The free lance. (Fredericksburg, Va.) 1885-1926, 1911-01-07
HINT SUICIDE PACT
New Version Given FOR
Double Poisoning.
WHAT A YOUNG MAN SAW
SAY, When CLOSER Family Went to
Call Doctor He Entered House
and Saw Dead Couple
Clutohing Glasses.

Cumberland. Md. Jan. 5-Evidence
that Grace CLOSER AMI Charles Twigs
held glasses. containing a pale liquid
when found dead on the settee In the
Elosser home. victims OF the subtle
and sinister cyanide of potassium, last
Saturday afternoon. gave rise to the
theory that the engaged couple Lao
committed suicide by prearranged
pact on the eve Of their wedding.
This evidence was given by Harlan
Norris. The lad was passing the
Elosser home at the time he saws
when members OF the tauiy ran ou'
and called for a phys.d tcclaT NJ
that Twigg and Miss Elo-ss wee III.
With the doors to tie l. s ts home
open and no guard tie e.. the lad'
through curiosity. stoliei 10. TAe door
opens directly from In, sue-t u the
parlor, in which Twigg and Miss Elos-
ser were chatting.
In the hand of each was clutched a
glass, declares Norris. He says that
when Mrs. Elosser shook Grace the
glass did not fall, and that the con
tents were not spilled. He said that
one was like a Jelly glass and the
other a wine glass. In each was the
liquid. the agent OF death, potassium
OF cyanide.
Bottle at Feet Of Two.
Norris also declared that at the feet
OF the couple there lay blue bottle
with a strange label. which he could
not read.
Norris told his mother the story
when he reached home Saturday night'
and she in turn caused him to reiter-
ate il. since it may aid in solving the
poison mystery.
In connection with the story Of Nor
rls. It can be said that the states at
torney. David f. Robb. and the police
searched the entire Elosser home for
traces OF the receptacle in which the
poison was obtained. and also for a
means Of Twigg and Miss Elosser car
rylng Il to their lips. These. almost as
If hidden or destroyed, cannot be
found. a fact puzzlIng and also battling
10 the inqulstOrs.
The suicide pact theory probably
will be substantiated or smashed al
the coroners inquest.
In circles where the double suicide
is not entertained other theories pre-
vail one that Twigg killed Miss Elos-
ser and himself. and the other that a
member of the Elosser family knows
something OF 1t, although no names are
mentioned. As the adherent is In
cllned, so the theory.
To Quiz Sister Again.
At the inquest Miss May CLOSER.
sister Of the dead girl. viii be sub
iected 10 a rigid examination Com
ment has been made upon Twigg's I'M
expected visit to the home Of Miss
Elosser on Saturday afternoon, when
he was not expected until evening.
This was explained by a brother-in-
law. Edward Kimmerly. part owner In
the vast orchards at Keyser, W. Va.
the home OF Twigg.
Kimmerly says that Twigg had Or
dered a wedding suit from firm In
Chicago, and the company had no. ex-
pressed the goods. Fearing disappoint-
ment. Twlgg decided to purchase his
outfit in Cumberland.
Members Of the Elosser family have
assumed an air that suggests indiffer-
ence in the mystery. II II be true that
the burden of the crime lies within
the Elosser family seat, they are eau.
tious and crafty.
The Twlgg family are furnishing the
authorities with every aid which may
shed the faintest ray Of light on the
problem.
States Attorney Robb admits the
young couple did not commit suicide
or that Twigg killed the girl and then
took his own life. yet he Is reticent,
either from fear OF lack OF knowledge
OF the murderers.