The daily banner. (Cambridge, Md.) 1897-2008, 1917-08-13

the information of the former sweet
heart of Mrs. Brandon in " dshing-
ton an dSet them on siX-hor hunt
Oi the mouse Tor the photograph oil
this man. may be able to supply more
information that has a direct Bear
ing on the case.
Each hour lne trail Is becoming
colder ai.u colder, making the task oi
bringing the murderers TO justice ali
the mole difficult. Detectives are
iioing their utmost TO impress on the
neigili,ui-S that an abundance OF seem
ingIE unim portant facts that they
may know really may hold the soIu-
ton II the crime. the! are endeaN-
oriuS 10 IeaIn fro meVeryone the
most trivial facts, for possibly IN
these is the solution TO the mystery.
TO further complicate the case 1t
: dIftIcul; TO establish robbery as
the motive On the morning OF the
murder Mrs. Brandon went TO
leighboring drug store TO" headache
tablets. She had dollar bill that
he. hu,o,..l.. hau given her before
leaving for his work. The change 1or
this vas never found. Yet on d ia
Die near he bed were adIahondrlns
and a bracelet that had not been dis
.urbeu.
Mrs. Grace Humiston, the New
York lpcrtIl. who, after repeated tall
ures on the part of a score of detec-
tives, solved the Ruth Cruger muir
der mystery. has given up lucra!
tive law practice 10 devote her life TO
the protection of the girlhCod OF
America.
y Of mis- in o. OF =
Mrs Humiston has solved 14-or,
III other words. she has been instru-
mntal III retaining IA girls who had
been lured from their homes from
lives of degradation and humiliation.
Her Office in New York is crowded
from morning until night with weep
ing mothers who beg her to aid i'll
the finding of their missing daugh-
ters and by girls who have been led
from the path Of virtue TO the haunts
OF vice.
Il consider no work more impor-
tant than that in connection with
this dreadful Annapolis crime" said
Mrs. Humiston today. who has been
brought to Annapolis by Washing
ton newspaper to help unravel the
Brandon mystery.
Not alone the safety OF one poor
woman, but the peace OF mind OF
millions of women and children and
husbands and fathers il involved in
this case.
1T matters not who committed the
crime; nothing can eXaggerate the
importance of detection, conviction
and punishment.
IF, as | trust Will prove to be the
case, the crime was committed by
one of the lowest and m@st ignorant
of human beings, all the more is it
important that he should be caught
and punished as an example 10 other
criminals like him.
There is nothing that prevents
crime like quick detection and pun
ishment of criminals.
Let the police find and the law
punish the murderer of this poor
young wife, Lottie Brandon. and the
punishment will act as d warning
that will save others.
TO hundreds of thousands of men
called into the country's service tie
first thought is of security for those
left at home undefended. \ Dung girls
and defenselesS women in the homes
will rely upon the vigilance of the
police and the earnestness of the
press for their safety.
AS you know, | do not pose as a
detective, although in the Ruth Cru
ger case persistency did enable me
10 find the body of the poor girl and
locate the criminal. | am very glad
10 come to Annapolis to render what
service | can in this case. and espe-
cially TO impress upon those respon-
sible for crime detection what such
a crime means not only to this COM
munity, but to the whole country"