The Washington times., 1920-06-19

FRIEND KNOWN
Whist Kings" Housekeeper
Reveals Identity Of Owner
!. of Pink kimono.
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Z am as anxious as ony one could be
that the murder OF Mr.. Eiwel De
avenged"
Mrs. Larsen repeated her previous
statement that the last time she saw
Elwell alive was IL 80 on Thursday
morning, the day previous to the
murder, when he left his house after
instructlng her to pack away his dress
suit
She said that she had never seen
Victor Won Schlegell, the divorced
husband OF Viola kraus. She said she
ala not know Joseph Barnes, secre-
tary and valet to Eiwell. When re-
, minded that she had previously stated
that she entered ElwelPs employ on
recommendation OF Barnes. she .ex-
planned that came through Miss Car
rie Nelson. a friend who was COOK
at the Studio Club. where Barnes was
also a member.
NOT ONE WOMAN. BUT SIN.
An important part in Mrs. Larsens
! testimony was:
II hid the clothing OF a woman who
sometimes visited Mr.. Elwell after
found him dead TO save the name not
of one woman, but six"
The New York American last nlght
was alive and well at o'clock on
the morning when his dying form was
found crumpled in an armchair in his
home. for at s. or shortly Thereafter,
he called the home of Miss Florence
C. Ellenson, at Asbury Park. These
deyelopments last night were pro-
nounced of vital Importance by DIS
trict Attorney Swami, who sad:
This discovery you have brought
to me lessons the possible murder
period from sixty-fve to less than
thirty minutes.
SISTER TELLS OF PHONE CALL.
That ElweIl telephoned Miss Ellen
son, brunette of twenty. at her
homo in Asbury Park about O'CLOCK
on the morning he was murdered was
the statement made by the girl 8
SISTER, Miss Peggy Ellenson. She SAID
that Florence had met the whist
king when employed at newsstand
In Palm Beach.
The statement of Peggy Ellenson
shows that Elwell was alive al 3
o'clock or shortly afterward. She
fixed the time of the call as between
eight and eight-thirty
Her statement also seems to clear
ND the identity of the man and Wo-
man who called on the morning OF
the murder at the Elwell home, and
partly confirms the statement or the
taxicab driver that he took young
woman there from the Pennsylvania
Station.
PICKED UP WOMEN.
When Rhodes was questioned as to
his opinion of how Elwen met his
death, he said:
.I think he was murdered by some
man because Of jealousy over some
woman. One of Elwells housekeepers
& had told me that he had many affairs
with married women.
@T know TINT at times he did not
appear to be very select In his
choices. Frequently when we were
driving over the Fifty-ninth street
bridge he picked up women whom he
haled from the car.
miss Wilson many times accom-
panied him on his automobile rides
and had the use of his Mercer car
Rhodes denied that he ever used
drugs and said he has no intention
of leaving New York. His declara-
tion that he ais rsmein in the
city as long as h. WA- % rded in the
investig alton followed a report that
he and Mrs Larsen were TO be locked
. up as material witnesses.
Assistant District Attorney Joyce.
who is in charge of the investigation
at ElwelIs. house, had stated earlier
in the day that both were to be taken
into custody. District Attorney Swami
said joyce misunderstood his instruc-
tions when he asked that Mrs. Larsen
and Rhodes be sent to his, Swanns
office.