Evening star., 1918-08-10
TWO YOUTHS HELD
AS SUSPECTS IN
FAIRFAX MURDER
William Wooster and James
7. Robertson, Each Is, Deny
Killing Eva Roy.
PIECE OF BELT.NEAR
TREE MAY BE CLUE
Lou Hail. Woodchopper, First Ar.
rested, May Be Taken to Spot
by County Authorities.

With the arrest Last night OF two
youths who live near the home of Eva
Roy, the ffteen-year- r-old girl who was
brutally assaulted and murdered Tues
day in the woods near her home at
Burke Station, Va, and the finding Of
a piece Of belt used to kill the girl,
authorities believe they will soon find
. solution to the crime, which up to-
the present has baffied them.
Lou Hall. the woodchopper. who was
arrested on suspicion soon after the
finding of the girls body. is being
held in the county jail at Fairfax. Va,
although he strongly protests his in
nocence. Since his arrest he has betn
questioned many times by Sheriff j.
r. Allison of Fairfax county. but still
denies any knowledge Of the murder.
Authorities admit that the evidence
against Hall is only circumstantial.
sixteen-Year-old Boy Is Held.
On a warrant charging him with an
attack upon a young girl. William
Wooster, a sixteen-year-old youth,
who lives with his uncle near Fairfax
Court House. was arrested last nlght
by Sheriff Allison. Authorities admit
they have no evidence that wooster
was connected with the murder, but
they are holding him for investigation.
1t is claimed that the boys mind is
unbalanced and that he was dis
charged from an asylum only last win
ter. Wooster 1t is said, stated that ne
did not know the murdered girl, nor
had ever seen her.
James T. Robertson. colored, six
teen years old. Of Clifton. Va, was
arrested near a railroad bridge on the
Virginia side of the river last night
by Policeman Horton of the fourth
precinct and held for Investigation
In connection with the Virginia crime.
The colored youth admitted to De-
tective Evans at police headquarters,
who questioned him ct length last
night, that he had kY own the girl
and her father. He said the first he
knew of the murder was yesterday
afternoon, when some boys near his
home was reading about it in a news
paper.
Robertson Claims Alibi.
Robertson insists that he was work
ing in Philadelphia Tuesday, the day
the crime was committed, and did not
go to his home in Clifton until Thurs
day afternoon. When arrested last
night he said he was attempting to
beat" his way back to Philadelphia.
The police are holding the boy at
the house Of detention to await the
arrival OF his father from Manassas,
Va. although they do not believe he
had any connection with the crime.
What promises to be another inn
portant piece of evidence in the So
of belt found near the scene OF the
murder, and which was used to kill
the girl. Peter Roy, father of the
girl, denied that the belt ever form
ed q part Of his daughters wardrobe
The belt. which has been identified
as one that only a woman would
wear, was used by the slayer to tie
the girl to q tree.
May Take Hall to SCENE.
County officials today were con-
templating taking Lou Hall to the
scene of the crime in an effort to
break down his. story. At the spot
where the girls body was discovered.
Hairs ak and overalls were found Wed
nesday morning.
Cal Hall, father Of the man, visited
his son today at the jail and held a
brief conversation with him, and
made arrangements for obtaining
counsel.
County authorities today stated
that II more conclusive evidence
against Hall should not be found he
probably would be released within a few
days.