Evening journal., 1913-07-09
TEETH MARKS
ONLY CLUE in
GIRL MURDER
WilkeSbarre Police viii Com
pare Imprint Of Johns
MOlarS With impress
sion on Corpse
MAY HAVE MET
DEATH BY DROWNING
BY The United Press.

By The United Press.
WILKES-BARRE Pa. July 9.-On
the theory that marks found on the
arms and sides of the face and body
Of eighteen-year old Alice crispell.
found in Harvey's Lake Monday. may
be teeth marks. DIR. r. j. Higgins,
who performed the autopsy. was pre-
pairing for a thorough investigation
Of this new development today. DR..
Higgins said that he would 20 TO the
jail where Herbert Johns is now held
this afternoon or tonight and examine
Johns teeth.
1t is likely that imprints Of the
suspected mans teeth will be made
and these marks compared with those
discovered on his sweethearts body.
II is believed here that should the
first steps in the investigation TO de-
termine whether marks on the girls
body were made by Johns teeth. tend
to develope the clue. it may he nee
essary to call in a dentist TO settle
the point. Should a cast OF Johns
teeth fit into the marks left OH Miss
Crispells body the authorities be-
lieve a big step would be taken to-
ward solving the mystery Of the girls
death Should it develop that the
could not have been made by Johns Il
would be a big point toward his ac-
quittal.
The result Of the autopsy made on the
body OF the girl was made known today
by Coroner. James Marley and Dr. Hig-
gins and only dccpened the mystery.
There is absolutely no indication Of
causes fov any one wanting 10 put the
girl out Of the way" said the coroner.
I'VE mndc thorough cxamiEntion and
found nothing. In our deduction we are
substantintcd by the statements Of the
girls mother who told OF her condition
week before the tragedy There are
bruises on both sides of thc~ forehead
that lcok like tecthmnris. although the
wounda could have hccn inflicted by a
Jagged stone on rs falling Personally
] do not incline to the murder theory"
County Detective Holman and State
Trooper Freeman have nos arrested Hur.
rircn Cans. the suspected rival for the
smiles Of Alice The police admit that
they have not vet made up their minds
as TO his Implication In the tragedy.
Cam is being closely watched and can.
not escape. Cam himself Saws he vel,
comes an arrest and does not fear the
consequences. Cams name cropped out
IN tho mystery when The letter written
last Sunday BY Johns % Miss Crispell
was made. known Yesterday afternoon.
In the letter Johns speaks OF Cam
and intImates that Johns and Cam
we're TO swim Harvey's Lake on the
Fourth. the winner 10 get the girl
From this the police deducted the
theory that Cam was defeated in the
love test and killed the girl after
she and JOINS parted for tho night
II develops that the Ciispell girl
was subject to FITS and that the party
had been at the Hotel Oneonta cafe
OH the night OF the tragedy. This
circumstance, coupled with the fact
that the girl was rot Of sound health
has strengthened the accidental
drowning theory With the detective
force and detail of the state troops
searching for the minutest clue.
there has been rothing discovered
to show that Johns had a motive for
,urdering his sweetheart.
1 hose who saw the pair among the gay
crowds at the resort last Friday say they
were apparently ioviai and happy,
The letter Johns wrote to ihs g.fi
while hrf body lay at the bottom Of tie
lake is strong point IN his favor, u
siiess one Of two things. Either the
young man is past master in covering
q esine. or he IS entirely innocent of i'm.
piicatien in her death The latter runs
Tie gamut ef emotions young man de,
vetedly in love with the girl, would be
expected TO write. Ia one place there
was a pathetic tons IN which he inli,
mated that the girl was forgetting him,
while he would never forget her.