The evening herald. [volume] (Albuquerque, New Mexico) 1914-1922, 1920-06-24

uutnofitlVs, lnNpstiglting thC case
WIN Insist that the actual shooting
was done by @ man. though they adj
NIT That "a woman was connected
with II, Burns himself has done no
work on The murder. but has read
with extreme care ncwHpa per nc-
counts OF Il and has arrived at his
conclusion hy eliminating possibility
after possibility.
The fact that the murder was
committed with u 40 catlhre auto.
matte does nut remove the possibility
ui q woman being rcIpon sini"." said
burnE The trigger of "a automatic
pulls very easily; al that u necessary
" a slight pressure. ~ indeed ls "
u weapon that u desperate Infatuated
woman might well be- supposed To-
lave used. IiN the situation IN your
inind and discard the unosseniini
features.
lived Free aud IaisS life.
'Elwcll hhs lived q free aud elsy
lte with women, Then the report
cirrulates that he Is about tu Sc
marry. tie even goes 80 fdr ~ To en-
gage a home for the Saratoga racing
season In the name ot Nj aud Nirs
Elwoil'
Word Of this reaches one oi ,hc
women with whom he has been on
intimate terms and who possosscs The
he, tu his city house. She comes
ther" la the night preceding the mur-
det. D waits for him until he gets
home.
We know. boy the testimony of 10
reliable witness. that he arrived home
ri atib e. m. u mnkes NJ difference
where D." spent his time since leaving
the Lcwisuhns nor who was the man
90 b automobile 10 whom ne waved
EuOdby
He went upstairs and found there
u woman who had come to plead
with him not to throw her over She
was iu the bedroom he had furnished
IN feminine fashion aud was prob
ably undressed
Sh" asked him if Il were true that
ne was to re- marry, She demanded
iu know what was 10 become OF her
after The relations that had existed
h"tween them, She approached him
inr his lack ef ronsiancN. She de-
rlur"d d would never give him up.
Meanwhile Elwell uudrcsscd. re-
moving his WIG ana fnlse teeth. FOR
he was on terms at the utmost ihtim-
nry with her.
"11bc Wonhn scOrnrL"
In ul probability they quatrpled
ia" rest Of the night tho woman
constantly becoming more and moro
inturiatcd IN ON work we have mot
many examples Of tho woman scoru-
81 u We know what they arc
capable OF under those conditions. /
have known them willing to commit
q hundred murders.
'ElWe was probably glad Of an
cNCuse TO leave the room when thc
bell rang u hv heard the postman n
whistle lie went dow nstaiJs aud got
The letters but Instead of returning
&" N, woman. be- went into the re-
"epiior room. His feminine visitor
waited for a Few minutes aud then
followed him down stairs. She saw
mat d" was 81 little Interested I'm her
plea that h, had stopped to read his
mail
THAT Vt- the last straw.
psitirs sh" did not have her
pistol within reach for she had
brought IL Co the house iu 70 hand
bag But when she went duNustair,
shC took this pistol with her.
Larsen Momnn Could Tell More.
The sight OF Elwcll cnldly reading
hiH letters brought her fury to % head.
b may have asked him one more
question and It Is likely hr replied
WITH Il laugh or q curt mo-
Then she revealed her pistol took
accurate aim pt his head aud fired.
AFTER this She swiftly dressed ana loft
the house. II b. even possible that
she returned later to remove tell-tale
hits of evidence.
~ am certain that more question:
ing ut d Larsen wumHu ElWclrs
turm"r h"usckecp"r. viii reveal u
grcut deal uhuut the Sopullrd mystery.
From the first. even before she adj
mIitod hiding the wuman'- kimouo
and h"udoir cap { was convinced that
sh' Knew more han m" had told DO