The Birmingham age-herald., 1910-12-22
OFFICERS STILL AT SEA REGARDING TWO DEATHS BY POISON Theory Is Advanced That Woman Gave Coleman the
 Fatal Potion THOROUGH SEARCH
 MADE OF HIS ROOMS Coroner Will Take No Further Action Until Analysis of St0macbs Is
 CompIefed-Mistake About
 Missing Keys

some of his best deputies to work on the case. They will work separately from the police and it is possible may unearth something that escaped the city sleuths
 Coroner B. l.. Brasher has made no fur ther progress in the investigation of the case and will do nothing further until credence by the police is that the killing of the stomachs of the men is completed. An analysis is also being made of the reminder of the contents of the oottie' IL will probably be several days before anything definite is heard from J. C. Long, who is making the analysis.
 There are countless theories advanced as to who did the killing, where the bot tie came from, and by whom it was given However, the one given the most credence by the police is that the Killing was done by woman with a motive or ieaIousv. If is stated that the work bears the mark of woman.
 Search Room Thoroughly
 Working on this theory Detectives Mur- phy and Williams went to Coleman room yesterday morning and searched IL thoroughly. Nothing of importance was found. One or two pictures of Coleman and a lady were found, but upon investi- gation the detectives discarded these as unimportant. A fact that is regarded as significant by the officers is that large r,icture of Coleman and young lady, which is said to have been in his room d short time before, was missing. All CT forts to locate this have proved unavail- ing.
 An additional pointer toward the Jeal- ousy theory is the fact that the engage ment of Mr. Coleman to Miss Belle Mac Evoy 1172 Thirteenth street, south, had been made public for only a short time. It is argued that wheh the woman in the case heard of the engagement she became jealous and sent or gave the bot tie containing the poison to Coleman.
 Miss MacEvoy Is prostrated with grief over the untimely death of her fiance and refuses to see anyone. She emphaticaily stated through her mother that although she had known Coleman for years she knew of no incident that would lead to the belief that there had been another.
 Accepting the fact that 1t was a woman who gave the whisky to Coleman the label on the battle has come In for con siderable scrutiny It is piece of plain paper with a sentence written on it with a typewriter. There is only one word yisible-"o "old"-which is thought to have been the conclusion of a sentence, - years old" It is reasoned that whoever wrote the label would hardly borrow d tvpewriter to do it with or ask anyone else to do it. Just what this leads to the detectives refuse to state.
 As soon as the detectives took up the theory that the assassination was the work of a woman they at once set to vorl, to investigate both the life of Coleman and Strickland. All day yes terday they worked but without success. No likely person was found and so far as the detectives could ascertain neither man had an enemy in the city.
 Think Coleman Knew
 If is the firm belief of Detectives Will Hams and Murphy that Coleman knew who gave him the bottle and protected them by remaining silent According to bis actions and words when he first felt the effects of the poison he was expect ing some attempt on his life, state the off;cers. but was not looking for it in that manner.
 The detectives have not confined them selves to Investigating the late life or the two men, but have gone back seV- eral years, as it Is believed that Coleman had the bottle for an indefinite time De- fore he drank from it. It was pointed out that he would have hardly unlocned Inc trunk and placed the empty bottle l., if had he had it in his pocket when he went to the room, but would nave thrown 1t out the window or set 1t on the dresser. The fact that Coleman expected an attempt on his life and that he knew from whom he got the small bottle lndl- o,tes that it did not come through the
 .u but was handed to him by someone who he thought was friend, as he was ordinarily a cautious man, and had been unusually so during the past few days. If Is hardly probable that United States authorities will take up the matter ur- less the original wra pper Of the bottle IS found showing that 1t did come through inc mail. No trace of the wrapper could he found by the officers, which is an additional item in the belief that the bottle was handed him.
 After some consideration the accident theory was discarded as altogether too unavoidable to be true. While it is pos sibls that the men secured a chemical hv mistake. it is not believed possible by the police Very little attention was maid to the suggestion of suicide. as the actions of the men entirely discredited this.
 A pathetic incident of the tragic death of Coleman was called to the at tention of a reporter last night at the fire department. Secretary Albertson was in receipt of letter from Cole nan written Tuesday morning inviting him to be present at the comforting Of the rank of page by the Knights of Pythias lodge. On the letter was writ ten in Coleman's handwriting, Last call" The letter was written only d few hours before his death.
 Officers Expect Slip
 While there is no indication of any