The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1914-06-13
VEIL OF MYSTERY
|SNOT TORN AWAY
Authorities Fail to Find Evidence
of Murder in Death Of Miss
Ella Winter.
DO NOT BELIEVE IT SUICIDE
David Reese, Jr., Thinks Woman
Ended Life Because of I'm
reasoning jealousy.
Especial to The Times-Dispa,ch.1 !

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Baltimore. June 12.-In his apart
ments to-day. David Reese. Jr.. de-
clared his belief that his stenographer
swcetheart-Ella q. Wintcr-was. In
his opinion = suicide. He added that
no believed jealousy-unreason
jealousy. he called it-prornpted her
on the night of June 4 to throw her
self into Cabin Branch Creek. and he
referred 10 two women friends OF the
dead woman for corrobOration of his
theory. But neither conjecture nor
fact has torn away the veil Of mystery.
Tho authorities confessing thcir in
ability TO fathom the secret. have
virtually ceased work The coroner's s
Offices of Baltimore and Anne Arun-
del Counties have combined In a sec
ond autopsy TO say that they nnd alb
solutcly no evidence of murder
States Attorney Nicholas Green. for
lowing statement tonight:
~ do not care what Reese. Mrs.
Herald. Mrs. Cornet or Miss Herald say.
Miss Winters did not commit suicide.
happen to know"
Asked what he had learned or
whether he now had evidence OF muir
der. Green replied:
Il am not now Mt liberty to tell you.
Su'ncient that do not believe In
Reesc's suicide theory"
DOES NOT THINK REESE
FAMILY WAS on BOAT
Sheriff John T. Pottee. said day
that he did not believe the Reese fam
ily was on the houseboat Florence on
the night Of June 1. nor that Reese
fetched his sweetheart to Floods Land
ing.
We believe" said The shcr.T. that
tho girl entered tho water somewhere
between the houechoat and the Oscar
fihls cafe UP Cabin Branch Creek.
where sh" and Reese went to get a
drink. Tho mystery is as deep. If not
deeper. than ever. We believe thar
Recs" and Miss Winter quarreled. and
We think that Reeses boy. Rice. knows
what they uuarrcled about. That is
what we want 10 drag out of Rice. But
It's out Of my hands. Mr. Green must
TAX" the Initiative
ono of the women to whom Reese
to-day referred reporters for corro-
horation Of his suicide theory was Mrs
Jennie Herald. with whom. in st Paul
street, four years ago. Miss Winter
boarded.
How should know cried Mrs.
Herald she was madly in love with
Dave Reese. Once she told me and
my daughter, Ruth, that she would
rather be dead than see Dave in the
arms of another woman. She loved
him as any man might be proud to be
loved
But one week before Ella died I
met her downtown. She looked miser-
able. and when | spoke of Dave tears
came TO her eyes and rolled down her
checks. I Guess | go in tho discard.
Ella said. Dawes got another girl
down on the boat. 7 want TO see him
God knows do. but I'm afraid to go
down there. am afraid OF them.
I'm afraid they would kill me-"
WOULD NOT DARE TO LIVE
IL REESE CUT HER OUT
Mrs Cornet. another of the women
referred to by Reese. said: ELLA. whom
everybody knew as Reese's girl. came
down here one day last winter look
ing very badly ! asked her what the
trouble was. She told me that Dave
was paying attention to some other
girl. She said that If she knew posi-
lively that Dave was going to cut her
out, she would not care to live.
Once again in March she intimated
that she would kill herself unless Dave
stopped paying attentions to other
girls. She declared that Dave was
ashamed Of her: that he did not want
her 10 meet his parents
Mrs. Herald and her daughter. Ruth.
declared that once Miss Winter made
fierce outburst against Reese. saying
that She was tired bcinE a fool: that
she would get another sweetheart just
as soon as she could, and that she
would make Dave Reese pay her the
money he owed her. 1t was explain ed
that Miss Winter had bought some of
the househoat furniture, and had
loaned Reese small sums of money at
various times.
Reese SCOTS at the money story. and
declares ;hat he was going TO intro
duce Miss Winter TO his parents this
week.
The dead girls mother does not be-
lieVc that her daughter destroyed her
self
II am an old woman said Mrs
Winter to-day. II have not much
longer to live. But before 7 die 7 want
to see this terrible mystery cleared
away. Ella did not commit suicide
saw her last night in a dream. She
was crying. ] do not accuse any one
OF muioering my girl, but some one
made her very unhappy. Some one
knows how she died and why"