Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1916-09-28

had spent two days at Boardwalk hotel
In Atlantic City before coming here.
PROMINENT IN CHICAGO
Mrs. Le Due occupied a prominent social
position In Chicago. She Is a singer OF
much reputation in charity circles Her
husband n prominent Michigan avenue
haberdashery man, has more than a local
reputation as a golfer and Is a member OF
many clubs. They lived in the exclusive
Sheridan road community In North Chi
cago.
Mrs. NJ Mann, Of New York, a sister Of
the wounded woman. came here last night
She passed only few minutes with the
patient and then left the hospital The po-
lice were unable TO find her after that and
she would not talk to them while she was
I'm the hospital
No relative Of Mrs Belzer, who did the
shooting, has appeared. Her home was at
345 Euclid avenue, Brooklyn, but her hus-
band was said 10 be in Panama Mrs APP
man, the sister Of Graveur, said the Belzers
were happily married"
Mrs Belzer, Il Is said. was once sepa.
rated from her husband, and II was then
that Grevaur met her. She was at that
time a perfumery demonstrator.
Mrs, Apman said that her brother Law
ished gifts on Mrs. Belzer. explaining:
"He found her feeding on corned beef and
cabbage and fed her chicken. When this
chicken diet ended she became insanely
Jealous"
Mrs, Apman expressed no regret over the
death of either her brother or Mrs, BelEer.
They deserved It," she said.
HINT OF CONSPIRACY
mysterious telephone message, which
informed Mrs. Belzer that Graveur had
gone TO Philadelphia with Mrs. lie Duo only
Ave hours before Mrs. Belzer killed Graveur
and herself and shot Mrs lie Due, has
caused the New York police to work on the
theory that n conspiracy existed 10 bring
about the murder. A search has been
started for the person who phoned to Mrs.
Bezer.
contradiction OF the supposition that
Mrs. Belzer was the woman who registered
with Graveur at the hotel came from New
York today. II was said that Mrs. Belzer
In that city as late as O'Clock
Tuesday night, Ave hours before the shoot
ing,
A woman corresponding TO Mrs Belzers
description was seen in this city Tuesday
afternoon, and as early as Monday A
taxicab driver told Detective Callahan, of
the murder squad" that he had taken the
woman TO several hotels Monday afternoon
in her quest for man she said was her
husband. Detectives at the Hotel Walton
said they saw Mrs. Belzer Tuesday after
noon, and the police said her description
corresponds with that Of the woman who
registered with Graveur Tuesday.
The correct spelling of Graveur's name
was given yesterday as "Gravier" by How
ard L. Fancy, associated with the dead
man in the Alhambra garage, New York.
This was one of the minor elements of
mystery thrown into the complicated case
GRAvEUR A SOCIAL WORKER
In the Rockefeller white slave investigs-
ton in 1911 and for ten years prior, Gra-
veur was an ardent worker in the protection
of women. Connected with the criminal
courts of New York for many years, he
worked in the interests of fallen women
For seven years he conducted a school in
the Tombs for lads awaiting trial there In
1910 he was made chief probation officer
of the Court of General Sessions. He was
later removed for falslfying the records OF
old offenders.
Mrs. Belzer and her husband, a bank
clerk, were married eight years ago in the
Church of the Blessed Sacrament. Brooklyn.
They parted four years ago and Belzer is
believed to be in Panama. Mrs Belzer de-
clined to bring proceedings for divorce
because she was Catholic according to
her mother. She met Graveur about two
and half years ago. and for more than a
year he was attentive to her, taking her
on automobile rides and making gifts