Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1918-11-13

Cape May. y. ~. Nov. l3.
\ United States Secret Service man
I has been detailed by the Government 10
assist in the investigation of the murder
/ mystery here because Cape May Is
! within the area of naval reservation.
Eugene cole. cape May County prose-
. Cutor took the Secret Service man TO the
place where the body was found this
morning and together they established
another fact that may have a bearing on
/ the solution Of the mystery.
When search was made of the beach
nearby the marks of woman's sshoes
were found in the sand, indicating that
! the victim had run nearly 100 yards he
fore she fell TO make certain that
these were the footprints of the muir
dercd woman, the Prosecutor and Sc
cret service agent took with them one
of the victims shoes this morning II
fitted exactly in the partly obliterated
marks i'm the sand.
Solution Of the mystery has been re-
tarded because the County Prosecutor
I and the Coroner have had to work vir-
| tually alone so far. There is no county
Z detective IN cape May County, and the
only other aid the officials have had
has been that of the police.
Mysterious Car Seen
I one of the clues which they are at
/ tempting to run out was furnished by
/ persons who saw mysterious closed
/ car on the roads near the scene OF the
tragedy The number of this car was
taken and is known TO the authorities.
, It is not cape May County car.
The young woman was handsomely
dressed in evening clothes and wore a
: Veil over her hair. as though she were
. on her way TO some entertainment. The
garnet ring on her finger was inscribed
M. j. s"
The woman must have died within a
! few moments after she was shot. The
/ bullet wound was in the head. slightly
above the right temple. There is evi-
| dence, according to the County Prosecu-
/ tor that an attempt had been made TO
! chloroform her possibly when she was
/ in the automobile and that the murderer
! had followed her when she sprang out
/ OF the car and ran and fired the fatal
shot when he was still too far away
/ from her for the powder grains OF the
charge TO mark her skin
. Investigation made today by County
! Prosecutor Cole indicates that the
woman was killed between eight o'clock
/ last Wednesday night and seven o'clock
/ Friday morning.
! Coast Guard Wilson said the body
! was not on the beach at eight o'clock
Wednesday. The authorities attach con-
siderable Importance to story told by
Edward BerrellA engineer at the water
works, who said that a woman whose
appearance compared with that of the
body found on the beach rode short
distance with him last Thursday night.
, Berrell saw her walking along Yale
road which leads to the beach, he said
and Mt her request permitted her 10
ride in his car. She rode mile ana a
half with him without uttering a word,
He asked her il she was going to visit
a family in the neighborhood, but she
ignored the question and merely thanked
: him for his kindness after alighting
/ at Lilly Lake.
Although she may have ridden in Ber-
rell's automobile, Prosecutor cole be-
! lieves that the woman had an engage
ment to meet some one on the beach
front.
The man she met. lie believes. reached
the place in an automobile on which
there were four different tires.