The Wheeling intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1903-1961, 1919-01-04
POLICE PARTLY
SOLVE PITTSBURGH
MURDER MYSTERY

PITTSRrEGII. Ian. "A step toward
solving tho mystery SURROUNDING; the
discovery today Of tho dead bodies Of Il
woman. clad in silk rHJamas. mad a man
In Il downtown roaming i'"Us,. WAS
made tonight when rluricuc "!ilcrulS an
nnunrcd that the nun Is l'"lun"iSlrs
Giakounrlis. Is. former restaurant pro-
prictor Of salt Lake. Utah The woman
is supposed ~ lac Mrs. Irene Nayi"ri.
IS. Of Colorado, the town as yet und"-
terniincd.
The identification was made by n. X.
Tsorvas. owner of = local restaurant III
which the coUpl" is said 10 hay" fro
quently dincd Tsur"::s sand that ti!aE-
ounclls told him last Sunday thai j"
had sold his restaurant In IN" west. ana
had Joined the woman IN lHGi"w"od. y. J.
where she is supposed /" have h.d her
soldier husband goodbye before h" sail
cd for France.
The couple came to Pittsburgh ton
days ago. Tsorvas told authorities. and
when the woman disappeared New
Years day. Ginkounrlis srii Il" would
kill himself If sh" did not T',urn.
TSorv.s hoard nothing If l." '"Hil" Un-
I'll he read oc the finding; Of n" h"!'"S
today.
WHEN detectives broke INFO III" r""r
in which the bodies w"r" f"uu'l. they
discovered that tho woman had b'"a
shot in the abdomen ami the man
through tho head. A revolver WAS lying
nearby.
Puzzled as TO whether tho tragedy WIS
the result OF = suicide pact or whether
i. was p case Of murder and @Ul'i"" T"-
lice and city detectives. = Jew minutes
after IN. finding Of tho bodies. started
an Investigation.
The woman rc-:stcrcd 1T The boarding.
house December 90. ~irins her nr"H" a.
S-s Hn-Sa I!:,yC.-?, y Hct:"r ~Ll1.Ssr'a
'to private William i. Stae:. ,'ailr Lee.
Va in the woman's haHdwrl'!n.; was
returned with "L.$char-.cd" written
Iacross tn" t:l.c of ;hn envelope. tu tn"
back was the return "G':""es, Al! III"
name Mrs. lrcn" llayfor!.
The police said the CoGrl' had boon
dead for some time.
A kcy ring on which was a "I"" hut
toner. fashioned sn Z could hay" been
usod TO pick n lccli. ami a skeleton KY.
which fitted III" w."nn* bedroom
door, were found by detectives ms
afternoon. The th-o-y that III" man
nigh, have used u" k"y ~ button hook
70 gain entrance I" attack ~" @.rl W.
advanced by this discovery. AH":"S%'"
envelopes on q writing SAND "EH Il
pen and opened box IL stationery ""''-
hv. led 10 The theory t1:r II" sri
mj-ht have boon sitting ~ ~" ''""t
when her door was forced rr'" AZ" So
was surprised ana attacked.
Tho bodies w"r" found b. Mrs. it"!"n
Eluddon. pruprirt-cs& Of tn" boarding
house. wh6. failing !" I-"t a r"$p'i$"
by knocking at tho door this morning.
notified tho police. VII" entered by
window. The bodies arc said hE tn"
policc To have hccn dead som" w.
indicating that The tragedy MAS enact
cd las, night. but 50 far 40 on" has
been found who heard revolver sh"'S.
Besides the Two bullets IN lhe body
three others were found IL the wal!
whore shots had gone Wild.
Examination Of IN" g."I* h."% ih'S
afternoon revealed scv"ral iH,."i.$ "a
diraiing that she had lc'n thrown q"
had fallen on her right "Ih"". .iT"'a'."
mark on Tho RICH, arm m"'sr IA" s''"Gl-
der appeared 50 have i''"H mad" ~
teeth Us il .!e nud bon H.'t"n. III"
coronnr's office, polr. ami G'''c;IN's.
however. were arpar":.;|" a Ter from
n solutiuh Of IL" mystery II " o'clock
this afternoon As th"r w,rA "il"n ~"
bodies were found L; ocln', iht5
morning.