The evening world., 1920-07-12
ELWELL CASE HUNT
CENTRES ON SINGLE
CHECK TO WOMAN
Report of EStrangement Of
Couple Over Gift Traced
by investigators.
BOTH OUT OF THE CITY
Prosecutor and Police Work
Together-Capt. Carey Hints
at Sensational" Arrest.

The police and the District Attor-
ney's office working together on the
mystery Of the murder OF Joseph b.
Elwell centred their attention to-
day on a new story in the long list OF
the clandestine relations Of the whist
expert with many women.
The new story brings in the name
Of a young woman, socially prominent, I,
who was married less than a year
ago. The authorities are anxious tC
question her and her husband, but
she is now outside the subpoena
reach of the District Attorneys office
and her husband is known TO be still
further away
A check bearing Elwell's signature
and the Endorsement of the woman is
the basis OF the District Attorneys
interest. The amount Is several
hundreds of dollars. The date Ia
prior to the woman's marriage. The
Information thus far obtained is that
existence of the check was learned
by the husband, who questioned his
wife about II, and that her answer
was OF character which brought
about an estrangement of the two.
District Attorney Swami dlscov-
cred the check, II is reported.
through his recent elaborate exami-
nation of Elwell's banking accounts.
A number Of bank officials were
summoned with their records to re-
veal as many as possible OF the
hitherto unknown names of women
who figured ON what has been called
Elwell's Love pension list"
This line of investigation is neces-
sarlly tedious, but the authorities
consider It promising. They are con-
vinced that the murder was done
either by n woman or by some one
acting for a woman. and they be-
lieve that by making a separate in
quiry in the case of every woman
whose name Is found in Blwell's tele-
phone list or financial records they
will eventually strike the true trail
Some OF the investigators, in fact,
believe that the true trail has been
struck through the check described
above, but District Attorney Swami
declares that he Is still unready TO
accuse any person. He Is using un-
officially the method that the French
use officially,-that OF suspccting ev-
cry possible person until the sus-
picion in a given case is definitely
shown to be baselesS.
This method. which amounts 10
Wholesale suspicion, cannot be used
in court, where the presumption OF
Innocence Is maintained, but II is
used to advantage in the preliminary
investigation.
Tho Homicide Squad, under Capt
Arthur Carey, has been working In
dependently along lines similar 70
those newly traced by the District
Attorneys men. The only statement
obtalnable from Carey's men to-day
was that ~ we mako an arrest II
will cause II sensation
H. II. Porter, President OF the
American Water Works Company and
director OF eighteen other corpora
tons, will appear tomorrow before
Federal Judge Howe, wien an infor-
nation Will be laid aga ust him charg'
ing unlawful possession OF liquor, II
was announced to-day by Assistant
United states District Attorney Al
bprt q ROthWell
Mr., RothwellB announcement fol-
lowed a conference al ma office, which
was attended by 4Ar, Porter and hlt
attorney, former Judge William NJ, X
OlcOtt, and by August Hassenflug
special counsel to Prohibition enforce
ment Agent BheVlin,
Following Mr., POrter's admission
last week that ne had purchased -four
cases OF Whlskey from William r.
Barnes, Studio Club steward and for.
mer iecretary TO Elweu, Prohibition
Enforcement Agents went to the Por.
ter home AZ No iob Park Avenue anC
Aelhed the liquor,