The daily banner. (Cambridge, Md.) 1897-2008, 1917-08-11

wife is a talented young woman. She
draws well and on Tuesday hlnS
asked her 10 show Mrs. Brandon
.u.Iit 81 uer drawings.
We'll, if you don't want to show
them to Mrs. Brandon, | Will" SAID
King. He walked across the yard
and for Il few minutes con refsed With
Mrs. Brandon He showed her the
drawings aud his wife went into the
house and he and Mrs. Brandon talk
ed about the drawings. which were
OF friends and relatives. Mrs. Bran
don returned TO her cottage after
looking al the pictures. and Mrs.
King says she did not see her again
untit the next morning. the day she
va murdered.
Mr. and Mrs. King threw no new
light into the case and it is practi-
sallp assured they will be eliminated
rom the case.
While kratz and Pohler are work
.ng on the theory that Mrs. Brandon
VAS murdered either by 4 neisEbor
or 4 lulli&.r lover, they are Inclined
10 suspect rom statements they nave
received from neighborS that she
,iieu FROM Il hemorrhage after
frantic struggle.
Hotn runIer and Kraft this after
noon intlilated that they felt there
was ii po.siulllty that Mrs. Brandon
had been seized White al the refrlge
rator in the kitcnen OF her home
Aith a faintins spell. that she fell,
oreail the door Of the refrigera-
on. ana flat sA. struggled and fou
sht her way 10 the adjoining bed
room.
This morning Detective kratz
made search for clues in the home
of the murdered woman. He ex
pressed the opinion from information
he had received that Mrs. Brandon,
who was about TO become mother,
might have collapsed in the kitchen,
struck her head, causing the three
decorations. and after reaching the
bed seized her throat with her fin
gers while dying. kratZ said that
would account for the marks on her
neck.
While kratz is giving this theor!
serious consideration he is still
working on other information which
causes him at times to think that the
woman was murdered.
:. Dr.. ]. c. Joyce, who performed the
autopsy on Mrs. Brandon, stated that
! in his opinion the woman had been
| murdered. He said the woman was
seized from the rear while at the re-
| frigerator and dragged to the adjoin
ing room and tossed on the bed.
| Neighbors say they saw no person
| in the neighborhood on the day OF
the murder who could be suspected
of entering the home of Mrs. Bran
| don.
The detectives, after a consulta-
| ton with Sheriff Sullivan, left here
| late tonight to run down a clue in
Baltimore. 1t is believed that Mr..
and Mrs. King gave them important
! information, but the detectives
! doubt, it is understood, that they
will be able to get any tangible evil
dence from it leading to the identity
of the murderer, if Mrs. Brandon
! was murdered.
: Sheriff Sullivan tonight offered a
reward of $500 for information lead
! ing to the identity of the woman /.
| slayer.
Fond Mother-What's the matter,
Eva? Little Eva-I've heard of
Good Friday, and Ash Wednesday,
/ but what on earth is Nut Sunday.
A successful form of efficiency con-
sists in inducing somebody else to
do your work.
Are you d married man? asked
the ambulance doctor. as he gathered
the victim up and placed him on a
stretcher. No, doc, said the man,
| haZily, it were an ortamoheel as did
it.