The Washington times., 1915-01-11
WOMAN IS SOUGHT
IN MURDER CASE
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small safe which could have been easily
FOUND large quantity Of valuable
silver. No effort whatever had been
made to enter the safe.
Packed Wearing Apparel.
In a small suitcase the men bad
packed cheap silver-plated hand mir
ror and two military slver-plated
brushes. white silk kimona and sew
eral other silk pieces of women's APP
parel. This apparel had been evidently
taken from a wardrobe where the rob-
bers obtained also two pints of vine
and quart Of whisky.
The men evidently hac spent several
hours at the house before the tragedy.
They had drunk the wine and quaint
ity of the, whisky; The aged victim Of
the tragedy, Waldrop, was totally dca,
and the. men might have talked and
worked In any other part of the house
without attracting his attention.
In fact. the murderers had gone into
the room where the old man was Sleep
ing and pulled down the window cur
tains. Careful examination of the
rouse shows that the men madc at
tempts to open only two rcccptaclcs, and
these were where the Hughes woman
open the draws OF a bureau they failed.
while success met their efforts at the
wardrobe.
New Clues Found.
Bullets obtained by the county au-
tnorities from the woodwork about the
doors of the house show that the guns
used by the nSurderers were Of the
magazine type. One was II .32-calibcr
ard the other Of .%S:
Another clue which tmay prove OF
value later was discovered by Sheriff
Barbour of Alexandria county carl'
today. This was a sweat band from a
hat. which is supposed to have been
dropped by one OF the men as he was
leapins a fence while escaping from
the scene OF the tragedy. The sweat
band bore the trademark OF New
York clothier.
Where one Of the men had placed his
hands on the fence while aping over
it was found bloody finger prints.
Sheriff Barbour sawed this section OF
the fence out todaI. and had 1t re-
moved to the Alexandra county court
house for safe keeping.
Trolley Conductor Gives Clue.
Detectives investigating the tragedy
learned two men answering the descrip-
ton Of the nurdcrcrs. AZ given by the
Hughes woman. went from Washington
to Clarli's Station aboard cor CT the
Washington and Virginia Railway Com
pany shortly after 10 o'clock, Saturday
night. This information was obtained
from the conductor of the car on which
, the men rode t. the Virginia village,
and from passengers aboard the car.
Efforts to determine whether or moi
the men returned via the railway line
| are being made by the police. Thai
| the murdeTcrs returned on the cars /:
not thought probable. II is presumed
| blood OF their victims. and would have
| been afraid of being detected.
| II. ]. Coleman. chauffeur. of the ma
chine in which Mrs. Hughes and hcl
Grand Hotel. Fifteenth street and Penn
! sylvania avenue northwest to the Vir
glnia house has convinced the polio
that he knows nothing whatever Of tn
that the couple left the machine ant
that he drove down the road towar,
Alexandria, 50 that he could turn hi
machine and return, to Washington
that he did not hear a~y shots fired.
! II developed today that Coffinas hat
known Mrs. Hughes fir several weeks
and had visited her several times dur
ing to the police. Friends of the in
| iurcd woman declare that she wa
going to establish the Greek in bust
ness in q store on ID street, near Nintl
street. northwest.
Mrs. Coffinas, the Greeks America.
wife, visited the house whore tn
tragedy occurred late yesterday an
ordered the body removed to the cs
tablishment of an Undertaken at Clarci
cion, w. to be prepared for buria,
The body of Waldrop was prepared ia
burial following an inquest at the hous
adn will be taken to Atlanta, Ga. fo
intermcnt.
: DR.. r. J. Yates. of Del Ray. Va, pre-
sided at the inquest The verdict c
the Jury was to the effect that the vic
Tins came heir dcah from revolver
in the hands OF unknown persons.