The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1913-10-13
SCORES OF CLUES,
FOUND WORTHLESS
Mystery Surrounding Murder OF
Miss Florence Brown Still
Unsolvcd.
HER THROAT CUT LAST JULY
Crime Committed in Unclc's
Office, at One OF City's
Busiest Corners.
HER THROAT CUT LAST JUL,

Dallas. Tex, October Zone hun
Cred clues have been run down. ana
all found worthless i'm tho FLORENCE
I;rown mystery. according to a state
inent to-day by Chief OF Detectives
fienry Tanner. of Dallas. Miss Brown.
u church choir singer and prominent
III \. w c. A. work. was found dead
with her throat cut in her uncle's real
estate Office here at a. NJ. on July
Is last.
Miss Brown. twenty-six years old.
rather handsome was stenographer and
confidential agent for her uncle, JEFF
u Robinson, of the firm of Robinson
u Styron Her uncle was In Colorado.
On the morning of her death, Shadrack
Is. Cuthbertson an employee, called, as
was customary, Mt her home, in ono of
the firms automobiles Together they
rode direct to the office, entering il
about o'clock. Fifteen minutes later
Cuthbertson drove away in the auto
mobile on business, leaving Miss Brown
alone. Several persons afterwards tcs-
tilted they saw her stand in the door
way and tell Cuthbertson good -by.
Cuthbertson returned just before .
o'clock. finding the office apparently
deserted AS the other employees were
not due until 3 o'clock, this was not
unusual. The office interior, on the
ground floor. was entirely visible from
sHS SiucNdIh, cSCcpt ftODtnSOnS prtV2 tc
Office, and bathroom just behind It.
The bathroom had two entrances. one
from the private Office and one from
the main Office. Hundreds of persons
had passed this Office. at ono of tho
clty's busiest corners on Field street,
curing Cathbertson's absence. He en-
tered, sat ut his desk moment and
thcn W. X. Styron, of the firm, and
6. w, Swor. an employc, entered to-
gcther. Swor went directly to the hat
room and Immediately cried out for
StEron and Cuthbertson to come quick
NInrks of Struggle.
The three found Miss Brown lying
on her face. throat cut and arms and
shoulders bearing marks OF Il terrible
struggle Her face, arms and breast
were scratched In Il manner which led
detectives TO believe n woman had at
tackled her. \ heavy blow had been
struck on her forehead and one on the
hack of her head. a wash bowl in the
bathroom was half full OF bloody water.
The only thing approaching a
weapon was hammer. which belong
cd in the bathroom. There was a tiny
blood spot on It's handle. but the iron
head was clean. These are all the ma :
ierial facts about the actual death
that eleven weeks search has revealed
The firms safe in the bathroom con-
tanned less than SIS and no important
papers.
The safe doors. an old one, had been
violently Jared. Detectives concluded
This was done in Florence Browns
struggle. Not the slightest evidence OF
attempted assault was found
OF the hundreds who passed the Of
flee. only three We're found to throw
any light on it. \ woman acquaint-
nnce OF Miss Brown had looked in
about sac o'clock. noting the Office
apparently empty y man noted the
same thing. Another man thought he
heard q scream after $3.50.
Not the slightest ground for arrest
ing any one has been discovered