The Washington times., 1911-11-20
NEW WITNESS IS
FOUND IN M|CKLE
MURDER MYSTERY
Cigar Salesman Tells of Wis
iting Store Just Before
Tragedy.
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bulance. and notified headquarters
that the case was probably q murder.
DR.. Charles White, deputy coroner,
concluded the testimony, with a brief
outline of the facts disclosed by the
autopsy.
The jury was sworn shortly after 10
o'clock over Mickle's body at the family
residence. From the house they went
to the Miokle tobacco store on Seventh
hewitt, and Detective Burlingame, one
Of the chief Investigators of the case,
At the store Mr.. Burlingame explained
to the jury the position Of things in
the location of Mickle's body when he
arrived upon the scene. Coroner Nevitt
also did some little explaining, and the
Jury went to the morgue to hear the
The jurymen were w. c. White, H.
ID. Parsons, Thomas R. Riley, the ium-
berman; p. B. Gregory. e. j. Thomp-
son. and c. A. Linthicum.
Resort to Two Theories.
Police officials are /centering their
efforts today on two possible solutions
Of the mystery. The first of these has
robbery as the theory, and the other
Is based upon the supposition that an
Insane man struck the fatal blows.
DR.. White, the deputy coroner, stated
positively at the inquest today that at
least two. and possibly more, up to a
maximum of six blows, were rained
upon Mickle's head by the assassin.
This statement forced an abandonment
of the theory that possibly only one
blow was struck, with the wrench
open, and this one In anger.
Major Sylvester is inclined to the
robbery theory. and all Of the efforts
OF the police are slowly turning In
this direction. 1t is reasonably GER
tain that Mickle was robbed Of his
roll Of small bills.
An important development was
brought out today by the Second pre-
cinct force. Captain Peck is at work
upon a clue. that the wrench with
which Mickle was murdered. was In
the store at the time of the crime
and was not brought in by the assas-
sin. So far 1t has been impossible to
accurately determine whether or not
this was the case.
Every effort to find any motive of
revenge has failed. In Mickles wide
circle of friends and acquaintance,
not a person has been found who has
ever known him to have a quarrel,
much less a feud, with any living
person.
This leaves the only two possibilities
upon which the police are working
robbery, and an insane man. The per-
son who struck the blows. was either
frightened OFT by the fear that the
crime had been seen, or by his deed.
This the police feel sure of. 1t is
possible. they point out, that the
crime was committed for the purpose
of robbery. and that Immediately after
the blows were struck the murderer,
looking up. recognized the possibil-
tiles of being seen either from the
front or the rear of the store. and
fled precipitately.
Diligent search has failed to reveal
the whereabouts of the man, whom
Miss Livingstone saw hugging the
shadows of the store when she went
there for change.
Major Sylvester, working upon the
insanity clue. has located with two
exceptions, persons recently parolled
or escaped from st. EliZabeth's. All
of the men who We're looked up were
easily traced, with the exception of
two, and a close lookout is being
kept for them.
Efforts are still being made to find
some one in the city who can identify