The Washington times., 1920-06-22
GIRL DENIES PHONE
TALK WITH ELWELL
Florence EIIenson Says Her
Sister Is Mistaken About Mes
sage to Slain Man.

LAKE GEORGE. June 22.-Flor-
ence Elleson has denied emphatical-
ly the story told by her sister, Peggy,
that Florence talked with Joseph Is.
EIwell over the telephone from AS
bury. Park, N. j., at Sis o'clock the
Friday morning that Elwell was
murdered.
Florence had no way of accounting
for her sisters voluntary account OF
the conversation which. according TO
Peggy. took place just before Flor
ence rushed for the 900 train for
New York, saving that Elwell was
to meet her at the Pennsylvania
station.
Florence Ellenson SAYS she talk ed
with Elwell over the telephone, but
that the conversation took place sew
cral days prior to the tragedy.
Miss Ellenson says that on arriv-
ing in New York she went to the Ell
well house, where, finding her friend
had been killed she hastened to the
Grand Central and took a train for
Lake George. She is employed by
the Van NoyInterstate Company as a
saleswoman at one of the souvenir
stands on the Lake George steam
boat Noriscon.
rather small, about twenty yeaEs> old
and evidenced in her apparel an In
clination for fine clothes. She was
tastefully attired in pink and white
when seen Saturday at her souvenir
stand
She was much distressed that her
name was connected with the Elwell
tragedy and showed traces of great
mental strain coupled With some con-
fusion as to what her replies should
be to some of the queries directed to
her. She said: -
81 met Mr.. ElweH at the Breakers
at Palm Beach. Fla, last winter, and
was out with him several times. He
was great favorite with women"
Asked abont what other women FL
well was especially attentive to, Miss
Ellenson mentioned two at Palm
Beach-a Miss Alice Delarmer and a
Miss Johnson.
She said Elwell told her he had OBJ
tanned a divorce and that she did not
know anything to the contrary until
she saw it Contradicted in the papers.
The story of her more recent asso
citation with Elwell. told in fragment
ary admissions, which, however, did
not contradict themselves, is as fol
lows:
AFTER came TO hSDury IdTh 1
| received letter from Mr.. Elwell,
who was then at Louisville, KY, In
which he wrote that he would be In
New York soon. He arrived Tues
day. That was the Tuesday OF the
week Of his death. As soon as he got
| in he called me on the phone and
wanted to meet me in New York.
told him ! did not know dehn,tely
when could meet him, but that
was going to Lake George soon.
He said that would be nice, as hs
would be in Saratoga this summer
He pressed for date when | coulc
meet him in New York. and told him
I would call him up later. i called
him Thursday forenoon and told him
that ! would leave Asbury Park the
next morning on the $3.50 train and
that hc could call me before that time
This he promised to do. I waited fol
his call until time to leave, but he die
not call, which made me very anx
ious. as he was always so punctual.
II left on the $40 from Asbury
Park, arriving at Penn Station ir
New York about IL o'clock. I imme'
diately called up Mr.. Elwell's resi-.
dence and the housckeeper answered
the phone. She was much ercitd and
said that a terrible accident had hap
pened to Mr.. Elwell. / became OK
cited and hurried out to taxi and
was driven at once to Mr.. Elwefl''
residence at No. 244 West Seventietr
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