The Washington herald., 1920-07-27
ALIEN ROMANCE.
BEHIND TRIPLE
MURDER HERE
Mystery Deepened by Third
Death and Bullet In
Head Of Each.
WOMAN SISTER OF ONE
Theory Ninth Street Crime
Was Work of Fourth
Person Advanced.

Thrown into a maze OF tangled
theories, each of which conflicts with
some small bit of the meager evil
dence, Washington police this morn
ing have been unable to uncover the
real solution Of the triple Greek
tragedy at SOs Ninth street north
west Sunday night.
When Odiscos, the younger Greek
died yesterday without regaining
consciousness long enough to speak
the brief words which would un-
doubtedly reveal the true action OF
the tragedy, the mystery remained
as unfathomabIe. as when the three
bodies were first found in their
death sprawl in the dark hallway
on the top floor Of the rooming
house.
Three Deaths Now Toll.
The victims Of the tragedy are
katherine Odiscos, pretty Greek
girl Of 2S: Jean Odiscos. about 81,
brother of the murdered girl. and
Theodore Apostolic Koukos, 81, re-
ported to have come to Washington
10 marry Katherine.
The discovery by Coroner hewitt
yesterday that each of the three
had bullet wounds in the back of
the head has suddenly changed the
search from that which sought a
motive within the triangle TO that
which may reveal how the last of
the three was killed.
Possible Fourth Party.
Houkos, the older Greek, had re-
ceived a bullet wound as well as
gashes from the hatchet. Coroner
hewitt declares none of the three
bullet wounds could have been self
inflicted. This has injected the pos
sibiIity of a fourth party into the
tumble OF theories.
Central office detectives left
Washington last night for Norfolk
and Richmond. Va. and Wilmington
and Fayetteville, y. C., in search of
information tending to establish
= fourth individual in the Ninth
street triple tragedy. which early
this morning. after more than thirty
hours Of police investigation, re-
manned a riddle.
Mai. Gessford, chief of police, is
Investigating the "bungling' which
permitted the weapons used in the
tragedy to be removed. Finger
PRINTS are said to nave proven prac-
ticaIly useless, because of the han
ding which followed the final blows
and shots of the tragedy.
\ slight inkling of a possible un-
stifed hatred which Jean OdiscOs
bore for Theodore ApOstolos KoUkos
because of a past incident involving
Jeans sister, Katherine, has reveal
ii possible desire upon the part of
Jean to destroy ApostolOs, but the
firdinE of a bullet in each compels
once more the question, How"
out of the past comes a hint that
Jean may have had a reason for .
hatred for KoukOs which needed
but some slight incident in the pres
ent to rekindle his dislike for the
suitor Of his sister.
sweethenrts In Thrace.
Back in their childhood days in
Thrace, Katherine and Apostolos had
been sweethearts, awaiting only the
blessing of a few more years before
they were to be reunited as their
hearts desired.
In 1912 when the Turks invaded
Thrace and sent the Greeks in flight,
ApostoIOs was called to the colors,
and he joined the Greek army in
Athens From there he went into
a weary campaign that was to keep
him from his sweetheart for a full
two years
Then. in the seacoast town of
SaIoniki, alive with refugees from
Thrace. ApOstolos experienced the
happiest reunion of his life There
he met his Katherine and her
brother, Jean. When conditions per-
mitted the three sought to sail for
America, through the Mediterranean
and out into the open sea to a land
untouched by war.
As their ship approached Gibral-
ter, the last grim landmark they
would leave behind with all their
troubles. the great war broke, and
their ship turned in at a French
FORT.
sail to America.
There the three were held for
four years, but when once again
in 1918 they received permission to
trayel they set sail for America.
They reached the United States in
early 1918 and soon after went to
Norfolk.
In u city park there one night
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