Albuquerque morning journal. [volume] (Albuquerque, N.M.) 1903-1926, 1920-06-18
OWNER Of PINK
SILK LINGERIE
SOUGHT FOR IN
ELWELL Staying
Young Woman Said to Have
Gone to His Room Shortly
Before He Was Discover
ed Fatally Wounded,
SPORTSMAN'S MURDER
PUZZLES OFFICIALS
A Man and a Woman, Said
to Have Called at 5 A, Mp
Are Also Being Hunted
For By N, Y. Authorities.

tnv MORNING JOURNAL SPECIAL LEASED w,ss1
New York, June IA five a
m. visit by man and a woman TO
the home of Joseph b. Elwell,
sportsman and whist player, last
Friday, the morning of his murder,
was under investigation by the
police today, seeking to unravel the
mystery which so far has baffled all
inquiry
The police and members of the
district attorneys office were un-
willing to admit they attached great
significance to the report of this
early morning visit because of its
vague origin. An unnamed chauf-
feur is alleged to have said he
drove the couple to ElwellS home
at that hour.
According to another chauffeur's
version of the story, which he said
was told him, the unnamed driver
waited outside the Elwell house,
which he said the couple entered,
until a moment later the scream
of a woman inside the house fright
ened him and he drove away.
Housekeeper Questioned.
Mrs. Marie Larsen, ElwelPs
housekeeper, under vigorous ques-
tioning, told Assistant District At
torney Dooling that young wom-
an had gone to the Elwell house
shortly after the whist expert was
discovered dying from the bullet
wound in his head Mrs. Larsen
said this woman had visited Ell
we'll several times before and was
the reputed owner or the pthk siin
lingerie found in Elwelrs bedroom.
District Attorney Swami admit
ted his belief that the woman was
bent upon getting possession of the
garments and other evidence of
female occupancy of the sports
mans apartment. He stated that
he had no reason to believe she
was connected with the shooting.
For seven hours today Victor
Won SchlegeT, divorced husband of
Miss Viola Kraus, was questioned
in the district attorneys office re-,
garding his movements on the night
of the murder and the days preced-
ing. According to Assistant Dis
trict Attorney Dooling, Won Schle-
gell admitted having an army re-
volver in his apartment, which he
said he had never used, did not
know whether it was loaded and
could not tell its calibre. He had
no license to possess the weapon,
Mr.. Dooling said.
Won SchlegcII Has AIibi.
"Mr. Won Schlegell has accounted
Zoe In nf
time from the Sunday before the
murder up to the present time"
said Mr.. Dooling.
Won Schlegell was examined In
the presence of Lyttleton Fox, at
torney for Mrs. Walter Lewisohn,
and her sister, Miss Kraus, who
dined with Elwell at the Ritz Carl
ton hotel several hours before his
death. Won Schlegell said he also |
had dined at the Ritz the same |
night with a woman companion,
whose identity he revealed to the |
district attorney but which has not |
been made public.
Won Schlegell, who is vice presi-
dent of a rubber company. told Mr..
Dooling he returned to his apart
ment in the knickerbocker cham
bers, Sixty-second street, near
Fifth avenue, about II o'clock
Thursday night, went to bed and
got up at 1880 the next morning,
at $40 and waited for
his motor car until $50. The
was discovered Friday at
$3.50 a. m. by Elwelrs housekeeper.
WOman's Identity Doubtful.
Asked whether Won Schlegell
had seen Elwell and Miss kraus
dancing together at the Ritz and
whether Elwell had recognized Won
Schlegelrs greeting on the floor. /
Mr.. Dooling replied:
Il don't know. We are more ia
in Elwell's murder than in
some of the other things that IRE
out"
District Attorney Swami an
bounced tonight that Miss Kraus
md Mrs. Larsen, the housekeeper,
would be on the stand again to-
morrow. He said the identity of
he woman whu owned the pink
'ilk negligee, boudoir cap and slip
,ers found in Elwell's home is still
doubtful,