The Washington times., 1920-07-09

He said the facts shift from day 70
day and he 10 fOilO~ins the faets
This. be said. -1s only one ot Sns
many episodes. and We are following
II down"
Ia a statement TO a reporter at her
home In Cedarhurst. L. l.. Mrs Pen
dleton cOrroborated every importAas
statement OF her husbands slibi COW
crins his movements on the night pre-
ceding and the morning OF the murs
der.
Regarding the district sttorseys
insistent declaration that Pendleton's
car was In Manhattan on the morn
Ing that Eiweli was shot to death.
Mrs. Pendieton said: t... en-.
That story 10 absolutely untrue
Mr.. Pendleton's car was In the ga
rage on our property at cedarhurst
that night. and Mr.. Pendleton wAs
at his home here"
The next morning Mr.. Pendleton
drove me TO Jhe station. as he has
already told the district attorney.
and any statement to the contrary
made to the district attorneys office
by people OF this section tCedarhursO
are without truth, and i cannot ac-
count for their being made. At the
proper time we can get witnesses -
prove that we were in Cedarhurst on
the morning of June IL"
Mrs. Pendleton declined to say who
| the prospective witnesses were, but
reiterated that they would be forth
| coming at the proper time
MRS. LARSEN EXAMINED.
| Assistant District Attorney Dooling
again questioned Marie Larsen, house.
keeper of Ewell, who found the turf
man dying from the mysterious bullet
| wound, and fred Ingraham, the law
yer, who drew up the so-called "sec-
ond" will. in which Elwell Is said to
have left the bulk of bis property to
his fifteen-year-old son. Richard Derby
Eiwell.
Mrs. Larsen was ipterrogated for
more than an hour. At the conclusion
OF the questioning. Mrs. Larsen, with
her attorney, left the building. Mr..
Dooling, when asked what new points
tioning. said:
| MRS. Larsen tells us that on tAs
Sunday before Elwell's death she
served breakfast for two In the El-
we'll home between $3.50 and o'clock"
Mr.. Dooling said Mrs. Larsen h4d
told who the person was that break
tasted with Elwell at that time.
HIDE wOMAN'S NAME
Mr.. DooIipg was asked II the wom-
an in the Elwell home at the time was
Miss Wilson" Whereupon Mr.
Doling said he would refuse to at.
firm or deny the name of any woman
suggested to him. He declared there
was no special Significance in the In
formation Mrs. Larsen had given hin
today. ~..,.
"As a matter of fact, I had not
asked her anything about the Sum
day before Elwell was shot on the
previous occasions she was here" he
said.
Assistant District Attorney John r.
Joyce said that Mrs. Larsen had told
him about the matter the very first
time he questioned her. Neither Mr..
Dooling nor Mr.. Joyce considered that
the information about the Sunday
morning breakfast had any direct
bearing in helping solve the mystery
Of Elwell's death.
Mr.. Ingraham told the prosecutor
that he had taken the will to ElwelIs
Long Beach home and turned 1t over
to the turfman. During the discus
sion, he said, Elwell indicated q de-
termination to ignore his widow sem
tirely, and Mr.. Ingraham tried to
convince him that the only. way he
could hope to avoid a contest would
be to recognize her dover rights.
The lawyer said he left ElwelT still
undecided on this point and that the
turfman didn't mention the matter
to him again for months.