The Washington times., 1920-07-28
MAY Be
SOLVED BY KIN
Uncle and Brother Of Victims In
Triple Staying Confer
With Police.

With the arrival in Washington to-
day of the brother and uncle OF the
younger man" and the Greek girl.
who were slai min the pistol and
hatchet night at sos Ninth street
north west Sunday evening, the police
are closing up the case. Gathering
the majority of threads which led
from the scene of the crime to Nor
folk, Va. and the Carolinas, Inspector
Grant expects to wind up his inyes-
tigation.
The names OF the dead Greeks are
verifed to be Katherine Odisseos'
John Odisseos, and Theologos Apos-
tolous Koukos.
Dan odisseos, much sought brother
Of the girl. and their uncle, John D.
Stephanou. who 10 In business At Lake
City.SS. c.. are busy convincing the
police they knew nothing whatsoever
OF the crime.
With them was John Gravis. OF
Mullen, S. G.. who notined the uncle
and brother OF the tragedy.
They say they left John or Jean.
with his sister. In charge or res
taurant at Wilmington. N. c., while
they were away. Later they got word
that the restaurant had been closed
up and the brother and sister had
been missing for "A week.
Iney
Jean and Katherine had left town
Reading of the crime in a Carolina
paper. they came Immediately to
Washington. according to Detective
Sergeant Frod Cornwell.
They say koukos Is unknown TO
them. whether or not Katherine and
he were In love or intended to marry
they do not know.
The underlying motive and story
OF the pistol and hatchet hght
will never be known, in the opinion
Of detectives and police working on
the case.
Though they declare the mystery
surrounding the tragedy is rapidiy
clearing. several puzzling tacts nave
not been settled.
Working on clues obtained among
the Intimate personal belongings Of
the three, Detective Kelly has un-
earthed several new aspects In Nor
folk, Va.
In North Carolina, where Jean and
Katherine Odiscus and Theodore
Apopolus Koukos lived, he expects to
make further disclosures.
Developments in the case today
were: That the young man. jean
Odiscus, purchased the death hatchet'
and had the handle sawed on In
NorIOIk naTo~uEo
1t is believed the new revolver was
his also, as n sixth bullet OF the calf
bcr used in the killings. was found in
coat pocket All the bullets were
rusted, as though they had been In an
older revolver with six bullet ca
pacity. This gave rise to the theory
that Jean purchased the new pistol
to be doubly protected. He was call
ed on to use IL in the fight. police
believe.
Jean Odiscus welded the hatchet.
the police believe. because his hands
were stained with the blood Of its
handle.
The heads of the three were probed
and the bullets recovered.
"The girls wound could have been
self inflicted" Coroner ]. Ramsey
hewitt, said.
No one has claimed the bodies. pos
sessions or money of the trio.
The most recent theory advanced
by the police in the slayings is that
Jean Odiscus, enraged In Jealousy
for the prevention OF association be-
tween his sister and Kouhos. at
asleep. The girl at the time vas
lying down in the hall room.
Reused by the screams of koultas,
they believe she came into the hall to
see her brother chasing him down the
hallway after the hatchet had been
taken from him. Jean Odiscus fired
at Koukos on the first landing, his
sister struggling with him a few feet
behind. He dropped the smoking re-
volver. The girl picked it up. She
fred wild once, which ACCENTS for
the bullet in the ceiling. Aiming at
her brother and enraged against him
for his deed. she fred again.
He fell mortally wounded in the
doorway, facing the death room
Seeing what she had done, and mourn
ing the tragedy, she is thought to
have turned the revolver on herself.
She died there, between her lover and
her brother.