Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1919-01-05
HATTIE L|PSCOMB
ALIVE; NEW CLUES
SOUGHT IN MYSTERY
Appearance of Bedford Girl
in Petersburg Explodes
Circumstantial Case.
JAMES RIVER PUZZLE
NO NEARER SOLUTION
Police Retracc Steps to Throw
Light on Dead Wo-
mans Identity.
DETECTIVES BACK AT START
Importance still Attached to Dim
Name Discovered on Rain
coat Found on Body.
DETECTIVES BACK, AT START
Name Discovered on Rain
coat Found on Body.

coat Found on Body.
Hattie Lipscomb. the Bedford County
girl believed TO have been murdered
and her body that which was found on
tho banks OF the James River Monday,
~ alive and we'll.
Sheriff Webb Sydnor talked with the
supposed murder victim at Petersburg
yesterday afternoon a short time after
her arrival from Baltimore.
Discovery tina; Hattie Lpscomb was
alive entirely destroyed the circum-
stantial case built around her disap-
pearance which had already resulted in
the issuance OF ,irs,-degrcc murder
warrant for an army officer stationed
at Camp Lee.
POLICE MUST START OVER
TO SOLVE RIVER MYSTERY
Appearance OF the Bedford County
solution OF the mystery which marks
the Identity Of the body held here, the
manner OF the womans death. or her
slayer. If there be one. than when the
corpse was found.
The taNicab driver who :oid the no.
lice he carried an army officer and a
woman TO spot near where tho body
was found at Westham, was taken 10
lamp Lee Yesterday by Sheriff Sydnor.
When the officer against whom 1, ,nur
der warrant had been issued was
brought in the chauffeur declared posi-
lively that the soldier was not the man
VINO had been his passenger
WILL RETItACE STEPS TO
DISCOAVER NEW CLUE
What Is the dead wornan's nameo
shc the woman passenger carried
10 the unfrequcnted spot at Westham
ny the Richmond taSicab driver?
II She was murdered. how?
Ihesc were the questions confront
ing the authorities last night follow
e,,s,,6 snG niIso,hslon Of the Hattie Lips
Sheriff Sydnor declared that he would
efrort 20 ep nE s.ep tn the sass In an
ward q pollution. Detective Sergeant.
J.. Il. keliam and Deputy Sheriff John
sn9,emaker have been working nigh;
and after their return from PctersbuIc
last night continued their efforts TO
S SRA out the bits OF evidence
SHOES MAY LEAD no
IDENTITY OF WOMAN
Hope OF early solution of the case
rests upon less than half a dozen pos
sioilities declare the authorities These
identification OF the dead woman
through the numbers OF her shoes.
which have been sent 10 tho manufac,
Deciphering or the name on the col
Mr OF the raincoat she wore when
Appearance OF relatives who NAV
identify the body. or discovery of he
slayer through identification by the
taXicab driver.
Yesterday afternoon Superintendent
a; Io!er. OF the police BertilIon
department took photographs OF III.
nc atss 70 on hs me aS, collar and to-day en-
me letters spell If the photograph
VII not reveal the name, j. NJ. Whit
TO bring out the letters with acIds
SUSPECTED OFFICER WIRES
10 HATTIE LIPSCOMB
Superintendent Toler, on FRIDAY
speiied the name OF the suspected
Of microscopic glasses. 4 short time me
iater the word was made more indis-
sernibie than ever when brush was
n! The dirt: The peculiar feature of
Ioiers Interpretation OF the name on
ne, me goat is that he claims he had never
ieI ,nt The name OF the suspected OIL
ccr untii after he spelled it out
NOT satisfied of the Innocence of
rnS o and o; a, camp Lee sheriff sgd
cantonmcnt yesterday al noon. During
inc morning the suspected officer ac5
coiEdlng to the authorities. had sent a
teiHe;Sram 10 woman in Baltimore
hteiiiing nsr to come TO Richmond and
o os Identified q as Hattie Lipsccmb The
oIncer Is said TO have shown this tnIe
gram to authorities who stated mar
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' ARMf OFFICERS WIFE
NOW OBJECT OF SEARCH
Upon her arrival in Petersburg late
IN me afternoon, the woman confront
ed sherin Sydnor and positively iden-
i In With this the sheriff Immediately
dropped that angle of the case and
returned TO Richmond
III; HheriIr ,sydnor declared that efforts
sun are oe1ng made to locate the wife
S OF the 9iicer who was suspected Of
nave been sent to Lima. Ohio. Colum.
e fort ONO and Central. Ala. in an eff
siast night no replies to these mes
sages had been received The au,hnri-
Ties tsso want mt de. DESCRIPTION Of the officers
she is alive. before entirely droppine
the Camp Lee end Of tho case.
AUTHORITIES CLING TO
THEORY or MURDER
II was not explained last night how
t%o g her frhap os 10 be den,ae
as that Of the Bedford County gil
These girls positively identified the
body rs that of their friend. pointing
I.ipscomb,s ankles was slightly en-.
larSed. The left ankle Of The dead
woman is slightly enlarged. but IL was
learned yesterday that the Lipscomb
liarity
- The two strands OF thin wire found
bound ,od ~, around H,na the dead woman's body
are believed by the authorities MS suf.
fcient evidence of murder. and they
81 are working on tho case from this
sSsangle
M Disputes Are settled.
ONDON. January IA brief war
;e statement Issued Tonight an
Ess5 hclng satisfactory settlement was