New-York tribune., 1912-02-06
poIice Opinion That Charles W.
Dickinson Sent Machine That
Killed Mrs. Grace Walker
Loses POSitiveneSS.
DISCORD IN INVESTIGATION
petectives Disagree Among
themselves, Then Take Sides O..
Against Coroner-Vietim's
Friend Gives Slender
Clew to Work On.

guiltv man in the murder Of Mrs. Grace
" Walker by the explosion Of bomb
in her apartment, at No. 103 West nth
street. Saturday, disappeared yesterday,
and in its place there was wavering
,bought that Dickinson might be inno-
can't and at the same time great
anxiety to discover two men-or three
Who had been intimate with other women
inmates Of Mrs. Walkers different estao-
ushments. Two men the police thought
they were looking for. Dut possibly
three. as there was a question as 10
whether they wanted two taxicab driv-
ers or one who had known two girls IN
the house.
II developed also that there was DIS
cord among the police over the case and
discord between the police and Coroner
Feinbcrg. It was when Deputy Com
missioner Doughterty took active charge
of the case yesterday that the ponce
began to think there might be some one
besides Dickinson who had sent the
nOilb. nc ldu a. NNO mum
with Inspector Hughes. Captain Gloster
and the other detectives who had been
working on the case, and then trans
ferred the headquarters for the work
on the case from Police Headquarters 10
the West 6Sth street station.
This meant that Inspector Hughes
was eliminated. After three hours work
going over the ground, Commissioner
Dougherty said:
ANY attempt to say that only Dickin-
son could have sent that bomb and build
a case around him alone is narrow
minded datective work. You have got to
consider all the elements in the case and
see if there could not have been some
one else. want you to remember that
YOU can't put this up to Dickinson only"
Woman Gives Slender CIew.
Edna La Marie the woman who lived
with Mrs. Walker, furnished the slight
clew there is 10 one Of the other men
the police would like TO see, while the
others brought themselves into IL ey
taking Violette Leonard to the Walker
fat last fall One OF them is Carl Case
bier, who was arrested on charge OF
abduction when the fiat was raided TO
rescue the Leonard girl and was after
ward discharged, following grand jury
investigation and the discovery that the
girl was not a minor.
Commissioner Dougherty said Of Case
bier last night: 'He is not a suspect
but he Is worthy of some consideration" >"
The other man is phil Snyder, d
taxicab driver According TO Violette
Leonard, il was he who took her to the
Walker fiat and visited her there. He is
described as man who owned his own
cab and cruised along Broadway. look
ing for patrons. He is said to have
patronized the United States Motor
Company, for which Dickinson worked,
when he needed repairs to his machine.
All the time the Leonard girl was in
the fat there is said TO have been a
series Of quarrels between her and the
men who were interested in her on the one
side and Mrs Walker and Dickinson on
the other side. Now comes Edna La
Marie with her story. told to Coroner
feinberg yesterday afternoon after the
inquest had been postponed until to-
morrow at the request Of Dickinson s
father
y am twenty five years old" she said.
and Edna La Marie is my right name.
My father was a French Canadian. and
my mother an Italian. / won't tell you
any more about them or where they live
because don't want to disgrace them.
but ] was born in the northern part OF
this state
Won't Discuss Mrs. Walker.
Here she broke off with refusals to
talk about the death Of Mrs. Walker. Il
wont talk for my own protection" she
said. Il want lawyer. I'll talk about
myself, but that's all"
When the Coroner had taken the ad-
oresses Of some of her friends and prom
ised to send for them, he got her to go
on with more of her history.
wen she said. Il went on the road
iast ial with burlesque company as n
singer and dancer. The company went
broke and | came back to New York.
a Fellow who owns taxicab and cruises
broadway for fares took me to Mrs.
walkers place, and went there to live
ABOUT week before II was raided on
account OF Violette Leonard
No" she said, II didn't know him as
fhiI Snyder. When / wanted him I
went over TO the United States Motor
Company's place and left word for him.
ne went there for the repairs for his
machine"
coroner Feinberg said last night:
The testimony OF the Lamarre woman
Oeiore me was not important. She said
nv'nihg more than she had already said
Que said, however, that week ago
mat is' week before the woman was
Nineo-Dickinson called at the apartment
'na made her very jealous by calling a
"onan over the telephone in the apart
.asht' The Lamarre woman told me
'at Dickinson and Mrs. Taylor had an
oncounter In the room then and that tho
aeches upon his face were made by
ner at that time"
AFTER his talk with the woman Coroner
..e'hoerg said, in the opinion Of the po
'Se' the case had narrowed down Il
Continued on third mage