Evening star., 1920-03-13

| with her slayer or slavers from the
point OF assault to where she died.
! Mrs. Mann's slayer did not remain
| long enough 10 see her die. suggested
| Inspector Grant. the conditions maxi
| ing it certain the crime was hurried
| ly executed and that the criminal was
only after money. Detectives ex-
! pressed surprise that her diamond
earrings and rings were not taken.
| Woman May Have Been Gagged.
Inspector Grant this afternoon said
( he thought the mans handkerchief
! fastened about the neck of the dead
! woman probably had been used as
/ gag: that 1t was placed over her
/ mouth when she was first attacked
/ and that 1t slipped about her neck
! during the time she struggled from
/ the Porter street gully over a hill to
| the place where she died
! 1T looks very much as if the blud-
geon was used when Mrs. Mann was
/ first attacked said the inspector
and footprints. those Of Mrs. Mann
! showing sharp heels and those of her
assailant showing fiat ones. make it
appear that Mrs Mann was pushed
along by her assailant. The stone was
! used near where the body was found
i Detective Sandbers pbotographer
and Identification expert Of the police
department, is searching for finger
prints or the slayer. Blo0dstains are
| numerous, he stated butfimpressions
! of fingers have not yet been found.
! The murderer of Mrs Mann recalled
| to the police the numerous assaults
committed on women last year. the
| alleged perpetrator of one of them
| that or the assault on Mrs. Bessie
| Gleason. being under sentence Of
death. He is Lewis Randall. Forest
Eaglan. a colored caddy. is in jail in
Rockville. Md, awaiting trial on q
similar assault charge.
| Detectives Kelly and Scrivener who
/ We're involved in the arrest of Ran
dali. have not been able to fully sat
| isfy themselves Of the guilt of the
prisoner. and today 1t was suggested
that the murderer of Mrs. Mann may
| be the assailant who created 50
| much CONSERVATION last summer and
| that he has kept under cover since
that time Should he be the same
one. the police state. other assaults
may follow the murder.
Women Say Men Followed Them.
| In making every effort today to
pick up some tangible clue 70 the
slayer. the police department has been
| told by women. whose names are
withheld by the police, that while
walking in the newly laid out but
undeveloped portion of Massachusetts
Avenue Park, between Massachusetts S
avenue and Woodley road. not far
| from the scene of the murder they
We're followed by three men.
I They report that while in the val
, ley and taking leisurely walk they
saw three men on the top Of one of the
hills overlooking the road on which
they were walking. Being alone and
with no sign of houses in the i'm
mediate vicinity. they quickened their
pace and changed their direction. On
n n hsa, l.
| men had likewise changed and were
oVertaklng them. The two women
| tnaiIy came out on Wisconsin avenue
near the Cathedral school and on
seeing their quarry in populated
section The men disappeared.
Men Reappear Next Day.
According to the report the next day
one of the women was walking with a
! male escort in the same locality. On
reaching the point where she had seen
! the men appear on the day before. she
pointed out the spot to her escort. At
that instant. she said two men ap-
| peared and on seeing the woman wit h
a man and pointing in their direction,
they Immediately dropped out of sight.
On looking back some minutes later
she perceived the men surveying them
from the hill, but they again dropped
down out of sight.
The peculiar actions of the men and
the murder in the same locality led
the women to tell their story to the
police. The possibility of robbers hav-
ing a cache on the hill, where stolen
goods may be stored. or the use of
the hill as an outlook post for men
bent on robbery is being investigated.
1t is said that the point on the hill,
which overlooks several roads in the
vicinity, would be an excellent hiding
place for persons to observe unat-
tended women walking along the road
In this way. it is pointed out. the man
or men so stationed. could watch the
women and at favorable and unfre-
uuented spot attack them.