborton road
where Sly was last seen alive"
TRIPS TO THE CITIES.
afts..sartIufu4H trims TO
eastern cities were revealed By Mrs,
Carey the girrs last mistress. II Is be-
lieved that she went to meet "A man whose
initials &C. Il. s." were signed TO several
letters found la tho girls trunk and there
is a possibility, that she left the Carey
home expecting TO meet this man In Troy.
| Minnie Taylor the girls aunt who has
admitted being out driving with tho MUIR
der victim and two men Is TO be ques-
/ toned further IN an effort to make her
break her silence as TO their identity. Her
stubborn refusal to name these men ID
one of tho faturs Of IN cas- which is
puzzllng the detectives. "rhey had noth-
ing to do with lIazels DEATH" she says
and that is an she win say.
Another Puzzle in the Case.
The finding Of a clipping In the deas
girls purse has Aadded another pu1
zle to the case. Il read:
Edward Lavoie has departed for Cha
tanooga, Tenn, where he viii remal
all winter.
Clipped from a Troy newspaper o
October "a, 1907, it revealed romanc'
In Hazel Drews life and now detec-
tves are asking themselves If IL Is pos
sible that it was with this young man
who was we'll known as her intimate
that the girl spent her time on he'
visit TO New York, Boston and PrOvi
dence
Is it possible. they also reflect. tina;
this Edward LavOie who is now in tho
army may be on recruiting service and
that II was to meet him that the Drew
girl left the Carey on a venture whicn
brought her death. Spurred by all
these clue sto make efforts 10 win the
1000 reward offered by the county
supervisors, detectives are securing
every inch Of the country where IL T.
possible the murder was committed
Teal Pond and its vicinity, the Taylo'
farm and the long stretch Of the Ia.
borton road are being searched fci
clues TO the perpetrator OF the mos
nendish murder in the history Of IN,
community.
Silence Of the dead girls relatives and
the very number Of the half-clews S,
far discovered have onl. so far mad,
the solution Of the crime more diff.
cult.
"The murdered viii be found though.
says District Attorney O'Br'en. wei
have all these facts sifted out soon
And then-mark what I say. you vii
find that the man who killed Haze
Drew lives within very short distanc,
OF where her mutilated body wa
found"