The Washington times., 1917-11-07
$4,000 FORTUNE
OF SLAIN JUDGE
UNACCOUNTEDFOR
CONTINUED from First PaEe.)

NSOnIlnueO from T 81 obS'J
invested ut least $4,000 In Virginia
property and in addition purchased
farming lands in other States.
"It is puzzIing how he could have
died in poverty: how none OF the jew
els can be located: how no deeds to
Gny of the property can be discovered,
and how he could have fallen to such
a low estate in less than three years.
when he wrote me six months ago,
he did not give any hint of his con-
dition or l would have come to his
assistance at once. l am going to
the bottom of this thing.
My uncle was almost continually
with my father since he moved to
Virginia. and one purpose of my pro
posed interview with DIR. Chamber
lain in his cell Is to ask him some
questions about these financial maj:
ters."
wife Carried Away Clothes.
The Commonwealth has just made
cation it is learned that when the
doctors young wife left Goochland
county just a few hours before the
murder that she carried with her
every piece Of clothing that she own
ed, and in addition all clothing own
ed by the doctor with the exception
Of a single suit OF clothes.
The doctor himself admits that he
! was planning to leave the county a
week following his wife's departure,
but was detained by Magistrate A ].
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and later placed the doctor under ar
rest, accusing him of the murder.
Letters from women in other States
requesting medical attention from the
| doctor and statements from louisa
Boatwright, his negro cook, confirm
| ing reports that a number of women,
strangers In the community. had put
up at Sunnyside Farm for treatment
by the doctor. are being run down by
the Commonwealth. These letters
found in the doctors files, the Com
monwealth contends. may lead to SEN
sational disclosures in the case.
LA CROSSE. Va, Nov. Private
detectives from the Baldwin agency
in Roanoke have been called upon to
assist in unraveling the mystery
in the death Of Mrs. Thomas L. Walk
er, bride of twelve days. who was
murdered in her home, one mile north
of here. Friday.
The detective here now refuses to
divulge any theories he may have re-
garding the case. and the county au-
thorities frankly admit they are
without clues.
A report that Mrs. Walker had
committed suicide gained wide circu
lation here today. but was discredited
T! by DR.. w. W. Wilkinson, of La Crosse,
/ who attended Mrs. Walker on her
deathbed. DR.. wilkinson does not be.
IIeve the two sIashes in the woman's
body, made with razors. could have
/ been self-inficted.
He also pointed out that one OF the
] raEors with which the woman was
/ slashed was found in a bureau drawer,
and that II would have been impossi-
BILE for the victim to have walked
| across the room to hide the blade
after wounding herself without leav-
ing a trail.
W. r. Smelly, former sweetheart Of
Mrs. walker, Is still held in jail at
| Boydton, the county seat, but the
/ authorities have practically aban-
doned all efforts to charge him with
| the crime. His alibi is said to have
been completely verified.
The husband OF the dead woman
| has been unable to assist the authori-
| ties in unraveling the mystery. He
\ declares he knows OF no person who
would want to injure his wife. and Is
inclined to accept the view held by
local physicians-that Mrs. Walker
was the victim Of an insane person.