New-York tribune., 1920-06-21

the morning Of his death changes in
certain respects the reconstruction Of
his movements on the night before his
death. Mr.. Dooling says it is now
known that he left the Ziegfeld Frolic
on the Amsterdam Roof at about /: AS
a. m and that ne probably went to his
home alone in a taxi.
An effort to confirm the story of John
Isdale, of 236 West Seventeen Street,
that he saw roadster drive up in
front of Elwell's home at 3:45 o'clock
that morning, and that Elwell was seen
to leave the car and enter his house
while the roadster sped away with
man occupant, has so far been unsuc-
cessful. Isdale is first officer on the
steamship Ariano, owned by Furness,
Witty e. Co., of Philadelphia. Mr..
Dooling said he would try to get in
touch with him to-day.
Seek Key Owners
The other periods still in process of
investigation are $3.50 a. m, when
Henry Otter, the milkman, is said to
have placed bottle of milk in the ves-
tibule Of the Elwcll house; 1885, when
the letter carrier, Torey, says he threw
some mail into the vestibule; S:25,
when Mrs. Larsen arrived, and S:35,
when Flower Hospital was phoned for
an ambulance by Policeman Harry
Singer
While Rhodes has repeatedly insisted
that he first heard of the murder about
noon while he was working over
Elwell's automobile in a nearby garage
Mr.. Doolng is investigating a report
that he was seen near the house in
street clothes about 9:45 o'clock.
The question of how the murderer
got into the house is spurring the au-
thorities on to a thorough investiga-
ton Of just how many keys there we're
to the house and who had them Mr.
Dooling said that there was a general
belief that sets of keys to the outer
and inner doors of the house were in
the possession of Mrs. Larsen, William
Barnes, Elwell's secretary and valet;
Rhodes and Joe, the furnace man.
Barnes and Rhodes deny flatly that
they had keys to the house. Arthur
Bishop, chauffeur for Elwell before
Rhodes, says that he knew Of at least
seven to twelve women who had keys
to the house before the locks were
changed last February, and that it is
possible that many had keys to the new
locks.
One of the greatest mysteries sur
rounding the case is the tact that Mrs.
Larsen, according to DR.. Charles
Norris, medical examiner, arrived
within minute or two at the most
after Elwell had been shot, and that
it seems strange that she saw no one
leaving the house as she was going
/ toward it. Also, why was the milk
man Otter so disinclined to help her
find policeman when she appealed to
him for help, and, as the milkman was
in the neighborhood for some time
before, how was it he didn't hear the
explosion of the .45 caibre pistol
which sent the turfman to his death ?
1t was said too, that it was q warm
night and that most of the windows
in the neighborhood were open and
| that many people were walking up and
down the streets at the time. Why
didn't some one hear the shot?
District Attorney Swami gave out
the following statement at the Man
haitian Club at late hour last night:
TO the best of my information and
belief, no arrest in connection with
the Elwell murder is to be made within
the next few hours. The District At
torney and the police have no more
! legal evidence as to who committed the
crime, or whether it was committed by