The Washington times., 1914-04-11
SAYS ARNOLD GIRL
IS DYING At HOME
District Attorney at Pittsburgh
Makes Startling Statement,
Which Parent Denies.
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that odors of burning bodies might be
carried of without leaving any lncriml-
haIInE after scent.
The sLateTnvnI u( the district attorney
regarding Dorothy ArnoId was re-
ceived with surprIsy. as at midnight he
had declared thai her case had become
merely incidental, while ne was solving
the nearer problem OF the death of Mrs.
Allison.
Search of the big drab house of mys-
tery'' OH the banks of the ONO brought
10 light n fur pony coat of tan shade
and a black bag, both of which were
said 10 have belonged to the missing
Allison woman. Early today the dlstrlct
attorney said that four persons-one
salesman in a downtown storc-naa
sworn that the pony coat peIong 10
Mrs. Allison. and that their anioaEiIs
uere in his safe. Two others, he salu,
had identified the bag.
Valuable Jewelry Gone.
Valuable jewelry which was in her
nossessjon. however, has not been found.
This was giving the authorities scme
concern. as DR.. II. l.. LUZ chiel m
formant against Meredith, set forth IN
his affidavit that when he delivered MIS-
Allison TO. Meredith he gave Meredltn
the Womans jewels.
Investigation was being made OF the
death OF a woman IN the hospltal OIL
March JS the day after Mrs. Allison
according 10 the affidavit OF DIR. II. Il,
I.utz was removed from lIutZs ONCE
IN the hospital Dr. Ii. +. Welch, OF
bellevue. has shown by his RECORDS tna'
certificate of burial for Mrs. DAISY
orr, head nurse at the institution
Certificate Of burial for Mrs. Lucy
nh
that he granted the paper on MISS
Orr's mere assertion that Mrs. DAVIS
died from looar pneumonia after al
eight days illness.
Lutz said that Mrs Allison was sur
fering from septic poisoning when
taken by Meredith and that few days
later when he asked Meredith how sne
was. Meredith replied:
oh, she's gone"
O. ]. Goetz, a Pittsburgh undertaken
had charge of the burial of Mrs. Da-
vis.'' and said that interment was
made in the United Cemetery here
I-nless the identity of this woman Is
established to the satisfaction OF the
district attorney, the body may be e&-
hUmed.
Both Out On Bail.
Both Meredith and Miss Orr were out
on bail today. the former in $4,000 on
the cndTSe Ol pcIAOi Lli46
operation upon Mrs. Allison, and S,Oot
additional on a charge OF larceny OF
her belongings. Miss Orr was charged
with larceny also, in connection WIFI
Inc Allison case Immediately upon
being given her release, the head nurse
returned to the house of mystery ano
ordered county detectives and all otner
away. When they refused to go shs
turned to caring for pup canary olro
and a kitten. bestowing tenderness
which seemed to belle her mascunnt
voice and bearing, thin lips ana sihs
uuarly unemotional brown eyes.
one of the buildings on the premises
Is a large chicken coop. "a
'ioh =" laughed Miss Orr. I'VE hav'
lust killed them all on to get new
she conducted visitors through SOM
parts OF the house.
You wont learn anything here, sn'
said, and you may De keeping you
nose out of somebody's business some
where else"
that many articles OF clothing Thici
obviously belonged to no one In tn
house had been found there ard D!
their different styles, sizes and quaint.
indicated that DR.. Lutz's declaration
that he believed a number or Womel
he'd entered the institution. never L
he heard of again would be borne out
He considered important the fndinI
araonc Miss Orr's effects of red wig
artif cial complex on set and bank de
rusit cook showing S41 to the credi
of Miss Lucy Damms, a name said Z
hsv" been assumed on occasion by tn