Every evening, Wilmington daily commercial., 1919-01-06
WOMAN BELIEVED
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| but he thought there were two persons in
the tonncau OF Lacey's car. We must
conclude that the man who did the phon-
| ing for the car was one of them or that
Lacey had delivered this man OF his desti-
nation and picked up other fares. From
the short time elapsing between when the
man ordered the car and when Lacey was
seen, II is not likely that his passengers
had been changed.
The simple explanation is that after
Lacey picked up the man at Eighth and
| Shipley streets hC drove him to the East
! Fourth street ncighborhood where
| woman entered the tonDeau with the
man nd the party drove north, finally
( reaching the lonely stretch Of road along
/ the Shcilpot quarry where something
| occurred in the machine which ended
\ in Lacey being brutalv beaten to death.
His body WAS seen the next morning
! twice once as early rs 40 n. IN. IL was
+, finally found NJ about $50 o clock. The
| body lay face upward with at least four
! separate deep gashcs on his head and
| tscc. Tins face was contorted tan odd
! thln., YOU will scc) and his bare hands
were bent IS though grasping his wheel.
The cai was found IN front Of a arm
AZ tht end Oi blind road or street about
O clock that morning. In II were Laceys
hat and as woolcn gloves. The car
r,af wheels were sclidly nnhedded in the
clay bank and the gears were STRIPPED.
/ The driver, and Laceys slayer, had been
forced to abandon the machine
rICkEp UP WOMAN.
The murdered man had not been
robbed In his pocket were Sl5 and he
sul had hls gold watch, two rings end a
stick pun ON his person.
MUST SEEK FOR MOTIVE.
What was the motive for the crime?
II was not robbery II Is mol likely that
II was the theft Of the car. Too many
/ good reason, conlute this theory; one,
only. l. that 4 crook is always a crook
aud 4 man who ste Is a car at the expense
oi murder would at least take the SIS.
even though the amount is not large.
/ Why was Lacey kllcd9 Had he seen this
par, or supposedly q pair, commit per
hap> q house robbery some place along
F.. thCIr route Ii 50, and they thought
l.accS should bc killed, they would
I doubtless have shot him. The gun, not
Inck or an iron har. IS the houschrcakCr
weapon tie would not have feared TO
risk the shot sound on that lonely stretch
ot dark road on q RAINY night IN ~
enclosed car
Lacey bat qnd glovtS we're found in
tho haandoued car and il is more than
hkcly both were ~ when he was killed
Would an auto thlci and q houscbreaker
overlook those damaging pieces of evl-
d,ncc' lh, man who lid overlook them
Wa~ lahorng under intense excitement
Her l- what | hcheve happened
II Spo, not more than a quarter Of q
miio from whcrr Lacey body was found
dispDtc arusC between Lacey and has
mll passenger Either the fcilow wanted
Larry "a leave the car and he refused or
l.acry interviewed some way IN the wOm-
AN half lie pulled off his gloves and
III thc argument his hat fell from his head
KlLLrD Al THE WHEEL
il believe that Lacy. greatly angered,
then took ms position AZ the wheel to
start back - town aS quickly as ne could
get thCrc i~ hC sat With ms back directly
- thc tonncau, the man behind graspcd
the long steel curtain rod which stood in
easy reach and dealt Lacey a terrific
blow along the night side of his head near
The crown II IS likely that this blow
lnstAntl, killed the chauffeur The SLAYER
then raIned three more heavy blows on
Lacey uptumed left check and Jaw
DID NOT DRIVE FAR.
Nou may be sure that the SLAYER did
lffA tATlNt idE Win llAlS nltOQN tfTIDSC III
the front seat and the body was never put
iu the tonneau After Il had been placed
Ia Tho ditch where found the man drove
III, ear back short distance TO the Phil
adcphIa pike drove out 70 Bellevue on
hi. NAY % PhlladelphIa where he saw
hc was blocked bv the soft mlre and re-
turned down Market street 70 Eighteenth
II j. likely that the woman left the car
along her, somewhere The man then
irncd up Eighteenth street and, misled
h, the sign pu~t. beng 2 stranger, kept on
Ou- past tn, Boulevard until nc got mired
here the car was found He may then
'py, hoppcd 4 freight on the b. & O.
u,arh, ~ BE- may have come on into
Wilmington
spoke 81 inc ed face OF Lacey
h,ing unusual nasInuch a. the man was
,u. ON hI> hack In his position the
mu-ric- o. hl> face would have almost
."mpIctelv RELAXED leaving his face calm.
unless. as think he was instantly killed
Whilc his face was twisted IN intense ex-
cItcmcut or anger
rOTH LEAD TO WOMAN.
Wnllc -aid hat there was a double
theory each with woman at TIE bot
tom the one gwen /, the most plausible
Ite other woman does not figure directly
IN thc murder, II i, believed II is only
hoped that she can g e the detectives
information that may point 10 the mur-
dercr Bd, tins end Of II presumes that
Lacey dropped his first passenger and
plchcd up another man VINO knew him
and nad some real or iancled grudge against
mm or that Lacey was mistaken for
another taNI driver and slam IN revenge.
Tins explanation must not be dropped
too lightly There is d bitter fcud be-
tween the Organized taSI drivers and the
INDEPENDENTS Not long ago one Of
the Independents WAS waylaid near
Fourth and Market streets and given
cruel beating Lacey might have been
the Vi tim Of mistake Of this kind,
though 1t Is not very likely Another
cine upon which the police are working is
that two foreigners from the Jersey side
arr now under surveillance because of
trouble one oi them had with at least
three other taM drivers
Disputes arose over the fare and one
* the chaufleuIs struck one of the
.or,.gucrs This fellow was heard to say
q, va gong 10 get that driver, and he
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