Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1920-07-28
OD|SCUS BOUGHT
RATCHET, WEAPON
IN GREEK Staying
His Picture Is identified as
That of Purchaser by
Norfolk Men.

New developments in the mystery
| of the staying of three Greeks in a
| rooming house at So9 9th street. sun
! day. are expected to clear the situa-
ton materially, according to Inspec-
! tor Grant.
Information obtained in Norfolk
Va, by Detective Kelly. the inspector
said today. makes it certain that Jean
Odiscus purchased the Ratchet that
caused the death of Theodore Oposto-
! lus Koukos. This is in line with the
inspectors original theory. that the
| brother of Katherine Odiscus used the
weapon.
Relatives Arrive in City.
| Dimostenes .'Odisseos," brother Of
the slain man and sister. arrived here
this morning and saw Inspector Grant
He was accompanied by John D.
Stephanou. an uncle. and John Gravis
a friend. The brother and uncle came
! from Lake City. S. c. where they are
! in business. while Gravis is from
! Mullins, S. q. They explained that
| the young woman's name was katina
| Odisseos and her brothers was John
or Jean Odsseos. while the other vic
| tim of the tragedy was TheologoS
I Apostolous Koukos
| The spelling of these names has not
yet been changed on the records of the
! Police Department.
| one thing made clear to the chief
| of detectives was the fact that the
! young woman was not married Di-
| mosteneS said he had seen nothing
| of his brother since last February
and was shocked when one of his
customers appeared in his place of
business yesterday and showed him
| copy of paper containing an ac-
count of the killing.
Told Him TO wake Up.''
| The young man said his brother
! apparently knew something about
koukos that made him morose. His
| condition had become such that he
| was unable to make good. he said
| and on numerous occasions he had
| told him to wake up" Last year.
he said. his brother was in this city
| and was not making good and he
| started him in business.
| He said the brother and sister were
| in business in Greenville. \. C, and
/ few days ago he learned they had
| left there. but did not know where
| they had gone, not having received
| any communication from them. The
| three visitors from the south dis
! claimed knowledge of the identity of
the man philip mentioned in the
postal card found in the 9Th street
| rooming house.
The brother and uncle told of the
| early life of the relatives Of the de-
! ceased. Both had graduated from
| colleges and were highly educated,
| they said, and their parents We're
/ wealthy several years ago. They had
| lost their wealth. however. before
| John and his sister started for this
country in 1916.
| Photograph Identified.
| Jeans photograph was identified in
| Norfolk as being a likeness of the
man who purchased the Ratchet.
W hich was of the type used by fruit
merchants in opening crates.
George Trice. son of Norfolk hard
| ware man, and oscar H. Wilson both
| identified the picture, ard said Jean
| bought the Ratchet last Thursday.
lean the men stated. requested that
i the handle OF the Ratchet be sawed
| off short, adding that ne had some
| dirty work"to do.
According to Inspector Grant. the
police are of the opinion that Koukos'
| ability to leave the bedroom after he
| had been attacked alarmed Jean and
| used the revolver
1t is the belief of police officials
| generally that katherine Odiscus,
! probably not a party to a murder plot,
interviewed to save her lover. and was
| accidentally shot. and that Jean,
! realizing what he had done. became
terror-stricken and ended his own
4. life.
| The police have not yet abandoned
| the theory of the possibility of a
fourth person being involved. No
| fourth man was seen here. however.
nor has information suggestive of
such an individual being implicated
| in the crime been obtained.
Ownership of Pistol.
| Establishment of the ownership of
| the pistol. it is believed. will go far
toward solving the mystery. The sim
| gle cartridge taken from one of the
pockets of Jean Odiscus' clothing
was similar to those in the pistol
found near his dying form in the 9Th
| street house. They were not new car
| of having been taken from an old
siX-Shooter-
/ In addition TO the Investigate ton that
| is being made to learn the identity of
the owner of the revolver, detectives
today are doing all they can TO locate
Phillip the man mentioned in the
card Katherine Odiscus had written.
No trace of him has been found in
Wilmington. n c.. according 20 the
police Jean had written that his fu-
| ture address would be the American
restaurant in Wilmington.
Funeral and Inquest.
Arrangements have been made for
funeral services over the bodies of
the slain persons to be held in the
local Greek Church at , O'Clock to-
morrow afternoon. Interment viii be
in Cedar Hill cemetery.
Coroner hewitt probably will hold
an inquest in the case at the morgue
next Tuesday morning. The three
visiting Greeks probably will remain
here to give testimony at the hear
ing. None of the three men professed
"a l,noM that l. OH 1 oS MAS In lGVt vi III