Every evening, Wilmington daily commercial., 1919-01-03
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This fixes tic time Of the murder be-
tween II D. IN. or thereabouts and 23O
a. m, when Nelson Grier, another chauf-
fetr for the Wilmington Taxi Co, saw
the body Of a man lying at the spot where
Lacey wss found about four hours later
Gricr said he had been to the Sellers farm
1T Edge Moor, with u fare, and on his
return saw what appeared to be man
living in the ditch opposite the quarry, but
concluded that he was drunk and did not
stop To investigate.
EyInHNTLY LOST THEIR WAY.
The location Of the abandoned car leads
detectives to the belief that the slayerB
were seeking the road tn Phllade.phia and,
finding the pike blocked because Of re-
building. had returned from the scene Of
the murder back 10 Market end Eiah-
tnenth streets and had then turned out
Eighteenth. evidently losing their way
and not turning at the Boulevard They
had evidently started to turn round iE
Eighteenth street and ran into the ditch
nj the right of the road. Footprints were
found in the clay on the right side Of the
car near the B. Il O. bridge, though the
detectives say they could learn little from
them owing 10 the rain, which had
softened the prints, making Tho size a
matter OF conjecture. just why one Or
more Of the occupants got ont IN nc so't
clav when the road was hard paved on the
other side is a puzzle.
Detectives declare however that de-
spite reports to the contrary, they have
found nothing that points 10 the pres
ence Of \ woman in thc c9r when Lacey
was killed They also deny that base
ball bat was found near the scene "i
the crime and assert that such weapon
cou.d not have inflicted the kind ol
wounds that caused the mans death
They say they believe that a sharp
edged stone was the murder instrument
though nothing Of the kind has been
found they assert
The fact that I.acey's gloves wcre of
his hands when he was killed, evidently
IS not significant They are heavy, tight
fitting wooden ones and he rnust nave
worn them most Of the nights sincf
the weather was raw and rainy
The detectives declare that they went
carefully over every portion Of thf
steering wheel and other parts Hhcrf
| finger prints might have been left fui
could find none The rain had heater
! IN over the windshield and washed rnucf
Of the blood on the cushions behine
/ the seat. RiIkEts Win the EibIS III blpJf
on The back Of the seat we're hairs from
I.acey's head
The spot where the abandoned car va
found is about 4 mil and half from tn
scene of the crime, and about midwa,
between the y K O. Railroad station ol
Eighteenth street, and the station a
Concord, both Of which are about hal
mile away The slayers might hav
| used either station to meet q train, or ]
they were men, could easily have caugh
a freight on the railroad close by
Laeeys wife is bearing up braveiy
While the whole family are deeply gre
! stricken, they express no bitter desire 70
revenge on those who have brought sorrow
! into their home They hope hat tn
slayers will be apprehended and punished
but that is all they desire Funera
services for the murdered man will b.
held at the fathers home, 2207 Jessul
street, Sunday afternoon, BY the Rev
r. II. Adams. pastor Of Trinity NJ. f
Church Burial will be in Riverviev
Cemetery