Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1920-10-23
Promises to be One of the Battling Murder Mysteries the
Authorities Have Had to Handle in
Recent Years
In Woods North of This City
Skull Crushed by Blunt Instrument-Body Covered With
Bruises-Hand Indicates He Put up Stiff Fight
For His Life-Home in Youngstown, n. Y.
Served Overseas in World War

The body CT Maj. Frank II. Scan-
Lard, about fcIty years cid, of foumgs
town. n. Y, an overseas veteran Of
| the wcl.d war. was fcurd murdered
in the woods mile west Of George
! Mason High Schccl, Arlington Coun-
~ about O'Clock yesterday af,er-
ncon.
The skull was fractured at the base
of the brain and there w;'$ 4
| fresh blood clot on TIE left SIDE
Of the brlin an autopy revealed which
was performed this morning at IL
o'clock by Dir. B. H. Swain, coroner,
Of Banl:Iton, Arlington county. In al
| !1.:cn the body was covered with cuts
anil bruises from head TO feet. there
being at least fcnty to fifty bruises
abort the body. The fracture of the
skull wals INFLICTED with some b.unt in
stnument in the cp:nicn of coroner
Swain.
t was deemed expea:ert TO hold the
inquest to fully dsteln,;re whether
or net he was victim Of murder as
reports received by Inspector Grant,
of the Washington Police Depau.in eng
were to the effect that II: j. Scan'ani
had one scrapnel wound IL his head
which he had received overseas.
Tie atuhor5tr.es Of A,?ington cqupay
the pcl:cc of AievarA:'ia and % corps
I cf detectives eff Washington today arc
engaged in running down every avail
abe c,,ew that may lead to the appre-
hens;on of the ScanlaNdFs murderer.
Up to 3 o'clock this afternoon there
were no clcws worth while that had
developed. The police Of Washington
| hcwever.- e,c. IN touch with relatives
:, ard have traced his movements up to
the t:!re he left the Raleigh Heel,
Wash:lHo,tcn.\ October 10.
Scarl4nd tne authorities believe had
been dead at least five to SIX days
when the Eody was found and C"m-
mcs,weaN.h's attorney Frank l.. Ball
ssf,l j; Z possible that he hal been
dead a week.
Scar'ar:l has a wife Mrs. Alice w.
Scanlacl, cf Youngstown. \. Y. who
ias been n-.ified CT her husband $
death and he also has two sisters.
Misses Sarah and Louise Scan!and CT
Louisville, KY. The deceased evident
e2lv hnd recently been living in Louis
vine. XIV, fer he reristcred from that
~f.v 81. the Rstr Oh Hctel.- Washington
sc,semier 26. He lef: his baggage a;
tx. h...el wrhen he qui: that hoSts!';y
last Saturday. If murdered the dry he
..Et the hctel, which is more than
likely, he had been dead week to-
;;UN.
/, The ori.y theory tha't the au;hori-
..cs cad advance in co"nrti'"A with
the murder. Is that the JOB was commit
.et hy more than ore person ard th9a
the nrctive pcsri5!y was robbery. al
though he had but $l.GG in his pockets
wien the body was found. thsre be-
mr. cnc cs.'lar bill and s;xty-cc,Tts
IN ch:mge.
Scarlarl had no jcwc!ry in hsS pos
,.. -, ,ra,, y watch c. scarf pn.
N.s.cnic cards found in his leather
,c.kei, eek and ba!l case led - his
;isrt,ficaticn.
! scanInn:l, h:wever, evilentatiH h'ar'
F2t l1tle money when Re eft the
h.,", f~cm rcpG.ts received by the
Wish rgt!cn detectives. !: i. h2wevsr
ro'nsed cut that the rohherS would not
have krcwn :n:s AMI may have attack
cj rim believing he had money.
Tic tlr.csy Of Robbery WAS the onay
one advanced by the detectives. a.
though there were scme persons VINO
tl,rught that possibly Scan!and m'gh;
have been killed for some other rea'
son. pc,ssN,'y someone vino harhoHed a
Crude against him fore some rsasoF
unknaw.n at this time to the au'h@rl'
ties.
Tt~. arthcrItfes are divided CT The
n,;o.rt,n. IF WHITTIER or7not Sfarlsrt
, was killed at the point Wiser his bna,
wais found CT. YVES killed en- the rcas
ca in Washington and his body hru!st
10 the poiRis where found.
Ccnrn,1nwea,tih's Attorney Franz
lii. Ba;4: is. of the opinion that Scan