The Washington times., 1919-09-24
SYLNA'S WIFED G
ACTRESS, ISG-AN


unable 20 learn anything that mighe
lead TO her arrest. or the arrest q
Sylvia While the police DO not 1e-
lieve the woman vas in any way
implicated in the Staying, they are
convinced her companlouship with
Sylvia wiz prove Ct inestimable alo
In what Is now nation vide search.
Brings starr naet.
In custody Of Detective Fred Corn
wen, Henry a. Staru former police
officer and an associate of the slam
youth. was returned % Washlngtcu
last night from Cincinnati. where De
was arrested Aside from being want
ed as a material witness Oh the kill-
ing, starr must face a charge Of aU-
bezzllng 1852 from the seventh street
branch Of the Liggett Drug Company,
where he was employed
starr might Be called handsome.
He is Of medium height. with dark
olive complexion and large black
eyes. He appeared nervous yester-
day, and was extremely eldEety' ln
his ride from the Union station %
the First Precinct station. where b.
was locked up
GIYes studled Replies
eHow do you feel, starrg" ne was
asked
"oh. feel alrigght" he replied
but there was a tremor in his vOlee
and his answer was studied Asked
about the woman-1Iargaret james
who was arrested with him Ga Cihcin-
natl. ne said: "Theyd have % mix
woman up IN it somehow. wouldn't
theyT' This reply also Was studied
and apparently was an EFFORT % cone
vince the police that Sis meeting Win
the woman was simply a c0incidence.
Questioned today at police head
quarters, starr reiterated bis many
denials Of knowledge % the slaring
OF Wood. He insists that he did uol
even know Sylvia. but admits thaf
Sylvia might have known him. starr
was arrested in Cincinnati on lufDr-
nation wired 20 the local authorities
BY Sylvia, who knew that starr was
wanted for the alleged embeE1lenene
Of $3.50 from one Of the Llggett drug
stores. starr admits takinB the
money the police say, and g1o3 wn8
recovered from him.
Wpnan Alloued % &C..
Margaret James. the woman who
vas arrested with Starr. was cleared
OF all completely in both the Staying
and the theft, and It was deemed rs :
less 70 return her TO Washlngton.
Cincinnati authorities gave her 1n
opportunity 20 leave the city under
a suspended sentence for vagraucy
After hls examination by Inspector
Grant and headquarters detectives
yesterday, Starr was compelled 20
face the accusations OF hi8 Wife ana
the mother Of his baby girl starr lsft
them destitute when he ned ffom
James woman Starr Insisted that he
had gone TO Cincinnati % accept a
position and intended 10 send for hi1
wife He asked nat the baby ba
brought 20 him Ia his cell. but Mrs.
starr stood her gEouud and refused 10
let him sec the child
'You win never see her again, she
told him
AnEious 10 See @OtheF VYomau.g
Mrs. starr was anxious 70 see ne
woman who was her husbands com
panion. Previously she had threat
ened a sensational exposure" % the
woman was the same one whom her
husband had known in Atlanta. Mrs,
Starr refused her husbands plea that
she aid him IN obtaining bond He
was under 5000 bail for the killing,
July ., OF Leroy Mcleod. a youth. On
an automobile party which refused 70
stop at command from starr, who was
then employed as a policeman He
will be compelled to put up $1,000 %
obtain his liberty, District Attorney
L.askey said today.
In the six days that have elapsed
since the body OF young Wood was
found in a basement Of the Westory
building. at Fourteenth, and = streets
where the boy was employed, the po-
lice have arrested four persons.
sylvia Nest ImpoFtant Suspect.
sylvia is the man We Want-the.
one man who can solve the mystery
Grant said today.
Police detectives are stili woFldog
on the theory that the slain youlh
VS. the victim Of a ring Of drug traf-
hckers."
Every indication points TO thl8
theory. and efforts are now batlg
made to unearth the extent of this
traffic On Washington Possibility
that Sylvia's accomplices are stillrin
washington has spuFred the police IN
their efforts to trace down All known
drug addicts who might have had
some connection with the crime.
Definite developments on this angle
of the investigation are expected 20
day. and it is said that several men
may be taken into custody for inves-
tigation-