Every evening, Wilmington daily commercial., 1919-01-04

opposite side n he strret pacing 1p and
down and boxing Dyer - their home
They nofired his ariINrs ri'h eoulr
suspicion on account Of m .eHeiry tore
being Juat under thcrn ! nfv -alc bn
walked down ~ The docrFay n Yhc
pari.h holse of ~ 4ndyf~rs fcgrcF
stood there few rnornonts fher wailfc
slowly east On Eighth 2Ra'r whers III
was lost ID vi~w near Aarke* b(fn
declared that from biz actIon *. craerY-
ing tho building IN their aice n ~
street that ae vas evidentIr rsgs9e-
ii Wilmington
Another development which care RI
light today, which FONTS aome~hst ~
he belief now held that he murder sesa
committed before midnight and probably
about / ! o'clock was the admission ~
Nelson Grier, another driver for the
Wilmington TAX Company, that he had
seen Lacey body lying IN the ditch On ms
outward trip to the Sellers farm a. Edge
Moor, shortly after ? clock Thursday
morning, as well as on MS return tr1p
when he passed the spot about 2.3O.
Grier told the detectives that ne
thought he saw the body on the way 70
Edge Moor and decided to watch for 10
on his return He concluded. however,
that 1T was some drunk and did not stop
10 investigate. Neither on the long trip
to Or from he scene Of the murder did he
see anv other automobile he said.
on WAY TO PHILADELPHIA
That the murderer was making an ef-
iort to get To Philadelphia with the car
.or which he had SLAIN Lacey when he
got on the wrong route and came 70 grief
in the mud, is held by those employed
at the taxi company. Mr.. Megginson,
with one OF the drivers. went over the
route traversed BY the car after the ma
chine had been recovered.
He declared that the slayer had gone
north on the Philadelphia pike as far as
Bellevue, where the paving ends IN soft
deep mud, which blocked the way, and
coming back on Market 10 Eighteenth
street had continued on out Eighteenth
street in which the arrows pointed and
which would mlslead stranger. until il
led him into the blind end Of the street
where his car became mired when he
tried % turn around
No WOMAN N CASE.
TIE detectives declare they have found
1ot enc ScintIiia oi evidence that there
,7s4s q woman in the case. Supposed
cleWs indicating that one OF Lacey's pas
sengers had been a woman proved utterly
worthless. they aSSert. Neither have
they found any weapon. they say which
hey can Ssy with even reasonable as
Sufance was used by the murderer Phey
sill believe Il 70 nave been rock.
despite Deputy Coroner McCrery 5 teSti-
inouy They think that the rain could
have obliterated aIl traces Of rock-grit
or clay from the deep gashes in T.aeey's
head
I.aceyS family are still As wholly in
the dark as 70 who killed him as they were
when they first learned Of his death. No
rumors or theories, however Wild. have
been carried 70 them which would war
rant investigation They believe, though,
that the murder was not planned against
he young man specifically. They have
been informed by taN employees that it
WAS only BY the mercst chance that How
ard happened to be the one chosen to
answer the mysterious call 10 10l West
Eighth street Wednesday night. Another
driver had been ordered to 90. but How
ard appeared at the garage II the moment
and was sent instead
RumorS that the detectives have I'M
oortant information about the murder
ana that they are surely on the track Of
he perpetrator persist in spite Of the
ieniais Of both State Detective Mccoy
nd Detective Sergeant Green Both de-
lare they are as vet wholly in the dark as
. the ldcntlfA oI the SLAYER ar whence or
II what manner he made his escape l'ter
lbandonlng the car he had paid such a
yrewsome price 10 obtain.