The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1919-01-08

COAT was ioGnd. "7---"~--'~
! On the basis OF this new theory. an.
other hint has been given to the mys-
FERROUS wnGnan's identity by the dis
appearance from this city of a woman,
whose trunk is held at local hotel.
and the first three letters of whose
name correspond to the three letters.
ana the only ones. that could be de-
etphered with authority on the collar
@. the coat,
This woman had been a guest Of tho
ncsel for several weeks. She had pre-
Ftously been employed at Penniman,
III is thoIght. and her husband Is said
10 have been killed in France She
len the hotel on December 20. giving
instructions that her apartment be not
disturbed as she expected to return
some time after the holidays. She has
not. come back, and the hotel manager
thinks here is a possibility OF her be-
ing the woman whose unttmels death
has caused widespread interest, and
has become the prize puzzle Of the po-
lice.
No Description Given,
No complete description OF the
woman has been given. She is said
to have been of a size similar to tho
woman who Is unidentified in the
morgue. Police are working on the
Gaze and so far as 1t has been posi-
ole to learn the whereabouts Of the
woman has not been determined.
Another woman. whose name has
been ehronieled with the other secrets
of the battling case, appeared last week
at house in this city and left a baby,
stating that she would return for the
Ehild within two hours. She has not
been seen since. Her name was yes.
terday linked with the mystery Of the
unknown dead woman, but the presence
of the child would eliminate her from
the case II the decision Of the coroner
is to be taken.
Police are afwork on the case with
the meager means they have at hand.
but seem no nearer a solution of the
case than when they began ten days
ago The question still hangs upon
the identity of the dead woman. After
that is known, the other question of
whether or not she was victim of
murder. or was suicide will arise.
Interest which conferred so strongly
about the Camp Lee lieutenant has
waned since the appearance Of Hattie
Lipscomb, the woman he was suspected
or numbering. Suspicion pointed to
nm, mainly through half -deciphered
name on the rainccaf the dead woman
wore. Three letters OF the name were
tie iirst three letters OF his maine. and
| the coat was thought to have been his.
But growing belief In the raincoat be-
| ing a woman's garment, and not n
mans slicker. causes this chief clue to
I fade from sight
1T was learned in Petersburg last
night that telegram from Lima, Ohio.
Just received, stated that the first wife
| ff the lieutenant In Camp Lee, whose
name has been widely connected with
Line s,te myHserious dead woman, IL dead
[ The officers ss1pnd wife. xf,n M
Known tn hnvH a.
bama, has not been located up to this
time. She is the person. 1t is thought.
from whom he is seeking a divorce in
order to marry Hattie Lipscomb, the
woman who was enormously Identified
as the victim Of the James river trag-
edy.
Where IL the CAauneurs
is there chauffeur who told the po-
lice he drove a couple to within a short
Instance OF where the body was found .
This Is the question that is being
voiced more ana more as the mystery
grows. And II SO, has he been arrest
ed, or Is he under surveillance? This
is being asked. and the opinion Is be-
ing widely expressed that such man
might know great deal more about
the affair has been told.
Why shouldn't he know--being the
driver of for hire" car--third there
wos TO house In the vicinity, when The
supposed army officer Is alleged to
have told him he would walk TO the
house.. as II was only a short dis
lance? And II he knew thia, why
didn't he suspicion something when
the officer returned alone. and without
MS raincoat? 1t was raining, accord
ing to the drivers own testimony, and
the officer. upon leaving the car. plfced
his raincoat around the woman, II
he had taken her to the house." why
should he have left hts raincoat there.
when II was raining outside and she
could not have needed it's protection II
she were in the ''house?" These ques-
lions, and others. have been asked by
persons much interested In the case.
who declare they would like to have
the same things brought to the at
tenston OF this driver. who, from his
own testimony, was intimately con-
nected with the mysterious murder.