The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1917-01-04
WOMEN TIGHTEN
net ON man IN
MURDER MYSTERY
Tell Police Name of Visitor
Who Called on Model.
Links Prominent Name Closer
With Girl Staying.
CORROBORkTE The CHAUFFEUR
Two FashiOnably Dressed
Women drilled by Police.
Man Suspected Left Them,
Went to Models Home.
Links Prominent Name Closer
With Girl Staying.
CORROBORATE The CHAUFFEUR

Philadelphia, Jan. A filler
calling for the arrest of Bernard W.
Lewis, son of Wenman Lewis, Pitts
burg lawyer, who is believed to have
been in the taxi which stopped at the
apartment of Maize Colbert the day
sch was murdered, was sent broadcast
this afternoon.
The filler" accuses Lewis of having
defrauded Ellwood Powell, taxi chauf-
feur of s19 fare. Police deny they
connect him with completely in the
murder itself.
police said, that leads to the belief
Lewis was in the machine last Friday
Philadelphia, Jan. 4.-The name
of the man who went to Maize Col
bert's apartment last Friday morning
the day the pretty model is sup
posed to have been dubbed into in
| sensibility and then strangled with her
own silk stockings known to the
police today.
ably dressed women who were taken
| to headquarters late yesterday, i'm
parted valuable information. They
are the ones described by Ellwood
Powell, taxi chauffeur, as having rid
den to Germantown with man. in
| his machine.
After the women had been left at
street corner, Powell said, the
strange man inquired about direction
of streets. Then he asked to be driv-
en- to the Wilton apartments where
the little model met her death. Pow
ell waited from 1 o'clock until 8
o'clock Friday morning for his fare,
but without avail. The stranger new
er reappeared from the apartment.
Live in Fashionable, District.
Both women had been sought ever
since Powell gave the first real clue
in the murder. Their residence is in
one of the best parts of Germantown
and their attention to the man in
the taxi lends color to reports that
he is of prominent name.
will they arrest this man today?"
the informant was asked.
''I do not know. there is still much
to be done. However, it might be
possible he replied.
| Brewers Alibi, He Was Drunk.
The police claim an alibi for the
western brewer who was said to be I'M
der guard. Thursday night this man
was said to have been drinking heav-
| lily. He was taken to a certain house
on Paramount avenue, said the police,
and remained there until Saturday
morning.
The man in the taxi" is said to
come from the west. Scores of tele-
grams have been sent out regarding
him, tho it is believed he is actually
in this city now, where the police can
lay hands on him without much trou-
| BILE.
Just what his connection with the
crime might be. however, is a ques-
ton. He is said to be married with a
family and a fortune estimated at
s1.O00.00O. Practically every head
quarters detective in Philadelphia was
out on this new evidence today-per-
haps the missing link in the befogged
mystery.
Her Casket Cost $3.50.
Miss Colbert was buried today in
Holy Cross cemetery. Bohemia
which she loved too welI-paid her
striking tribute, despite the sordid
stories of her life brought out in the
murder investigations; anonymous
friends purchased for her silver cas-
ket costing $3.50.
A great crowd watched the cortege
leaving the house; hurried to the GEM
etery and even followed in autonlo-
biles Police reserves had to be sta
toned at the grave and the house