Evening star., 1920-03-13
WOMAN MURDERED
AND MONEY TAKEN
FROM HER HANDBAG
Continued from First Page.D

of Mrs. Edward Grillo. 1922 Ontario
place
1t was at a point near where Porter
and 32d street would intersect' IL
they Were improved, that the cluo anu
music roll Of Mrs. Mann were 1ouho
this morning by Motor Cycle Ponce
men .. J. Trennis and NJ. w. Warren
ana the ground from that point 10 nv
place whore the body was found po"
sibly 100 yards distant, showed fool'
prints OF man and woman, the zig
Jagged prints suggesting that the
woman engaged in "a desperate strus- :
igle all the way.
Mrs. Nann's body was found only
few feet from the granolithlc slde-
walk, resting on her back. and, m
SptCtOr Grant stated. the dirt near he'
feet presented mute testimony OF htt
last struggles for life. Not far from
the body. possibly twenty-five feet or
less. was the handbag that had been
torn from Mrs. Nanns arm. the TOR
toisr-s she'll rings still on her arms, ana
Ion the ground near the handbag was
! tn" victims handkerchief saturated
with blood.
Blood on Handkerchie
"Her handkerchief being saturated
with blood" said the chief of detectives
would make it appear that Mrs. Mann
wiped the blood from the wounds.
thcn fell from sheer exhaustion ana
died.
y mans handkerchief knotted about
the neck of Mrs. Mann, Inspector
!t;rant stated may have no bearing on
the crime. 1t was not tied tlght
irnnugh to choke her. he said. and IT
appeared as if Mrs. Mann had placed
it there for the purpose OF protecting
her neck and throat from the weather
ION the other hand, he said, 1t may de-
jvelop that it WAS tied there by her
slayer.
1t was not long after the body was
found that the police succeeded IN
getting it identified, and even before
policemen and detectives engaged IN
the investigation went in every di-
rectiOn searching for clues. fester-
day and last night the police were
unable to find any suggestion OF a
clue to tn" identity OF a slayer. but
this morning they learned of the al
Legged suspicious conduct of unidenti-
fled white men not far from the scene
on two recent occasions.
| Mrs. Mann, during her three-and- :
one-haif-year residence here, had
made many friends. and her pupils
included members of many prominent
families. Mr.. and Mrs. Hughes. where
she boarded when she first came to
this city and Mrs. Grillo. where she
resided at the time she was slain.
speak of her as an accomplished mu-
stefan. and members of both families
had attended musicals with her.
At both homes ii was said that Mrs.
Mann seldom went out except to visit
tn" homes of her pupils. She was a
fearless woman. Mrs. Grilio stated
and had often crossed the golf links
after sundown in an effort to take II
short cut to street car line. Only
on one occasion had she been ad-
dressed by a stranger while on her
way about the SparScly settled sec
tions where she visited pupils, she
told Mrs. Grilio. and then strange
man had spoken to her. She paid no
attention to him, however. and he did
not attempt to nolest her
Gave Lessons on Thursday.
Thursday Mrs Mann was at the
home of Samuel GomperS, it is stated.
here she gave music lessons to the
| labor leaders niece, and her last pu-
pill that day was Miss Catherine OF
! well. daughter of Claude q. Otwell
1906 Wisconsin avenue.
Mrs. Mann was here at 1870 o'clock"
. said Miss Otwell this morning. and
, was not at home. She came back at
| 4:15 O'Clock and left at two minutes
! before G."
Miss Otwell said she watched her
| music teacher leave the house and
start through Portrer street to cross
! to Connecticut avenue to board
! street car. not wanting to board a
| Wisconsin avenue car and having to
| transfer across the city. Her music
; teacher, she stated. was in a hurry
l
! 1t was but a short time after Mrs.
| Mann disappeared from sight of the
ipupil who was so much Interested in
| her that she was met by the person
or persons who took her life and
! robbed her pocketbook of what money
it contained Miss Otwell gave no
| further thought to her teacher. not
! knowing of her failure to return home
until she learned of the murder, but
| Mrs. Grillo was interested enough in
| her to seek police assistance.
| Never before Thursday night had
! Mrs Mann remained away from the
house so late, and when she expected
! to remain out late, it is stated. she told
! Mrs, Grillo where she was going.
! Failing to return home before mid
/ hi 2ht Mrs. tirillo became uneasy, but
! it was not until about l o'clock yes
! terday morning, she stated, that she
tcalled police headquarters, and inquired
! if any person of Mrs. Mann's name or
description had been taken to hos
I; pital.
! Receiving a negative response, Mrs
| Grillo retired and did not make another
call for information from the police
iunti shortly after o'clock in the
| morning, she told a Star reporter, and
the person who responded recalled her
early query Had it not been for the
i finding of the body yesterday after
noon Mrs. Grillo probably would have
F.! gone in person to police headquarters
and impressed upon the police the
, necessity for a searching investigation
! to be made. At police headquarters it
; was said there was no record of the
calls made by Mrs. Grillo. Telephone
operators who were on duty early yes
terday morning went off duty at 8
!o'clock.
Possibly Two Asxaflants.
Mrs. Mann's hat was crushed either
by the piece of flint stone or the club,
and the fact that two weapons probably
. were used suggests to the police the pos
sibilty of two persons being implicated
in the attack. The stone was so sharp
that the right ear of the music teacher
was cut. The right side of her skull
! was fractured. and the condition of her
head was such that it was impossible
to tell the number of blows that were
| inflicted.
! Pins were still in the hat, while near
where the torn handbag was found the
police picked up several visiting cards
! of the murdered woman, her keys, pow
/! der puff, a letter from Mrs. Mann's
daughter and checks and papers
! THE pocketbook found near the hand
bag said Inspector Grant, was emp
| ty There was not penny in it,
; Inspector Grant and the detectives
! working on the case were unable to
| suggest how Mrs. Mann got so far
| away from where she was attacked,
| assuming the first blow fractured her
| skull, but the statements of Police
men TrenniS and Warren make it rea-
| sonably certain that she struggled