Evening star., 1919-09-19
SODA CLERK SLA|N..;
METER MAN finds
BODY UNDER STORE: |:
E. E. Wood, Liggett EmpIoye,
Beaten to Death at 14thss
and F Streets.
IFLASHLiGHT REVEALS
CRIME IN SUBCELLAR
Turned-0ut Pocket Shows 80
Missing and Robbery
Thugs Motive. a.

Emmett E. Wood. twenty years ole.
who yesterday quit his position asa
soda water dispenser in Liggett's drug
store, 14th and F streets northwest.
this morning was found murdered In
the sub-basement Of the building. two
stories under the drug store. He was
had fractured his skull. *
The body was found by Vincent
Cromo, an electric light meter reader.
Cromo's duties carried him to the unr
derground room, where the rays fron
his dashlight led to the discovery
shortly after IL o'clock this morning..g
Robbery Believed Motive.
A hip pocket turned inside out $40
mute testimony that robbery was Tho
probable motive. AZ.
Inspector Grant. chief of detectives.
Capt. F1ather Of the first prseines
Detective Cornwell and others we8S
at the scene of the murder Q foY
minutes after the body was foum0.
An examination Of the premises VA
hurriedly made, the iron bar being
found at the base of a small elevator
shaft opening on 14th street. A dra&e
net was quickly spread for suspeets.
slayer ee's 4"
Wood, who had been employed in
the drug store the last three months
and roomed at 4o1 n street northeasL
b.s rroved h;msslf IN he an -eficfent
.~ e-,.rs.
worAeL. enu na - -aS.,vsS n
!estetMsy aooVs NUN n..indsr N Sis
eus MN y. h.Set ieast con In aSSf-
to-. he collected sic to use in ~
n,,rchase ~ nresent Tor the mi6v
SSer al the soda business, Detectiv&3
we're toldlthat he did not purchase t.
present, so that he had approximate3y
40 in his pockets when he wss kiHsA
Friends at Charlottesviile, Va.
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The young man came here sfrQ1
Chaflettesville, Va. ana aceeptsd
reisfives verA notifed OF hie ae5fh
ss,S Il e nroha HE fhsf ANNE az ti1s1H
iii r.sch here iste today.
VIZ. saaE;n Lenon ci,,H - ths IDENTIFY -
the siayer' oetectiVes eAFy tvueyE
IN search. OF the young man iHeryy
IN TINS CITY oeneving some OF en
might De IN pos1tion 10 give yei
several of his friends were out Of the
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Found Blood d-Stained Pine.
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Searching for Glue to the weApon
and something to suggest. the nekhed
employed by the slayer In reanhing
the subbasement OF the bufldfng. -
employe OF the drug nrm who 4cnqmr
panied the polfoe found the iron p42e
at the base, Of the elevator. .btAe9e
stains on It making ftFreasonabay 60
the elevator they found evidence ~
the hight OF the slayer.
Just when the crime was commttto1
probably will not be known unle9e
the slayer Or slayers Are appreheu9e4
Shortly after the body was fopp4
the police were told that WOOD ~
not been in the store since he Qv
his ooo .Wednesday aiternoon
later IN the Gay II was learned Ses
ne NAG oeen seen 1Ive - iAte - =.
ociock Seseee1ay r,a3y. A,eoon. ,.,,s -
.,!n I'LL 4" ana ' Reesn snd CS.ygss
tIe MonS Wera IN The sto,s -.
cio.,rS time last night mill shor<Sr
S,nrra n'c,acE this mnrnin~ TSes
,rcre wori: ;nr during the nie6t .hcSf
the sois fountain and nothinr -
us1al happeled to attract their AZ
tertion.
Rodv Fo,,nd Pace Down
go
Woods body was found face doHe,
and when Coroner Nevftt reached q
~ Lstira he rn,,nT tSat S;o
\ Al ,,ren e,nn nt;ed ~ nracticair 49,
thin ~ vaine maEir1 a. yl.in -
that ,otheyv was fhe notyv. n.
ractnd thaf The hosiv he tsss,
morxue- vhere Dr. WiiHam o.
cnroner viii nerSo,-r, ~
antonsv
So r,,ie}fv As6 the milo. rn-u. ~s~eA
invesfIe~fson Of the crime fhsf S-3
dre6a of r,ersona nsssed IN an n,,t ~
thing unusual s;, .h had happened. and e
were I,,, made; s>
ant q the moreue, took the body .reu
Sovsc tn shortiy besors o.cirea
Inspector Grant this afternoon ssi6
he fclt certain his men would succee4
In apprehending the slayer: II -