Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1915-09-06
Alto TAG GIVES
Clue IN CORD
MURDER CASE
p.lieved to Be License
Ds''u number of Car That Car
ried Body of Victim
.o,tNp NEAR SCENE
o.,.ctives Believe 1t Will Aid
solution of
Mystery

..x clue that promises more n.,,,'1.l ,nan
= Gar unearthed by the detec''Ves
~, - investigating the murder OF
~no s' cord. wealthy real estate man
thP'.e' ,.te this afternoon. An auto
was lo'ns ,..nse tag was found at Mer-
n0.' ",v,1s BY chief of Police bindermen.
~," ens ,as is believed to be tne ncense
lns . ~ ~ the murder car" which car
nn'",~ -.-a,. body to the lonely spot on
rec S ad on the outskirts Of Camden
hNe' 80. subsequently found riddles
where II was
BY b'st eS,' witnesses from a party OF auio-
Eisn. .hat nassed the spot while tne
mopn car'' was standing on tne roau
rmuroe. tha license tag was missing
ftateo ne r The finding Of tag believed
Or ,ne ,hat Of the murder car Is re-
"a ~ az most important ma py tne
s.srt,ves and an important Sonlele" te
oeiecuss1, ,ha visit Of Chief Linderman 10
follovso - prosecutor Kraft, In Cam
he onis s..r the conference the prosecutor
den ,1as.ct,ves engaged in the case mo-
ana .rav without revealing their des-
tnstion. =, cord were placed today
fnavoe fn rars running in the general d.
.,o- ~ the spot where his BODY was
.s...S nv order OF Prosecutor WllhaH d.
.Ss, wsaSt Of Comden County
rns prosecutor hopes, by TINS nhetnou' s.
A and some one who saw Soru ene ~,
n ~ was murdered. So tar III mas
poOn ,,.,nossIble -, to learn anything DEFINITE
about his movements
cfSce in this city. ns,,.
0rratsct,ve Belshaw, of the Philadelphia
.,ss.s SQUAD. conferred with the prose-
aIu hu.u ,his afternoon. He said the Cord
ssss,y is the most difficult he ever mas
ss.wr He will remain on the case To-
r,sht ana perhaps for several days. as
ssstIng the Camden authorities'
vcaze Of conflicting theories that iead
.,rhsrs and the arrest of one material
nl,nsssD who has not been shown 10
80. an, Information about the crime is
- .o,si result Of the first weeks work
:. ~. murder. The Camden authorities
rov have been at work 51 days since
~ hody. riddled with bullets, was found
near the lonely River road in the out
skirts Of Camden.
Today the police admittedly are puzzieo:
Another of the endless "clues" was ADDED
IA the information at their command To-
Sav when n scrubwoman employed In the
p,,,,,,, putldIng. where Cord had his Of
sce told of a stranger entering the office
me day after Cords body was found. She
could give only vague description OF the
man, This only adds to the mystery.
The Cord murder is the most baffling In
,bs history of South Jersey. Nearly every
Sav 40 far has been marked by hue and
erv In a direction altogether different
from those Of preceding days. But every
aclue" run down has been found to be
little more than mere speculation. A
dozen theories have been worked up and
nad A have taken
their place.
II Is known now that not one witness
!, has been found who can positively iden-
tfy the man who stood beside the auto
mobile In which, 1t is believed, the body
Of Cord was carried to the spot on the
River Road. Eight witnesses have been
obtained from one party of automobilists,
another who walked past the car, has
taxed to Prosecutor william ]. Kraft and
possibly there are still others, but the
authorities have no accurate description
on which to work
Olaf Peterson, partner of the murdered
man Is still in his cell i'm "Murderers'
Row" at the Camden County courthouse
today. He is the material witness" His
friends today started quietly a movement
to take court action for his release within
few days to force the hand of Prosecutor
Kraft They avoided publicity and little
Of their plans was allowed TO leak out.
So far Peterson's wife has not called on
him. She is said to be visiting relatives
IN this city. Several messages were sent
e her by the prisoner, but so far 1t is
understood. she has not responded. Peter
son Is bearing up well. He has main
tained his almost phlegmatic calm from
the start Sometimes he becomes annoyed
81 the questioning to which he is sub
!ected. but he never is excited; he never
loses his head
Some of the sleuths at work on the case
swung back to the theory that there is a
woman In II today. This naturally wac
one Of the irst ideas advanced. II was
abandoned with the theory that robbery
impeiled the brutal murder. Now il IL
cropping up again.
Inc authorities say they have more rea.
ssh 10 give attention TO this theory now
Iney will not say what the reason is
ooweyer Two letters were found ir
CORDS pockets two days after the dis,
DVefy OF the body. At the time IL was
.eio lhey were insignificant. The de
.ssuves wiz say nothing to change this
One. OF the many vague yarns about
lne woman Is that she Is a Philadel
ppmn, slightly under middle age
reai,ny' attractive and separated from
ny husband She and Cord met, tn,
came intimate.
cords friends stoutly deny this. The,
sAy ne could not have been enamored o
aro'her woman than his wife becaus,
ns never spent any time away from hom,
snHe IN his Office. The night he wa
.me.Nerea was the first since his weddinl
as ne tailed to go home, they say. Hi
ao.nsAp'e NE was tranquil and absolutel,
pps' aooording to those who shoul,
Detectives have no: seen Al N exn,a,,
away the implaudble features ~ th'
s'ofy oi the eight automobiles. Tbi
,slort Is that eight persons I'M a bil
,"o'oIehf narrowly escaped running inf,
anuIaer car standing with lights ex
sN'aheo ~ the point on the Rive
"A opposlte where the body was found
man rose from behind the darksns,
~, ~. ana spoke TO them. At the feet u
~ ma, man was the body. according 4
a., ~ conversation ensued, II is said The,
~sss ~ s~oloI'sts hurried on their way. Tn
=. .ons 4. oi tnis story is thai the Der
"a ~ ans automobile failed to repor
Ilsn,c,,,,e y. 'iues' IN circumstances 5
}ht'.pus Az u Is unreasonable To sunaos
"e' they would not notify The noI,as I,sPos
-" hnker-print method Ia The onIv ON
~ 'oentify the mysterious strange,
.He = reported TO have entered cord,
M. -" Wednesday morning. The 90
a.. puzzled BY this new angle OF III
AZ 49, epe.eon, Cord and the offlce no
I@4. y, oniy ones known 70 have ha
une,s .ne buiiitt Building room. Cord,
,aRen away some davs sso "a
n ~. ha carefully with a mlcroscon
4he pe n' ,or nnger-print evidence.