New-York tribune., 1920-06-23

amazed to find the outer door locked
when she arrived at the house, at about
$40 that morning.
Iorrey says that the circumstance
struck him as strange in view of the
tact that during the two years he had
been serving mail there he had found
1t open only once before. He said he
went to the house at about 1920 to 7:o5
a. m. and came back on the other side
OF the street about fifteen minutes
later, but noticed nothing unusual Be-
cause OF the circum stance that the cur
talns OF this house were always drawn
and the doors were always locked, it
was regarded in certain sense as "a
house Of mystery" The recollection
that the doors were usually locked, he
said, is further substantiated by the
TACT that the morning newspapers were
always outside the door.
Mrs. Larsen, the housekeeper, says
she was amazed to find the outer doors
locked when she arrived that morning,
at about 500. This would seem to in
dlcate that the door was locked by the
murderer as he went out just before
the arrival of Mrs. Larsen. If so. the
police reason, there should be some
evidence of a finger print on the latch,
and that this would in all likelihood be
the case. since persons under excite
ment usually develop moist hands and
fingers An effort is being made to OBJ
tain some evidence of such mark.
Asked what the examination of Miss
Amelia Hardy, sister Of the Countess
Sonia Szaniawaka. had produced, Mr..
Swami said that Miss Hardy had been
willing to tell apparently all she knew,
but that she had advanced no facts
which would aid them greatly in solv-
ing the mystery
Concerning the woman in gray" and
the mysterious Miss Wilson" whose
identities he has so far failed to dis
close, the District Attorney said there
was nothing new about these women
Philip Bender, the taxi driver who
took the Lewisohn party from the Am
sterdam Theater to their homes. seems
! to have had a change of mind since he
! made his first statement that he was
sure he carried only three persons
from in front Of the New Amsterdam
Theater at about 40 on the morning
+ Of the murder. 1t was known that in
the party at the time were Elwell. Miss
Kraus. Mr.. and Mrs. Lewisohn and
Figueroa. Elwell did not leave with
the party, according to the Lewisohns
! and. Of the others, Bender said few
days after the crime that he would
bet his car that he carried only one
woman and two men" He said he dis
tinctly remembered the incident, be-
cause when he wanted 20 turn down
the front seat he was told by one OF
the men mot to mind, they would all
sit in the back seat"
Chauffeur Not SO Sure
Now. however. MI Swami says
Bender is not sure and while he still
thinks he carried three. he believes i,
possible that he carried four.
Captain Of Detectives Carey sale
that every person that could be fount
in nearby house had been examined
that the premises next 1oor, PIP, We're
vacant. but that two painters were
there who were at work at o'clock
They sat on the stoop before they en-
tered they said. and saw nobody &C
in or out OF The house, nor heard any
Shot while they were there.
In regard to the house at 246, it Wa>
found 10 be occupied by Miss Anna
Fitzhugh, an opera singer, who is ou'
OF town.
Up to date, declared Mir. Swami. nc
new witnesses have been discovered
and everybody has been examined who
was about the house at the time o.
the murder They are now looking fol
the telephone girl who reported the
O'Clock call, Miss Anderson, of Mime
apoliS. the erstwnile woman in black,
and one or two men.
Asked if "Miss Wilson" was the pivo
o. the case. he said Seek no fur
rher her frailtes to disclose Mis-
Wilson might unconsciously have beer
the cause of the criminal act. but W,
do not know it,
Concerning further discussion of tn,
women of various stations in life. VIII
have been mentioned in connectio,
with the case as possibly having fur
nshed motives for the killing. he said
'im not willing to render more ms
elablc q wrctchcd lot of young women
who stopped to folly, and ! certainl,
will not drag their fralties out int,
the open. There is no legal cvidenc,
OF any OF them being connected will
the cr:mc.'
When he WAS told it mad Deen report