New-York tribune., 1920-06-20

to or from the mouse at o CLOCK on
the morning of the murder %
There is no clew to any telephone
message from the time he was at the
Midnight Frolic' with the Lewisohn
party until his body was found about
$50 o'clock that Friday morning"
Has the possibility of suicide been
discarded altogether %
"No possibility has been discarded" :"
"Personally, are you inclined to
favor the suicide theory"
PERSONALLY, I am not"
HAS anybody been in touch with
the Ellenson girl?"
II do not think So"
Have you found anybody at all who
was inmical to this man y
"Yes."
Have you found anybody who had
threatened him?
81 would not say threatened, but he
had some bitter enemies"
Were there any women among
them?"
~ won't indicate that"
"Did anybody express the wish that
he be put out of the way?"
~ wouldn't say that"
No Progress Made, He Admits
as the murder any nearer solution
than it was last Friday?"
at is not"
"Have you any idea who committed
the murder?"
81 have an idea of several people who
may have committed it, but l haven t
any evidence against them"
Does the Southern phase surround
ing the Lexington affair stand up
under investigation
at has not developed to such point
that anything could be said about it.
Had these enemies of his written
to him expressing antipathy toward
him or anything of that sort?''
"No, we haven't anything we could
say was threat"
HAS anything developed to point
to any one particular person as having
committed the crime ?"
"Thcre are several new developments
none Of them so strong that it points
to any particular individual as having
committed the crime"
Has anybody been found who heard
the shot ?"
"No."
What is the last you know of
Elwell ?"
eve cannot trace him from the time
he stood on the sidewalk at about
80 o'clock Friday morning, and alb
ruptly left the Lewisohns until his
body was found"
Lewisohn Story Accepted
This would seem to indicate that
Mr.. Talley is ready to accept the
story of the Lewisohn party as final,
despite the contradictory evidence Of
Philip Bender, the taxi chauffeur who
took the party away from in front of
the Amsterdam Theater that night.
Bender says he carried only three in
stead of four persons IN his car at the
time, and that he saw no man near the
car on the sidewalk taking leave OF
the persons getting into his taxi. 1t
is advanced on the strength of Ben
der's testimony that ElweIl may have
taken leave of the others on the roof
and later met another acquaintance
who might have accompanied him to
his home.
"Are these enemies Of Elwell out of
town." Mr.. Talley was asked.
II think they are all available"
"Have you talked to any OF them %
Il do not care to answer that"
"Are any women involved in this
particular phase OF the casc?'
81 won't indicate the SEX
Mr.. Talley then said that where il
was found that foolish women had be-
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indiscretions and had proved innocent
insofar as the mystery of the murder
is, concerned, their names would be
withheld
Some Discrepancies Remain
The police admit they have been un-
able as yet to clear up various dis
crepancics found in the tales of some
persons questioned. A new light, how
ever, has been thrown on just what
occurred in the reception room where
Elwcl's body was found. Mrs. Larsen
| says that as soon as she entered the
house and got to the threshold OF
the room, she was struck with the
| strong odor Of cigarette smoke.
There was cigarette smoke in the
vestibule also, she says. A small por-
tion of a cigarette with ashes still on
it was found on q mante!piece in the
reception room, opposite the chain
in which Elwell's body was discovered
Elwell is known to have used cigar
cites, and the small butt on the man
telpece is taken to indicate that he
! had been walking about for some time
and casually placed the butt there be-
fore crossing the room 20 the chair
to read the mail which had been de
livered at about 1885 a. m
Some progress has been made in trac-
ing the three keys to the house Mr.
Dooling says that Mrs Larsen had one