The Wheeling intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1903-1961, 1920-10-21
POLICE WORKING WITHOUT CLUES
To THE GRANDSTAFF MURDERER
EXAMINATION OF NUT aHowH TWO
aMoTa WaRa FIRnD.
aohbsry Not MOTIVE snt Learn Vlo-
tina mad m smiles.

NJ az carly hour thia m"ruinK. thero
had boon No now Development In IN"
InyStrriUuH murder cHH" ~ Tu"Ehay al
ICTn""n when Z. 1. tHuTnaD GraudHthit
~HS Rhpt - death ~ IIitic hut al III"
cast 0ud ut tho baltimore Ont" rail
road tunnel Tho rntlTu p"iiCo f"Tro.
~" faf a. any evidence they viii dlEulH".
IL concerned, In absolutely ~ Hra la lti
Cff"Its To apprshcnd tho murderer
F"r SnycTHi h"uTs last might. bctr"-
1.-Two baVo tloaTy ana another m"Inb"T
uf tn" police fuT'o. NoTo known ln h'
hard al ~UTk GA load which, u ~ah
hnpud. might unC"yrT r"nro lie Matte clue.
And "vUTy aSaIlahln ma" was ~"fhlnE
In ono direction "f another. hut 'hlrf
rf I'"li,c Frci rraGor admitted last
evening that ~" addition 81 th, 'lly
laI'SI nnd "n' - ia m"ri puahllnE
muTd'r nysICIIaa wa" la Hight
Al rssmtnaiI"n 81 ~" iitii" hut. n"ar
Mount Ito thuuIal IL whl' h tTandstaH
wan found noad. revealed tho fact that
~" hullsta Tr"m II ""llhr" T"VplV"r
had boon nrsd ~ i!ianhrIRr rho a."
"nirTeh tho mans "hl"""n. h''""ny
over tho ri"mR'h p"rH"d H'fhIHh'
through hla body aud lodged IN Grand
HInfrH aplnc, a"V"Fiug tho spinal '"fh
Tho HCcund hullaI. evidently hT"d To"
about tho "smO position M M" hrn'.
missed ,IrRnd-tnffr body aud lodged IN
wall ~ tho hut hack - whore Grand
STAFF cvidnutly had been sitting !" "
chair whom shot.
An examination ~ m" building loads
I" tho belief that IN" shots Wern hr"d
from inside.
II may have boon that tho murderer
inserted his hand through nm opening
In n locked window. whore the lower
corner ~ pane OF glass was nroksn
and hrcd from distance below thH
level or the window sill. The window
sill was higher than the level or IN"
bullets course through Grandstaff
body. as II would have been had Grand,
staff boon sitting In a chair. DE-; Car,
Of
who performed the autopsy. holds
To the opinion that Grandstaft was shot
while sitting at N little table. and THAI
he never rose TO his feet after receiving
the wound.
II appears. moro probable. however,
that tho bullet was hrcd from posi-
ton near the top OF tho table. the mur
derer boinK inside tho room. WIN
Grandstan Hlttiug In n chair. tho bulIct
could have left tho muEzlo or tho re-
volver. rossed horizontally across mo
table una ntruck tho victim M IL uiu'
II the murderer nrcd from inside INC
huuAr tho nnanHHln ryidrntly walked
out pulled shut tho door with hprinE
lock and escaped without leaving
trace Ia hia Identity.
Thrro was no bleeding AT mo p"ih'
Uhnr, tho bullet CutCTcd tn" body.
which led Coroner II q. Hobb" TO DC"
IIcvs at flrBt that heart attack ma"
caused GrRndHtanH death icr"nth-
lion EtninH wcre tho only dlHcolorati"n
ON tho clothing. Tho wound was Smai
and clean. DR.. Clfrrt stated as th"uEn
made with dagger. ouIIet ".cu
from further than a few feet away; nc
CordInK To tho physician, would nave
been spinning when II entered the
body. causing n moro ragged wound.
Coroner Hobbs stated last light that
no inquest will be held until the p"tiSo
have unraveled every thread In tne,t
leads, in an effort 70 ind the murderer
Police. upon learning that Grand
stan had been murdered nrSt TOOK u
the robbery theory, rms was o una
rather valuable trinkrts were round In
The dead mans clothing.
city detectives yesterday interviewed
many OF Grandstars acquaintance
including fellow workmen. ana were
met on every hand with the declara-
ton that Grandstan did not have
living enemy. ,,,
The spot where tho crime WINS "r.
nittrd Is located 40 that II Is rare
,,,,,rrnnre that someone Is NOT on inc
street in the Immediate locality no
urr-on who IL known To have been In
tho vicinity Tuesday admits hHV'hs
heard tho report of revolver.
prNcc hay, Hsarched cHerywhero IN
The Vicinity Of tho Crirno for az call
Ire revolver. hut have found u" ais
Cnrdcd weapon.
vcrsrL with Grsndstan nno"t 10
o'clock TusAday morning. 'tahaH'"u,
IN, detective RayH. seemed I" p' IN
good spirits Mt thht UNIV F',,p" =,
men have reported seeing Frand"tan
intrr than that hour. From tho time
he went TO tho shack which ne oCcu-
med IA storckcepcr for the baltimore
l. Ohio railroad. until Thomas Garvey.
" raIIroad switchman. glanced through
the window and saw the dead "ody'
nothing Is known Of Grandstaus &C
There was no sign OF disorder In the
room where Grandstan was killed. ana
officials are satisfied that he dld not
engage In n long quarrel or scuH'e Win
anyone before he was shot.
Funeral services will be held IN the