Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1919-01-29
SISTER Of SLAIN
|. WOMAN identifies
BODY IN M0RGUE:
Mrs. Evans Recognizes Many
Marks on Body of Wo-
man Taken From River. 3s
POLICE BELIEVE DOCTOR
IN MOUNTAINS OF TEXAS
No Inquest Will Be Held, and
Name of Nurse Will Be
Withheld. lS
SHE GIVES POLICE LETTERS
City Chemist Examining Stomach in
Effort to Learn IL Dead Wo.
man Was Poisoned.
SHE GIVES POLICE LETTERS
City Chemist Examining Stomach Id
Effort to Learn IL Dead Wo.
man Was Poisoned.

Disillusioned by developments which
have made her supposed fiance, DR..
Wilmer Amos Hadley, fugitive fromPa
murder warrant; the army nurse at
Wcsthampton hospital yesterday, ac-
cording to good authority, promised to
aid, so far as possible. in Hadleys caby
tnre and o bs the Common NV ealth.s
chief witness should ne be broughtt
trial. -
Word Of reputation OF the physician
by the nurse followed positive idcns
titicat.on OF the body IL Nelson's
morgue as that. OF Mrs. Sue Kathleen
Of Cincinnati. That the Northern girl,
supposed to have Dccn engaged to Dr..
Hadley while nc posed as single
man at westhampton, Will lend every
effort TO aid in the capture OF the fors
mer army surgeon seems TO. BIO tho
belief of the authorities. 1t is said
several letters she received from Had:
ley since he fed. S.
Mrs. EVANS POSITIVE IN Ga
1DEN1IFICArlON OF SISTER
Mrs. Evanss Identification OF her
sisters body further strengthened the
case against the thus far escaped hus-f
band OF the slain woman, according to
officials. who last night had grounds
1ed across the border into Mexico. II
wus. Understood that Texas authoElr,
tses werf cl9ss or the trail OF HtadlssS, !tlsS,
appointed in not having complete re-
ports upon the chase. ss
Mrs. Evans was prostrated as a
result OF her visit TO The morgne yes
tcrdqy noon 10 View the gruesome
corpsc OF her sister 1dentification was
made certain when Mrs. Evans zee
ognized the two front Divotcd teeth,
which dental work she said Mrs. Had
ley had had done several years ago
while living In Galveston.
SLIGHTLY TWISTED HAND
uECOGNIZED BY SISTER
Another mark of Identification was
a slightly twisted hand which had been
the result of rheumatic attack sut-
fered by Mrs. ftadley. what remains
OF Mrs. Hadleys hair-just few
strands OF !ustrous. rich, brown--wcre
shown Mrs. Evans. The sister recos.
nized this aa corresponding 10 that OF
Mrs. HadlcE.
Clothing found on the dead woman
when her body was dragged from the
mud and slime along the banks OF the
James on December 30 was viewed by
parel were identified. substantiattns the
statements OF Richmond friends and
neighbors OF Mrs. FIadley
positive identifca ton Of the body as
that OF Mrs. Hadley. 1t is not be-
lieved that the authorities intend 10
sa7y at an inquest. until such time
AS the case may be tried. should the
fugitive be caught.
GAVE DIAMOND TO NURSE
AS ENGAGEMENT TOKEN
Another development, was that Or.
Haolcy, knowing the nurse TO be
member OF prominent and wealthy
Northern ramily. might have been In.
clincd to dispose OF his own wife IN
ton. lie gave ,his woman a diamond
ring some time during his courtship as
n token OF their betrothal. according
to the information.
This theory also developed another
that the physician might have been
under the same impression when he
married Mrs. fIadley, who is related
d.siliusionment followed. as Il is un-
derstood that Mrs. Iladlcy had TO money
in her own name.
xrispos;tion OF the body o! Mrs. Had
ley has no. been decided upon. al-
though Sheriff Webb Sydnor stated
yesterday that it would be kept hero
for ten days or two weeks Mr.. and
as Mrs. Evans is reported confined 10
her room a result of the shock
brought about by the discovery that
her sister had been slain.
CITY CHEMIST EXAMINES
STOMACH FOR POISON
City rhemis, James ~. Whitfield Is
still conducting the examination OF the
contents OF Mrs. IIadley's stomach In
TO esh hsl hoav Me h,mns MAS
with wire and cas-, into the river. Thus
far no developments have been re-
ported by Or. Whitfield. *
That the authorities are under tho
impression that Mrs. Had!ey may have
been choEed 10 death or at least into
Inconsistencies was believed yesteS-
day. When the body was found the
throat OF tho victim had turned black,
possibly from modification. No marks
were discernibie. although some hold
the woman might have been throl-
tied without any traces remaining
after such a period in the water. ~
Texan officials and Rangers Lass
night we're reported to be close upon
the trail OF Or Hadiey. he Is supposed
TO have disappeared from Friendswool,
TEX. the home OF his parents. late
last week. According to Mrs tIadley's
conversations here, the physician own.
ed mountain huntin. lodge In
secluded section. That the doctor may
be headed for this refuge is the belief
expressed yesterday. and IL Is under
stood that the Texas authorities arc
working upon this clue.
SLAIN WIFE WAS PROUD
OF HER HUSBANDS WORK
More OF Mrs. ftad.ey's apparent! adj
Grafton of her husband became known
yesterday. Friends stated that often
the victim, while living here. had ;oI.f
pressed herself as lonaly and sorry
that the physician could not sp6n6
more time with her She was proud of
his work at tho hospital and, accord
Ing to friends. was continually making