Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1911-01-05
Cumberland Police Working
Along This Line.
OTHER THEORIES GIVEN UP
Person Close to the CLOSER Family
May Be Arrested.
NO POISON IN CHEWING GUM
So Says Chemist-Coroner Places
Little Credence in Story of
Norris Boy.

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CUMBERLAND. Md, January 5-The
police, independent of the states at
tOrney, who says he is completely up in
the air on the ElosserTwigg case. are
working on the theory that some per-
son. if not a member of the Elosser
family. at least one intimately asso-
ciated with it. knows something about
how the two met death.
Chief of Police Irvine and Assistant
Chief Of Police John j. Trieber in
innate that they intend to act solely
along those lines and they have dis
carded other theories. The general
impression here is that there will be an.
arrest of some one close to the Elos
ser family. or that at least a member of
the family will be taken into custody
for examination.
1t is not improbable that the grand
jury for the January term OF court.
which convened here Monday, will be-
gin sitting the case before the week
is out. States Attorney Robb is ex-
pected To take up the matter as soon
as the routine of criminal cases is dis
posed of, and that probably will be the
latter part of the week.
Il is stated that woman druggist of
South Cumberland will be quizzed by the
authorities. This woman and the Elos-
SerS nave Deen quite 1rleuQty.
No Potassium in Gum.
Chemist Barker, who, with DR.. Frank
r Harrington, analysed the stomachs OF
the victims, said today that he found no
trace Of potassium cyanide in the chew
ing gum, but that he did get q strong
potassium cyanide reaction from the con-
tents Of the stomachs.
Many statements regarding Twigg anG
Grace ElOsser have been run down and
the girl both say that she was on speak
ing terms with Maurice c. Wilson, her
former husband, and that Tw gg knew
and thought nothing about it. that he had
confidence in Grace and was not jealous.
Grace, too, 1t is stated by their intimates,
was not Of a jealous temperament For
the first two or three weeks after having
met the CLOSER girls, early last October
frequently and take them autonobiling
would sit with May on the front seat
while Grace would occupy the rear seat
with a friend Of Twigg's. Later Twige
and Grace were always seen together.
over the telephone from Keyser last Sat
urday, but the telephone conversat. on
was held after his arrival in Cumber-
land. He came here to get a wedding
suit because of the non-arrival Of the suit
license. The suit ordered from Chicago
reached here Sunday and Twigg was
robed in it for burial.
Tw1gg Had Placed Orders.
That Twigg could hardly have contem-
plated being an actor in q tragedy is
shown by his business movements
He had just ordered a carload Of cot
fee for his business, had ordered a car
load of beans and had purchased an or
chardist's crop Of apples for delivery this
week. He had paid $50 to put in an in
Simultaneous heater system at his resi-
dence In Keyser, which he was to occupy
with his bride.
Regarding the proportions of the pois-
onous doses there has been much specu-
lation. DIR. Francis +. Harrington, city
health officer. who made a chemical anaiy-
sis Of the stomachs, says it was a. we'll
apportioned dose and that both persons
became unconscious practically instantan-
eouSly.
Coroner Beall said today that from
present indications the coroner's jury
hardly would be called before Saturday,
II then. There was nothing yet to work
on.
He puts little faith in the story told
by Harlan Norris, the eight-year-ol lad
who passed the Elosser residence when
he saw a glass clenched In the hand of
each victim.
DR.. W. r. Feard says the hands OF
the victims were clenched tight 1t is
hardly likely that the glasses, if they
held any, were removed after death. as
the condition OF the hands would have
shown it.