New-York tribune., 1919-03-17
Detectives Go to Villages
Near Murder Scene After
Getting Mysterious Tips
Doctors Home Searched
Coroner Calls Witnesses for
Independent Inquiry; /;
Fingerprints Examined
STAFF Correspoydenes CO

SI1U Correspondence
LONG BEACH, l.. l., March 16.--The
,rsrdsrer of Mrs. Julia wilkins. who
.ras slain at her home here on the
b,sbt of February II, has not been ar
,ssted. Detectives, acting under in
s.ruetions from County Prosecutor
wssks, spent the day searching the
home Of the murdered woman. The fsA
suit Of this search could not be aseefs
ssiHed.
II was learned, however. that an en-
tirsy new line of investigation Is
being followed. Detectives were sent
10 nearby villages to run down clues
which were turned over to them from
mysterious source. II Is thought the
6ngerprints on the hammer and pipe
which were used to crush Mrs. Will
kins's skull have been identified.
Lewis G. Friess, counsel for DR..
Walter X. wilkins, called at the home
Of District Attorney Weeks to-day at
Port Washington and was with him all
afternoon. The object of the confer
ence was not made public. Later, when
asked about the visit Of Mr.. Friess,
Prosecutor Weeks said.
Gentlemen, have nothing to say
shout the case, and there is nothing
that could say"
Mr.. Weeks spent most Of the day re-
viewing the case and checking up on
the different stories that have been
told him of what happened on the
night Of the tragedy. The prosecutor
Is anxious to learn more about what
became of the jewels Mrs. wilkins is
known to have had. Some of these
have been recovered, but there is still
mystery concerning the whereabouts Of
most of them.
There is also much speculation about
the ownership of the hammer used by
the murderer. DR.. Wilkins has failed
to identify the instrument as his and
all efforts of the detectives to estab-
lish the ownership have been fruitless.
While the fingerprints on the ham
mer were very faint, the loops and
arches, when seen under glass, are
almost identical to the fingerprints of
known criminal The green paint on
the hammer is of the same shade as
paint lOuilu Oil q SSIcW QliNtl lOulU Ill
Dr.. Williams's home.
On the night of the tragedy DR..
Wilkins said three robbers were in his
home when he and his aged wife re-
turned from the city. Whether these
robbers planned the murder in the
woman's home has not been cleared up.
Coroner Neu, of Lynbrook, has an
nOunced he will start an independent
inquiry on Tuesday. He has called a
number of witnesses. 1t was intimated
to-day that DR.. Wilkins will be called
to repeat his story of the assault on
himself and the murder of his wife.
Chief of Police Tracey, of Long Beach,
and his men will be interrogated as to
what they found.
Coroner Neu also will seek to learn
more about the bloodstained paper
found in the physicians bedroom. The
doctor has said that when he found
his wife outside his home with her
skull crushed he rushed into the
house and obtained blanket and some
water 70 wash her face. Then he went
Tor aid. 1t was 9:53 when the police
received the first report of the mur-
der, although according to all avail
able information the woman was killed
at 9:15.
DR.. Wilkins spent to-day at his New
lerk home, 1874 West Sixty-ffth Street.
he refused 70 soc rcDorfars