Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1917-01-05
But Family Will Fight to
Clear Suicide Son Of
Models Death
FATHER IN STATEMENT
Will Spend Half Fortune to
Break Evidence Chain
Welded by Detectives

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FAMILY WILL FIGHT
Meanwhile word was received here that
members of the dend mans family in Pitts
hurgh will start an Immediate inycstEa-
tion in an effort to clear his name The
wenman A. Lewis. the suicides father, am
nounced that he would spend half his for
tune If necessary to determine whether his
Ron's death was due indirectly 70 EulIt "r
was the result of hystcria.
Developm uts today definitely fastened
the crime on Lewis detectives say among
the most striking were.
FIRST. STRANDS "i ua'' '""'" .l ,'"'litl| IL
In the murdered ni'drIs manu- I't I"'Tl
say matched exactly hairs of the suicide
when they were compared by lrie&'lNe" ]"
Atlantic city , a.. a..
Second. Thc suicide was l"u'" 10 ",
wearing womanS PINK SILK uhutTru',H
which, detectives say. Is an eN'rt "u.n-
ca'e ot otherS louhu III 'i'E '' '"'
apartment ,., ,.. t,,,,,
,dentifcd as those of the man who APP
preached an attorney In SorrIal"wn the
night after the murder who said he was
seeking counsel to defend him on a murder
charge.
Fourth. The collar and shirt found on
the suicide were Of the same s2" and make
as the hloodstaincd ones found In the girls
apartment after the murder
Fifth The suicide hands "er" severely
Rcratched The marks the police say, sho"
conclusive evidence that he had been en-
gagged in a struggle, ard were made evil
IDENTIFY by n woman's turCrnatls
sixth. curtain strings torn from cur
tains in the girls apartment. evidently dur
ine the struggle, were found in the pockets
of the suicide
Seventh, Further Investigation has ia'ied
TO reveal any other reason why Lewis
should have committed suicide, the police
saw
Eighth Lewis was the man driven to
the Wilton Apartments Fifteenth and Pop
lar streets where the mldal lived. in a taxi
cab This is substanttated 10y the d"ntiii-
catior toJo,, af the body by Flwood Powell.
. IN Ibauffsur
Ninth The nolIca Offer n motive for the
,r,,rder f., the thaor,. mat Lewis needed
,,a,a,, ,,,itb which 70 nm his tayica5 BIN
ond Jarn,pdad bart; m. $500 ring he had
,j,,er ~" oirI TJc trir,l tn take il BY force
So - f,' a. ,,,, ,I,be t,,odaI
Mie' az a. .t, ,,,,,,,ra tb,+ roIIoved T.;
Wa h',Ieu s'' '"' '' ~
i"'e oe'''''
DETECTIVES RETURN
EorIo,,iro their announcement to Chief
NF,Iler tba phiIadeInhia detectives in At
1tI ,,i,,, ,r,,,,,,,,,g,I tl,,t tbci,. investirn-
hi,''G - ,,,,,i,t T,ra,y t,.n returned In
S,,s a,,tan,,Liia 60 'pbr,1sIphia
Cantaip Tata said that besdes being a
: a,,,.,,ra s,,.is ,,os also we'll yersed
man u 1L''It' ' -, T, t,ltad H. for moro
IN lue l'", 10 u" - ~
'iittn Ir 0mo 'at he ,y,, mn against it, can
.t IT, aynlaineI "nnd he took the
aat,st ,,,a,, n,,t nf n a.. many other men
easiest way ou' ~ - ''' '''''''' '
"oulu h"Ee "oug, i,,,.,.. frf.,,,1,. ,os,,i,, tba
Many OF 'ug Su'e'W, S'S,, 49, Eorin,o
shoW ,iis ~ 1'1 ptIt,, ,rba,, welcomed the
that Lev "'S iresfir1ti,. bv his
news OF the co'''"s ''''Ss''s''' - '
family, , mt,
IL was leatneu Iu"l ' "o'' VI - ,r
parents IN il'tapu' ~ "l' W. ''s t[ ,,,,,
lapse II "as SAsu t'e mt" W. ra,,o Jag
death ana the taG' l"'t ~ ~ , - @
been coupled WIN 'le HtuII'' nau 80, Wg,"
700 much LOT ''e"' All" "''" WIZ P'0~
trated, -,.,.. ~,
Wehhall a iIy" r - la a ,, %S",'''S y ~ . soe
coal operator l"e l-yM'" i'U'''I 80 -
AmneIson aEe"Tt' III a., - ~, NJ .,ris
OF PlttshurEh. ~ was S'.n 'u't - - t'. " -. -
Woulu employ Pl'."lg uISSar'l, I, ,,.,it, ~t1
GROUND any anu % 49, @ ,"'ao' " '''' "'''''
mlsh1 cleoL lHt 9''ll as rr,,.,1 7 ,,yis
VI. SN.i'''''S ,SS.t,,j,,o raIt,tar -,nd
others of the murder squad found blood
stains on the socks OF the dead man near
the ankle. ,,,,
rms Ihtoriatlon was SyisL"4i T." ,,i' ,-igu,
tneant OF Detectives "|ou ny 'aI,"uall i
from AtahI!c nltSl me p,'"u va uo' .'a "tJ i,I
S.nat IN a,d md bson nr, the storIfins, for
Callanan nan. anu 1a NV" ,,, ~, hrCod ou Thai mart
80 sS'its ~ ''li'e ,t5.l,inre aboye the shoee
Sys,,ys of the suicide fen like a thunder
hIt &, tbc cap,u of tho sreuths who have
49, - ,,.tr,,, ,,rce,sit,,I,, IN, the mystery
@ pcsn ~ s,I ,,,a murdered "a week ia
tnnIgbt
ne a,-rast of lewis was 10 have been the
= - 80 AZ n ,,,as he asraned ar
80 MI, IN, "a few minutes as the fataI
80 80 fTsd ,gbIle he WINS locked I'm q
s1t stos 80, ~, tbo fbird Goor Of "a boardinq
ii pa,i, oo't' i95 statss avenue Atlantic CItv
I.t Ioeso - z,ssr. T7IIpdfna on the door ,yher
~ srsI tbs fatal shot
- bad hon under s1lsDfrinu siucf