Evening star., 1918-08-15
CDN1INJEPROBEOf
FAIRFAX MURDER
Officials Inclined to Doubt
Soldier Clue at Camp
Humphreys.
VISIT LOU HALLS HOME

Sheriff Allison Of Fairfax county.
Va, nnd Detective George williams
of a local detective agency, today are
in the lower end of Fairfax county
continuing their investigation Of the
,Lur ier OF Eva Roy. near Burke sta
iions nearly ten days ago.
When they started out this morning
1T was their intention to go as far as
Camp Humphreys. where. it was re-
ported, a soldier under arrest, dis
played scars and bruises indicating
he had particip atsd in struggle.
1t was reported that the soldier was
caught near Charlottesville early this
week and taken to the camp. County
officials attached no particular inn
portance to the reported probable
clue, they stated. but persons making
the Investigation deemed il advisable
to ascertain what they could about
the soldier and how he happened to
get disfgured.
A SON of C. n Money, Vienna, Va,
sent his father word of the arrest
| Of the soldier and told of wounds and
ptoCuStdlls tn nliL. anu I1O1ICs SOll4-
! naenfcated the information to the
county officials
Lou Hall Questioned Again.
Lou Hall was anything but refreshed
this morning when the keeper of the Jail
called him for breakfast, having been
efoseted with Assistant Commonwealth
Attorney FaKr. Sheriff Allison and De-
tective Morgan Bradford most of the
night. II is said that only once during
the interview did Hall display any signs
of nervousness. and that was when il
was suggested he would be taken to
view the body of the murdered girl
Most of the time while he was
! being questioned by Mr.. Farr. il is
| stated. he had his eyes fixed upon an
| imaginary object on the floor, and
most of his answers were: Il don't
| know" Several times during the
night. when he felt called upon TO
deny knowledge of the. murder. he
asked: what want to kill that lit
tie girl for? I've got little girl Of
| It is said he never volunteered .
statement nor did he make the
slightest effort to fix the time he ate
| breakfast, returned for dinner and
| left the house the day Eva Roy was
| killed.
Detectives at HALLS Home.
Detective Bradford and George SuIli-
sn;ed his ser; ATissn 70 the home Of
Hall The house was searched thor
oaghly, but members of the searching
party were not inclined to discuss
/, what. ii any. evidence. they obtained
George White, retired Washington
Ipoliceman. who is agent at the rail-
road station near the scene of the
crime. recalled that when he was at
the house Sunday he noticed a grind
/ stone covering an ordinary stone near
the end of the shack. and yesterday
the seafchers found both stones had
been removed. leaving evidences Of
| having covered a recently dug hole
/ A careful examination of the earth
| that had been disturbed showed that
la hole not more than eighteen inches
deep had been dug during the past
week or two, and the hoe with which
lit was made was found under the
Hall shack 1t was suggested that
something may have been buried in
the hole.
| Doubt Stranger Killed Girl
Persons conducting the investiga-
tien feel certain that the crime was
committed by a person residing in
that vicinity and not by & stranger.
In the first place, they sisted, the
read, only about 100 feet from where
the body was found. is used only by
nearby residents, and any other per-
son traversing it would be some one
who had lost his way.
Had the crime been committed by
a stranger In the neighborhood." said
Detective Bradford he undoubtedly
would have kept going and would not
have taken the pains to fasten the
body to a tree. That, in my opinion.
was done to make it appear that sI,s
had committed suicide
1t is said that some of the stains
on Halls clothing that appeared to
be blood were made by SNUFF or to-
haeco juice, Hall admitting he used
snuff.