The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1917-08-11

hour, word came that he established
. complete Alibi, and the police were
convinced he had no connection what
ever with the murder.
The Annapolis authorities asked
Mr.. and Mrs. King TO come to the
Of the Washington trail.
Resume Of Failures.
Here is a resume Of the failures
Of the day:
Washington man exonerated after
. few minutes investigation.
Mr.. and NrL King told q story
which dissolved them from any know.
ledge OF the murder.
1t became more firmly established
than ever that the husband was
blAmsless
Toe pink shirt" theory, involving
the identity of q man in the Brandon
. pink shirt, led nowhere
Accidental death suggestion scout
ed and made ridiculous.
Mr. and Mrs. King left the AnnAp-
oils courthouse shortly before I
o'clock this morning after having
been interroEAted by Sheriff SuIli-
van and States Attorney Green from
o'clock until after midnight. The
wife was INTERCEPTED fret and held
tenaeiousIy TO her story that she
talked to Mrs. Brandon on Wednes-
day, the day OF the murder. She In
sisted that her husband had no pink
shirt and accounted for every move
ment Of his time while he was at
home between IL and 1890 o'clock,
which IL believed to be about the
Id
No Contradiction.
Mrs. King, who II very young. made
no contradictory statement during
the investigation. but was nervous
and on the verge OF hysteriA because
of the frequent grilingS through
which she has been put since the
crime was reported.
She told the States Attorney and
the sherin that she heard no sound Of
struggle In the Brandon home on
Wednesday and that she was positive
shs was talking to Mrs. Brandon be-
tween 10 and IL o'clock on Wednss-
day. 90
Whilsths wife was being interro-
gated, the husband. Thomas A. King.
sat In another room with his feet up
on q desk and with q look OF uncon-
Germ and boredom on his face. After
the Interrogation of the wife had con-
cluded, King walked briskly into the
room and readily answered every
question propounded to him. He said
that he had been into the Brandon
house only on two occasions. He &C
counted to the satisfaction OF the
States Attorney and sheriff and
Detectives KratE and Pohler for
every moment OF his time while at
home for lunch between II and 1880
o'clock. He insisted that he knew
OF the murder.
There Only Three Days.
Mrs. King had occupied tbs house
next door to Mrs. Brandon only three
days before the murder was COM
mitted, but King had lived in the
house since July 16, getting the
house in readiness for his wife.
At the conclusion OF his long ErfI-
ling OF Mr.. and Ars. King, States
Green, Sheriff Sullivan and
the detectives said they were posi-
tive they had obtained all informa-
ton the two had regarding the muir
der and what preceded and followed
IT
This morning . reporter for The
Times questioned all OF the investi-
gators of the murder in Annapolis
with the following result:
States Attorney Nicholas H. Green
AFTER having Investigated this
case from Wednesday afternoon until
Saturday morning. l have not the
faintest clue, theory or speculation
as 10 who perpetrated this crime"
Sheriff John R. SuIlIvan-"The case
was q mystery on Wednesday after
noon and still Is, 20 far as am con-
cerned. All OF my clues and theories
have proved Of no avail and have led
US nowhere. i haven't the remotest
idea as to who killed Mrs. Brandon"
Detective John KrRtz-"After Quss-
tioning Mr.. and Mrs. King and a num-
Der OF other people. and after making
an investigation OF the home and the
I am as much at sea
on this case a. ] was when was
FIRST called to investigate. do not
know who killed Mrs. Brandon. Il
have no theory and have no clue"
Detective Herman Pohler-'T do
not know who killed Mrs. Brandon,
and I am not working on a theory or
clue which might lead to the estab-
lishment OF the identity OF her slayer.
My investigation since Wednesday
has produced absolutely nothing that
would shed any light on the mystery"
Call IL PreDOsterouH.
Doctors who performed the au-
topsy say the accidental death |