Evening star., 1915-01-14
Note to The Star Says, 81 Shot
Coffinas and WaIdrop, But
You Cannot Get Me-"
NO NEARER SOLUTION NOW
THAN DAY OF THE CRIME
Commonwealth Attorney Crandal
Mackey Confident He Will Bring
Criminals to Justice.

"I shot Coffinas and waldrcp. but you
cannot get me-"
This was the unsigned message re-
ceived in this mornings mail by The
Star. The sender - the message.
probably some practical joker. had
taken care to clip the names of
the persons involved from a newspaper
and only a single letter was writ
ten in ink. That was the letter I, and
the police say 1t may be identified.
The slayers CT Isaac Waldrop and
Nicholas Coffinas and assailant Of Mrs.
Matte A Hughes, Clark station, Va.
are still at large
I'VE are no nearer a solution OF the
mystery than we were the day the
tras edy was committed" said ono OF
the several detectives at work on the
case.
Sure Of Getting Criminals.
Commonwealth's Attorney Crandal
Mackey is confident that he will be
able to bring tho perpetrators of the
crime to justice. The prosecuting at
torney has been working early and
late in an effort to accomplish the ar
rest Of the two men who participated
in the shooting of the two men and
the beating Of Mrs. Hughes early sun :
O'Brfen, Mullen and Evans are assist
ing him. 80,
A young woman known as Alice
Morton, whose maiden name. the police
say. is Antoinette Depath, has been
interviewed by the officers. She spent
some time at the house of Mrs. Hughes.
it is stated, and left there a few days
before the shooting occurred. She was
terribly distressed over the affair. Sew
eral years ago. when she was living IN
Mrs. Hughes house in this city, 1t is
stated, her throat was cut by her hus-
band, and he served time for the as
sault
Mackey and Detectives Confer
Commemorative Attorney Mackey and
the detectives held a conference today.
They went over the several pieces OF evil
dence in their possession and discussed
a number of possibilities suggested by
their investigation. The blue sweater.
electric fiashlight and hat were examined,
and the suggestion was made that the
hat probably belonged to visitor to the
Hughes house who was not involved In
the shooting
It is believed by some Of tho investi-
gators that the flashlight may be the one
thing that will bring about solution Of
the mystery.
Detectives have hopes of being able to
establish the identity Of the owner OF the
blue sweater that was found on the road
near the Hughes property Sunday morn
ing by a colored woman named Pollard.
They learned that such a sweater was
in the possession Of a particular foreigner.
but it has not yet been seen by the
person who probably will be able to
identify It. -
Mrs. Hughes Improving.
Mrs Hughes is getting better. It was
stated at the hospital today. and she
may be in condition to see friends in a
day or two. She has conversed with
Mr.. Mackey and her son since she was
taken to the hospital. but has been un-
able to recall that she had seen her
assailant before she met him in the
hallway Of her home early Sunday
morning.
Examinations Of the bodies disclosed
that waldrop. Mrs. Hughes father.
was shot three times and that one of
the bullets passed through his heart.
The others passed through his body.
Only one bullet struck Coffinas, the ex-
animation showed. and that passed
through the upper part of his heart.
It is probable that the investigation
will be participated In by the police of
other cities. Descriptions of two men
who were found hiding in Mrs Hughes
carriage shed four weeks before the
double murder was committed have been
sent to the police of other cities and
their arrest requested.