Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1916-09-28
YOUNG WOMAN REFUSES
TO TELL OF SHOOTING
Companion OF j. G. Gravcur, Victim
Of Midnight Murder, Will
Not Talk.
SAID TO BE FROM CHICAGO
4hiladcIphia Officials Believe She Is
Mrs. }. &. lie Due, Well Known
Sociufiy-Rcccivcs Visit From Sis
ter of Slain Man.

PHILADELPHIA. PA. September %.
- wont tell; won't; won't. This
Thing is terrible enough as it is. Please
dont ask me who / am. Don't you
understand that cannot tcll?'
IN" young woman companion of
Joseph Z. iraveur, victim OF the SEN
sa,ional midnight murder in the lio-
icl Walton. returned this answer to-
hight 10 officials from the office Of
Captain of Detectives James Tate.
StlfrinE upon her cot in the JET
ferson Hospital. the woman turned a
deaf ear TO cumulative proof which
seemed To indicate that she is Mrs
j. Z. LIE Due. we'll known in Chicago
social circles.
Neither would she tell her relation
ship to the murdered New Yorker.
Graycur. or her mountaineering with
Mrs. Margaret Macindrews iiclzcr. ten
years her senior. Apparently she had
supplantcd her older rival in the af-
fcctions OF Graveur. and II was the
mad jealousy caused by this that
nerved the older woman to kiln her
former lover and herself and dcspcr-
atcly wound Mrs. lie Due
II she could not be- with the man She
loved in life. Mrs. Belzcr chose 70 join
him in death. To-day the bodies Of
the two lag on adjoining slabs in tho
CITY Morguc.
TAKEN TO HOSPITAL
SERIOUSLY WOUNDED
Efforts to conceal the identity of the
| woman who registered at the walton
with Graveur as his wife added to-
day to the complexities of tn" stu
alton. The woman was taken 10 ;hc
jefferson Hospital In semicomatosc
condition i deep wound through the
breast caused the doctors to shake
their heads.
In !. few hours she rallied and. de
spite the. close guard that was thrown
abou, her. managed TO smuggie !, mes
sage from the hospital. The authori-
ties knew nothing of this until in the
afternoon this telegram came apparent
- in response:
Chicago. September -
superintendent jefferson Hospital:
Just received telegram signet' N's
lie Duo saying shot ana IN your nos
pital. Wire details at my expense. is
IL serious?
tsigncd) y. c. LIZ DUO.
$40 so south Michigan Avenue.
Chicago"
when this wire came there was a
hurried consultation OF officials. Then
the yellow envelope was borne to the
wounded womnn's bedside.
Are you Mrs lie Due She "aa
asked.
Il nave nothing to say she spond
ed evenly. ana turned her face 10 the
wa!l
Very we'll. well return this mes
sage said the detective.
WANTED TO KNOW
no. no-opcn it," directed the wom-
an Il want TO know what hc-what 1t
says
Later she was told that Mr.. lie Due
Mas on his way TO Philadelphia. Also
that Mrs. Mann. said TO be her sister,
would come TO Sc" her She sigh I'd and
closed her eyes.
III her efforts TO conceal her iden-
lily the woman was aided by tho mar
dered mans sister. Mrs Henry Apmann,
OF 30. $40 West one hundred and
F'if,y-six,h Street, New York,
Mrs. Apmann came TO Philadelphia
with Harry V Fancy, business as
sociatc OF Graycur They went directly
TO the hospital. Mrs. Aptnann leaned
over the woman.
81 am Joc's sister" she said Joe
ia dead SO is Margaret. Is there amy.
thing can do for YOU
Yes you can notify my sister" she
whispered.
The sister is said to be Mrs. H.
Mann. OF East one Hundred and Tween
ticth Street, New York.
How did this thing happen" asked
Mrs. -Apnann.
Joe and we're in the room" re-
piled the woman weakly, when she
There Was q word or two. Then she
began shooting 1t happened so
quickly. Joe dropped at the nrst shot
Then she shot me. That's all re-
DECLARES WOMAN
Is NEW YORKER
Later. before her return to New
York, Mrs. Apmann gave out an APP
parently rehcarsed interview, intended
to shield her brothers companion. She
said the woman was a New Yorker.
"a card with the name Mrs. j. c.
lie Due was found in the hotel room,'
she was told us this woman Mrs. lie
Duc?"
on" she replied. that was Mrs
Belzcr's card. Mrs. Belzer often used
that name. She was infatuated with
my brother He spent a great deal OF
money on her. | am not at all sorry
for her. She got just what She de-
served.
MY brother had been associating
with her for two years. ever since he
became a wdower. She is separated
from her husband. Harry Belzer. :.
year ago my brother broke with her.
She has been pursuing him ever since.
'She told me some time ago she
would kill Joe. She knew he was talk
ing the woman she shot on the same
trip he used to mako with her to At
lantic City, Washington and Philadcl-
pha."
she was Mrs. Alice Ogden absolute
~ refused to give the name of :hc
woman in the hospital.
JI;WE:IRI WORTH $4,000
FOUND IN THE ROOM
Diamond rings and stickpins set in
platinum to the value of $4,000 were
found in Gravcur's room According
to T.. l.. Hocy, coroner's undertaken.
Mrs Apmann told him she had lost
$4,000 worth of jcwclry
According to Hoey, Mrs. Apmann
said:
II lost $4,000 worth Of jewelry two
months ago. put detective on the
case and then concluded that ] would
not get the jcwclry back while my
brother was alive"
Mrs. Apmann denied that She had
said this.
Captain Tate said late tonight:
I'VE have determined to hold the
woman In the hospital as n material
witness to homicide. 1t looks AS il
the mystery and her identity will not
really he cleared UP until Mr. lie Due