Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1910-09-20
LOOKS like MURDER
inquiry Strengthens Theory in
Fort Myer Case. .
Mr.. MACKEY INVESTIGATING
Lynchburg Woman Believes Body
Is That of Her Son.
WAGON HEARD ON THE ROAD
Wife Of Sergt. Smith Said One
Passed Her Home Early Mon
day Morning.

Further developments in the investiga-
ton being conducted by Crandal Mackey.
commonwealth attorney Of Alexandria
county, Va. as to the cause of the death
of the young man whose body was found
In the lonely woods near the Signal
Corps station, Fort Myer, Va, a week
ago point more strongly to the theory
that murder was committed and that
the young man was not a suicide. Mean
while new complication has arisen in
the case.
Word has been received from Bati-
more that Mrs. j. B. Lohwasser of
Lynchburg, Va, declared that the body
round near the Signal Corps is that of
her son Herbert. The woman said her
son had been employed in Baltimore. but
recently his letters had stopped and eff
forts to locate him in that CITY failed
Still Thinks It Through.
When informed of this Mr.. Mackev
said he was positive that the body found
near the Signal Corps station was that of
William H. Through. a young Baltimore
electrician, as the razor. with the name
Through scratched on the blade. has been
identified by the boys mother, she stating
needle. The electric pocket lamp and
penknife found in the pockets and the
clothing worn by the dead man also
were identified by his brother, Earl
Through. who came to this city from
Baltimore.
The body was cremated last week and
the ashes have since been buried in q
cemetery near Philadelphia, so that Mrs
Lohwasser will be unable to identify the
body unless she sees the clothing and ar
ticles found on it.
Mr.. Mackey stated today that he was
going to push his investigation, as he
was still not satisfied that the young
man took his own life by strangulation
Mrs. Henry H. Smith. wife of Sergt.
Smith of the Signal Corps, whose home
is nearest the spot where the body was
found, had heard a one-horse wagon pass
her home between and s O'clock Mon
day morning. the day before the body
was discovered. She said that within a
half hour the wagon returned. Another
woman In the house also told Mr..
Mackey that she heard the wagon pass
the house.
Both of the women, who occupied sep
arate rooms in the house at the time.
thought it strange that q wagon should
be passing along the road, as there is
no traffic there, it being a blind road
the wagon returned later they thought
perhaps the driver had lost his way
and. discovering the end of the road,
had turned back. They then let the
matter pass. and it was not until Ques-
toned by Mr.. Mackey that they remem-
bered about the wagon.
Heard Cries in the Night.
Another resident in the neighborhood
has informed Mr.. Mackey that cries of
murder had been heard by a resident
near the woods early Monday morning.
Another woman in the house, however,
told Mr.. Mackey that she thought the
sounds were made by dog bowling
through a window.
Mr.. Mackey said he thought that per-
haps the man had been murdered by
some Of the "speak-easy'' operators over
in Virginia who found the young man
tramping about the section and thought
he was watching them. The common
wealth attoruey 10 now making investi-
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