Albuquerque morning journal. [volume] (Albuquerque, N.M.) 1903-1926, 1917-01-05
BELIEVE LEWIS GUILTY
OF MISS CoLBERT'S DEATH

Philadelphia, Jan. 4.--The death by
his own hand in an Atlantic City ho-
tel tonight of Bernard w. Lewis, the
| wealthy young PittsbnrRher aH, ha
/ was about to be arrested in connection
! with the murder of Maize Colbert, the
artists model, the police declare,
leads them to believe he had knowl-
edge of the crime, even If he was not
actually the slayer. Although reports
from Atlantic City late tonight said
that Lewis had left no written state
ment, local authorities were houeful
that something would yet be found
among his effects to clear up the mys-
terry, which for days has baffed the
efforts of the score or more detectives
A warrant for Lewis arrest on the
technical charge of defrauding a taxi
cab driver out OF his fare early Fri
day, the day the crime is believed to
have been committed, was issued to-
day and fliers were sent broadcast by
the police with a description of the
Pittsburgher. Lewis name had been
furnished the authorities by Misses
Ethel and Mabel Kyle, sisters. both
of whom were public school teachers,
who said that the young man had
taken them home in q taxicab after
dinner party downtown. Elwood
Powell, the chauffeur, stated that he
had later taken the man to the apart
ment house where Miss Colbert lived.
Lewis twice this afternoon tele-
phoned, apparently from Atlantic City.
n a hnn1n f,r no Il via tctn A.
mantown. His calls were answered by
Miss May Kyle. q third sister, and
Lewis she said, plunged at once into
the subject of the murder. What
shall ! do?" he is reported to have
said. Isn't this terrible?'
Did you know the Colbert girl?"
Miss Kyle said she asked him.
"Of course / did not know her." he
is said to have replied
"Then, why have you not called on
the authorities and explained where
you were on Friday night" Miss
Kyle asked,
"Why didn't you let them know be-
fore thls?"
Lewis is said to have replied:
Il thought the easiest way was the
best"
Lewis was silent for a few moments
and then said, according to Miss Kyle.
don't worry, am going to straighten
this thing out. / have arranged to
see a good lawyer and will do what
ever he says
Lewis then hung up the receiver.
He called again in a few minutes, 1t is
said. and repeated his admonition that
the sisters should not worry about the
matter
Thursday night, while Lewis was
out with the Germantown teachers.
he is said to have called up Miss Col
bert by telephone. During the dane
ing that night his collar became wilt
ed, the Kyle sisters say, and he bought
new one at the hotel. This collar
was the same size as the bloodstained
collar found in Miss Colbert's apart
ments. 1t also became wilted, the
teachers say and according to the de-
teetives Working on the case, the coll
lar found in the apartment had been
discarded because it was wilted
Captain of Detectives Tate, in a
statement tonight. said that in his
opinion Lewis is the man who COM
mitted the crime. He added, how
ever, that the investigation of other
clues will continue. "If Lewis and
Miss Colbert were alone in the room
together when she was killed. it is
possible that we may never know any
more than we found out tonight" he
said.
The jewels missing from the Colbert