The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1917-01-08
new MURDER PROBE
IN DEATH OF MODEL
Mayor Declares Mystery viii
Be Solved No Matter Who
Is Involved.
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der which has ever confronted the police
Of Philadelphia:
family knows to have been very init
said Bessie Colbert, land said he had
heard this intimate say he would get
back a ring he had given Grace II he
had to choke her.
InsaneIy Jealous.
81 know that this man has been in
sanely jealous of Grace. and threatened
several times to get her. He was in
fatuated with her. / have another wit
ness that will go on the stand who over
heard him saying he would get her.
To-day 1 went down to the Wilton
and found a bunch Of keys in the fat
where Grace died. ! don't believe they
belonged to Lewis. who killed himself.
But they may belong to this man. l
know all the friends Grace had and can
give the detectives the names of all OF
them II they want them"
Asks Conference.
When the mayor learned Of John
CoIbert's attitude in regard to the
murder investigation, he requested the
brother to call upon him in order that
Mr.. Smith might become more famil-
lar with all the facts.
81 will see that justice is DONE,
said the mayor. IF there Is anybody
at liberty now who should be under
arrest in connection with the case.
this must be done at once. The big
ger they are. the more criminal, in
my judgment, were their instincts If
they killed this woman"
Colbert will confer with Mayor
Smith in City Hall this morning.
VIII Get Somewhere.
ct believe we will get somewhere
now" was Colbert's comment. The
mayor will work for justice"
Coincident with the mayors entry
into the effort to find a solution of
the crime mystery which has aroused
came two important Developments
which tepdad' to break down the cir.
cumstantial case which the detectives
have built against Lewis.
Find Edith Wood, domestic"
Order Given All.
To practically the entire detective
force this important order was issued
by Captain Tate in an effort to rua
down one of the most valuable clues
that has been brought to the atten-
ton Of the police.
According to information received
by Captain Tate from reliable sources,
Edith Wood told acquaintance that
At Z o'clock on the evening Of Friday,
December 20, the day Maize Colbert
was killed, she saw the model gaze
out one OF the front windows of her
apartments and then pull down the
shade.
Told Story Before.
Even before the time Of the murder
had become public, Edith Wood had
told friends of seeing the model at
the window. II the domestic can be
located and her story stands the test
of questioning, Lewis will be cleared.
This was eighteen hours after he Is
supposed to have visited her. Accord
ing to clerk at the Hotel Adelphia,
Lewis registered there at 1852 o'clock
on the afternoon Of December 20.
Since then all his movements have
OtH accounted LOT.
The new development caused per-
sons interested in the mystery to re-
call that following his examination
of the body, Police Surgeon Charles
z. Bricker gave il as his opinion that
Maize Colbert had been dead only
eight hours when discovered. 1t was
later that DR.. Bricker stated that the !
woman might have been killed from
twenty-four to thirty-six hours earlier. |
Saw No Marks on Hands.
Equally valuable in the elimination |
Of Lewis as the supposed murderer |
was the positive declaration OF the |
Misses Ethel, May, and Mabel Kyle |
that they did not see any stratches, |
cuts, bruises, or bites on Lewis hands |
when he was with them upon the |
days Immediately following the STAY
ing OF the model.
After Lewis body had been exam
mad by detectives, following his sui
eide in an Atlantic City apartment |
house just as the police were about |
TO arrest him as the "taxicab man" in |
the mystery, it was announced by
them that stratches and bruises,
evidently from a woman's teeth, has
been found on his one hand. News
papermen were not allowed to see
The body. Likewise, John Colbert,
brother of the dead woman, said he
was refused permission to see the
suicide.
More Letters Announced.
Following the action Of James S.
McFadyen, general manager of the
union stock yards, in max
ng public a letter sent to him from
New York last December II by Lewis,
IN which Lewis declared his intention
1f ending his life. II became known
hat Lewis wife had received a sim
lar letter from him a week before
That was her last word from Lewis.
In addition to the letter received by
Mrs. Lewis and McFadyen. Robert J.
Oodds, Lewis attorney, clso received
/ letter limiting at suicide.
For three weeks Lewis wife and
had been waiting in anguish
'or telegram or long distance phone
Message telling them of the expected
said a member Of the fam
ly in Pittsburgh. !.