The Washington times., 1915-04-11
GIRL SLAIN, BODY
. THROWN INTO LAKE
Motor Car Used to Garry Young
Woman's Corpse to Lake
land, Md.
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ground had been dug up for 9 space
see any stumps. Automobile tracks
near there indicated that the men
from where the body was found yes
Although the five lakes. in one of
which the body was found. are CON
places for goij fish, it would have
been impossible for the body to have
been carried from one lake to the
other by wind or current: Lake No.
Is almost square and with dimensions
Of 200 yards.
In the place where the body was
found by j. H. Falls. a colored resident
or Prince George county, the water
Is but few inches deep. The body
was removed after Deputy Sheriff
Garrison had been notified by William
Van Valkenburg, a Lakewood store
Keeper. to whom the colorei man told
his story.
Try to Trace Moves.
The authorities are working on the
theory that several days or even
weeks might have elapsed between
the time Miss Sullivan disappeared
| an dthe body was found in the water
Every effort will be made to learn
where she spent this period II their
| theory is correct.
coroner's jury was sworn in late
yesterday afternoon by Justice of the
Peace f. II. Shipley, OF Berwyn. Md
and the inquest will be keld there in
the knights of Pythias Hall Tuesday
evening.
The Philadelphia police we're request
ed today to locate Mabel sullivan. for.
ty-six years old. and notify her that
the body or her sister, Pauline, was be
lieved TO have been found. Inspector OF
Detectives Boardman said this after
noon that he had received word that
the sister had been found and was or
her way to Washington.
| Ihere Is no question about the iden
| tlncation or being correct" said Inspec
TOR TOR hoardman. Or. Howard, who wal
| am convinced that the sister ant
brother will positively Identify tn,
Followed Every Clue.
Hope that the missing girl would b,
found alive was given up a month af,eI
| her disappearance, although he
brother. Lieut.. w. b. Sullivan, l.. $
| M. C.: persistently followed every clu,
brought to his notice.
| Miss sullivan left her home, 1918 Eu
| clid street northwest. about II o'cloCl
on the morning of December H. say
| ing she was going to dinner with ,
friend in Eleventh street. SO far a
| tne ponce know that was the last tim
she was seen alive. when she failec
TO return In the' evening her siste
notlf1ed the police. and city wild
search was instituted.
central Office Detective William
Nesser was assigned TO the case b.
inspector Boardman. and he made
careful inquiry among all OF the los
girl friends. but not the slightest trac
OF her was found.
FROM ithe outset 1t was feared tn
girl had committed suicide. as she ha,
been the victim of nervous break
down. and had threatened to TAXI he
life on severa! occasions Iieutenan
sullivan admitted he believed his sis
ter had ended her life in At o
dependency.
A report that a girl answering tn
description was in a sanitarlum in Sa
Mateo Cal. reached the police Febru
ary a. but the clue soon was foun
baseless
DR.. Leroy Taylor Howard was tn
hrst person TO Identify positively tn
body found in the lake. He went t
HYatsville. and had no difficulty, h
says. In determining that the body wa
J that OF Miss sullivan. He was tn
) family physician.