The evening world., 1920-06-15

Of the arsenal and tho date Of man
ufacture on It,"
The fact that the cartridge had
been elected Is accepted as proof IL
was fired from an automatic. 1t iB
the belief OF the police that IL re-
volver had been used the murderer
would have carried the shell with
him, as II would have required Bpe-
cial action to remove II. One thing
that puzzles the police 10 why the
murderer did not pick up the shell
and take II away, instead of leaving
II as a possible clue.
The telephone company has cleared
up one other point by It's records. No
one called Elwell over the telephone
that morning. In running down other
leads, the investigators say they have
found no one who heard the shot,
and were unable to locate persons re-
ported to have seen some one leaving
the Elwell home about the time Of the
murder. Mr.. Joyce said:
AT every angie in this case We are
confronted with lndlsputable proof
OF the fact that Elwell was slain by
n man who nursed for the gambler q
grudEe that had Its inception In his
attentions to some woman. We have
eliminated a score OF persons, friends
OF the slain man, and we think that
the narrowing circle ot our lnvesti-
CATION is inclosing the slayer"
NEVER SAW BUT ONE WOMAN
VISITOR At HOUSE.
II came to MIR. Eiwell AS his house,
keeper last October" said Marie Lar
sen. "He may have known many
women: he may not can't say as
to that Personally, all l know 10
that | never heard the names of any
women with whom he was acquaint-
ed. Only once In the entire time that
| have been here have l ever known
q woman to enter the house. That
was some weeks before Mr. Elwell
was murdered.
"The doorbell rang one afternoon. I
was working is the kitchen. I went
TO open the door and found that Mr..
Elwell had got downstairs before I
had left the kitchen. He admitted a
woman. l don't know who she was.
She and Mr.. Elwell ha, luncheon to-
gether and thea left the house"
Mrs. Larsen asserts positively that
when she arrived both the outer and
inner doors TO the Elwell homo were
locked. She is 'contradlcted In this
by the testimony OF Torey. the mail
man: Otter. the milIman and the
newspaper delivercT, who called at the
house between $50 and 7.25 A. M.
These men say that when they
reached the house the outer door
leading to the vestibule was On-
locked. The milk. mail and papers
we're placed by these men In the
vestibule.
william Barnes. Elwelrs secretary
and valet. gave the detectives an in
timate outline OF his employers ac-
tivities in the card rooms OF the city
and at race tracks. From nothing
hA
say, have they been able to get the
slightest aid In solving the murder,
adding they were convinced Elwell
and HIS slayer were alone in the house
several hours prior to the murder. No
reason Is given by the detectives for
this theory.
The BELIEF Is that the murderer met
Elwell in the darkened house when
the gambler entered, probably an
hour or 30 before daylight. As Elwell
flashed on the light. the theory is,
DO was confronted by man with
whom he was well acquainted and
who, for some reason, he feared.
He and Elwell, Il Is believed,
mounted tho stairs to the gdmbler's
bedroom, where they discussed the
affair that brought the visitor To
/ the house. The discussion was under
way, II is believed when the pott
man reached the house. that Elwell
/ descended the stairs to get his mail
and was seated in the reception hall
reading a letter from one OF his
trainers at his Kentucky stables when
the visitor. without warning. shot
| Elwel
The police say that II the men had
| quarrelled and the slayer had shot
! in anger. there would have been more
] than one eNpioded cnFtFldge shell on
tho moor when Elwelrs body was