Every evening, Wilmington daily commercial., 1920-06-02
MRS. MARY DUNLOP
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l4ttlitld tItilOGh III iANt
from West Grove.
Because of the situation between the
two families, suspicion 1T first naturally
attached to Dunlop He was met on the
road by DIR William B. Ewing. who with
Or. Joseph Scattergood, conducted the
poSt-mortcm examination Of the three
dead persons, about an hour after the dis
coycrv OF the bodies of Mrs. Dunlop and
her daughter, lie was driving into town
on 4 petty business GRAND, and II was
very evident that al this meeting was
he first heard of the tragedy His employ
or was able to account for his movements
Monday night
Major Wynn in his investigation was
able to put together complete picture of
Mrs Dunlop's actions during the hours
before her apparently sef-nnicted death
Mrs. Harry BOYLE, who, with her husband.
was tenant on the Dunlop farm. testified
before tho coroncr's jury that when Mrs.
Mrs. Dunlop heard OF Eichelbcrgcr 5
reconciliation with his wife she said that
she would kin HIM and even that she
would do it Monday night. Mrs. Dunlop
suggested To her sister, Mrs. Florence
Crandall. hat she go to kennctt Square
Monday to decorate their father grave.
She knew that Mrs. Crandall intended 10
90 to Philadelphia on the following day
and that it was her custom TO spend the
night with friends in kennett. Thus. It
appears. she assured herself that her
sister would be out Of the way.
CAREFUL PREPARATION Hl>TEp At.
Ii was shown that Mrs Dunlop hitchcd
her horse and left the house in the evening
posting herself in the htching she'd Of the
church, where She could watch two APP
proaches to the Eichelbcrger home. From
there she evidently saw the man she
loved return with his wife.
Then. IS supposed. she went TO her home
got a pistol and drove back to Elchel
berger's home. where she is believed 10
have shot him in his bed 1t IS possible
that her little girl Ruth accompanied her
on the fatal ride Returning to her home,
She and her daughter Went to bed and she
Is believed to have turned the pistol on
them both,
The weapon was Colt automatic -
cahbrc Five shots were fired altogether.
one presumably INTO lslchelbergcrS head,
three INTO the little girl, q which one
lodged in the body and two III the head.
and ono IN Mrs Dunlop head. entertlnC
Al the right temple and coming ouj Of the
TOP III the skull The magazine OF the
pistol which holds seven cartridges Vas
empty Uhcn i Was found beside Mrs
Danlops body. hut tiNc empty shells
we're discovered and also four 81 Inc bull
lets Il indicated above The bullet that
hiIoi Mrs Dunlop had NOT been located
prior 10 the lnquesc.
The discovery OF tie murders came m
med.at"lv III lie case oI tachelbergcr,
his wife being awakened by the shot and
seeing a woman slip oui u the room The
Dunlop bodies Wer" not discovered until
after 3 clock Yesterday morning Harry
BOYLE tenant al tho Dunlop farm, no
tic"d bet til" horse had been left hitched
beside tire mansion house and found on
invest gatieil that all of the doors and
windows of the house were locked SlI>-
pectlng something of the truth. broke
open q door and made his way TO Mrs.
Dunlop room He found the woman
and her daughter lying upon the bed Id
their blood They were III their night
clothes The pistol lay beside Mrs DuA-
lop body and on the floor was charred
scrap 81 paper IS if she had written q final
note ard hen burned II il could not bc
deciphered Mr. Bowie at once notified
Constable Horace Mcneil who went VII i
Or. Living 70 the house
ALLEGED TELL-TALE LETTERS
Letters produced Al the inquest made a
seemingly convincing record Of Mrs Dun
lop apparent passion for Elchelberger
Mrs Eichelbcrger produced an anony-
nous one, signed A Friend which adj
vlsed her 10 look ON the register Of q hotel
a. Media limiting that she would tnd
proof there Of her husband : inhdelity
She testified that she was never ia doubj
~ to who wrote it. IS shc believed she
recognized me disguised handwriting
Mrs Dunlop sic said had broken her right
arm while the IIchelbcrgcrs were tenants
on her farm. and whic 1t was ncndiug
had learned 10 write with her left hand
Ihe writing Of the letter She said core
.p0nded with what Mr.. Dunlop Lad WITT
ten with her LETT hand al thatflmc
Ilchelberger himself wrote and accused
her q being he author ol n. letter lis
wife s4id Il was asserted tbat Mrs
Dunlop was the oniE ono who knew d lis
lup q Media Another lctter from Airs
Dunlop to him was also produced 81 he i
inquest. complaining ot ms coldnes@ and
bTusque manner IN telephone converse +
ton which he had had with her
The Chester county coroner was not In
town yesterday. and the inquest was CON
Quoted BY Deputy Coroner r Jones
Patrick
Mrs Dunlop. who was 80 years old,
came Of wel-to-do Chester county
family She was daughter Of the late
George Tallman, q wealthy resident -of
West Grove Her daughter Ruth was
i years Old.