The Washington times., 1920-07-09
.ELWE[L IGNORED
BEAUTIFUL WOMEN
Wizard" Won His Many Favor
ties by Pretending to Be
Indifferent.
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TO whom Elwell IL said TO have made
regular monthly payments, appear on
this list One OF the women on the
so-callsd payroll" Is said TO have
been receiving s4OO monthly from the
turfman up to a short time before the
tragedy.
The money is said to have been
paid through a brokerage frm. Rep
resentatiyes OF this concern and
trict Attorney Swami TO give what
information they had.
District Attorney Swami has issued
a statement upholding that part OF
the alibi OF William III. Pendleton in
which Pendleton insisted IL was the
morning of June 8. not June IL, that
George Il. Post. Jr., was driven In
Pendleton's automobile.
Mr.. Swami admitted In the same
statement that John Doyle. Atlas Ga
rage employe. erred In regard to the
date.
G. II. POSTS STATEMENT.
''Mr. Post was questioned earlier
by Mr.. Swami. The District Attorney
thep issued a statement saying that
Mr.. Post said:
II remember distinctly the night
or early morning that 1 was taken
into Mr.. Pendleton's car. recall
that 1 played bridge at the KRicker-
booker Club. Fifth avenue and Six
ty-second street, earlier in the eve
ming. / have referred to my ac-
count with the Knickerbocker Club
and i find 1 was at the club on Mon
day and Tuesday. June and 8. My
account at the club shows / was
not at the club the night OF June &c
or the morning of June IL (the MUIR
der morning). For this reason l feel
positive that the date of my riding
to the club in Mr.. Pendleton's car
was early in the morning of June 8
l was never in the car except tha,
one time"
Mr.. Swann's own statement ther
went on:
THE above statement of Mr.. Post
verified by the records of the Kpick
erbocker Club. corresponds with Mr.
Pendleton's statement regarding the
occasion when Mr.. Post was taker
into his car and shows that Johr
Doyle, Of the Atlas garage, was mis-
taken as to the date upon which ht
drove Mr.. Post in Mr.. Pendleton's car.
Mr.. Dooling and Mr.. Joyce did not
talk to Mrs. Pendleton yesterday at
at the office of Mr.. Rand, however
and questioned them both at length
Mr.. Dooling, on his return to the dis
trict attorneys office, said:
"Mr. and Mrs. Bird say that Pen
dleton came TO their home from the
race track Monday, June Z. That
after dinner the three, with Mrs
| Birds sister, went to an inn in West
chester, and that they got home al
midnight. or a little later. Mrs. Birds
sister was taken to her home, and
then Mr.. and Mrs. Bird went to the
Bird home and Mrs. Bird retired
Then Mr.. Bird left with Pendleton's
car, saying he was going to a garagt
with IT. He did not return until 2:45
Next day they all went to the race
track in Pendleton's car. They re
| turned to New York that evening
| TUESDAY, June 81, and Pendleton left
the Bird home on Wednesday (June
| 81 after breakfast and went to the
race track. While stopping with the
Birds at their home on Tuesday eve-
Mig, Pendleton didn't go out at all
the Birds said.
MET AT RACE TRACK.
'The next day, Friday, June II
| the day of the murder, Mr.. Bird left
to go to a directors meeting, saying
he would meet his wife later. Mrs
Bird missed the IL o'clock train, but
took the next train and met Pendle.
ton at the Jamaica station at about
noon. Mr.. Pendleton was in his
Hudson car. She accompanied Mr.
Pendleton to the track and met hel
husband there when he arrived, al
about o'clock.
Mrs. Bird said it was at the race
track Pendleton LEANED of the death
of Elwell and that he was petrified.
She did not see Pendleton on Thurs.
day night or up to noon on Friday
She said that when she returned from
the track on the day of the murder
the maid had told her Mr.. Pendleton
called up from Jamaica when she did
not arrive on the train he expected
her to arrive on"
Mr.. Swami showed the cash sale
slips" he received from the Atlas
Garage, dated June and June IL
They showed that repairs were made
on a Hudson automobile on both dates.
Mr.. Pendleton has said thN his car
was at the garage on the Sth, but de-
MED that 1t was there on the 11th
There is nothing written on either
slip that would show who owned the
car that was repaired or the number
of the car.
FACTS SHIFT DAILY.
Mr.. Swami cautioned the reporters
that he was mot accusing any one