Americus times-recorder., 1920-06-24

W. L. 6CNlSo dCGudl SlOoIlllS was
done by a man, though they admit
that a woman was connected with 1t.
Burns himself has done no work on
the murder, but has read with eX-
treme care newspaper accounts OF IL
and has arrived at his conclusion by
eliminating possibility after posi-
bility.
'"The fact that the murder was
committed with a AS calibre auto
matte does not remove the possibility
of a woman being responsible, SAID
Burns. "The trigger of an automatic
pulls very easily; all that is neces-,
sary is slight pressure, and
it is a weapon that desperate wo-
man might we'll be supposed to have
used. Fix the situation in your mlnd
and discard the unessentlal features
Life With Women.
"Elwell has lived free and easy
life with women. Then the report
circulates that he is about to re-
marry. He even goes so Tar as TO
engage a home for the Saratoga rae
inc season in the name of Mr.. and
Mrs Elwell.'
"Word Of this reaches one OF the
women with whom he has been on
intimate terms and who possesses
the kew to his city house. She comes
there the night preceding tn murder
She waits for him until he gets home
awe know by the testimony OF
reliable witness that he arrived nome
at 3:45 a. m. 1t makes no dlt1ef-
ence where he spent his time since
leaving the Lewisohns nor who was
the man in the automobile TO
whom he waved goodbye.
"He went upstairs and found there
the woman who had come to plead
with him not to throw her over She
was in the bedroom he had furnlsned
in feminine fashion and was probably
She asked him if it were true
that he was to remarry. She de-
manded to know what was to become
of her after the relations that had
existed between them. She reproach-
ed him for his lack of constancy
She declared she would never give
him up. ,,
meanwhile Elwell undressed re-
moving his wig and false teeth, for
he was on terms of the utmost lntl-
AAS ''N~S
macy with her. 80.
"The Woman Scorned
''In all probability they quarreled
the rest of the night, the woman
constantly becoming more and more
infuriated. In our work we have met
MANY examples of "the woman scorn-
ed /" and we know what they are cap
able Of under those conditions. nave
known them willing to commit hun
dred murd ars.
"Elwell was pro5ably glad of an
excuse : leave the room when the
bell rang and he heard the postman's
whistle. He went downstairs and got
the letters but, instead of returning
to the woman, he went into the recep-
ton room. His feminine visitor wait
ed for a few minutes and then fol-
lowed him downstairs. SFe saw that
he was so little interested in her plea
that he had stopped to read his mail.
"That was the last straw.
'Upstairs she did not have her pis-
tol within reach for she had brought
it to the house in a handbag. But
when she went downstairs she took
the pistol with her.
Could Tell More
"The sight of Elwell coldly read
ing his letters brought her fury to a
head. She may have asked him one
more question and it is likely he re-
piled with laugh or a curt mo-
'0Then she revealed her pistol, took
accurate aim at his head and fired.
After this she swiftly dressed and
left the house. 1t is even possible
that she returned later to remove
tell-tale bits of evidence.
at am certain that more question
ing of the Larsen woman, Elwell's
former housekeeper, will reveal q
great deal about the so-called mys-
trv. From the first, even before she
admitted hiding the woman's kimono
and boudoir cap, l was convinced
that she knew more than she had
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