The Washington times., 1920-06-14
ElWELL GIVEN
|, DEATH THREAT
Police Seek Man Who Resented
Rebuke for Attentions to
''Whlst Kings" Wife, u
tc0atinusd from First ,PsssA

(continued from First ,Psxsl 81.
didu't like II. told him he was moth
ing but q low blsckguard.
he new into rage ana s.la ~
murder you for that think he
would. too. 80 am taking no
chances"
The father continued. ,,- a
u have given the authorities the
name OF this man. His encounter
with my son took place four or nve
years ago but my son evidently had
kept the blackjack. 4 -5,- 10
CEASED TO CAnnY wEAPVN.
Some time after this incident a.
Ridgewood I saw my son again. !
sskSd bip about the biaeksek, spd
he said he was not carrying IL any
more. He said, i don't think
would have. the nerve to try to carry
out his threat .rl#
.."At this time my son and bis wife
were practically separated. of
course my side OF that story ~ very
different from hers. MY son was
practically forced to leave her. Ny
boy, you know, was not her hrst
husband. do not know what the
ispe of the arst husband was. but
Mrs. Eiwell was divorced from him
before she met my son. He would
be forty-seven; she was bit younger.
THE man who threatened TO mur-
der my son is msrried and j believe
still lives In New York, Ny son
told me he objected very much 70 this
mans association with Mrs. Eiweii.
even though my son and Mrs Ei"eii
were not on good terms.
.'My son has been murdered as a
result OF a grudge.
'If the man who threatened him
fiye years ago did not kill him, ne
may have been killed by someone
with whom he quarreled recently. Ny
sons chauffeur. Rhodes, related an
incident yesterday that think highiy
significant.
:. QUARREL OVER HORSE.
"Rhodes and Mr.. Elweii were In
Louisville last month. Ny son re-
turned but two weeks ago. The chauf-
feur told me that Mr.. EIwell was
very anxious to purchase horse.
There was some hitch and some un-
plsasantness in the bargaining for
this horse. -.
.'Finally Bob got possession OF the
animal. After this he got very rest
less and a day or two later he said
TO Rhodes: We've got to get out
Kentucky
II believe these incidents are 5Q'
significant. Mark my words. r'y ssaH
was killed by a strong. ruthlosf flrsr
who knew his gun and who eara .
kill and accomplished his rOgpr.5
Assistant District Att u5v joyce
last night said:
I'm my opinion Ell I'll Was l,t.,d
because he invaded tle .t.nctt. of
some mans home" ..
Mr.. Joyce yestc-n4r syanrirsl two
omen friends 6; M r6r &. antsss
; de SzinawsES - of, ris's,n name
is said. we hmedFs rtcFag. and her
-lster. Mrs. = ar k3oily Ha-rdy.
was )" ~ Az " DIRK.
Detective sly ber picture was
"und IN hl|d'rs b. .e. Elwell land
rs - h"Ty phssN in the career Of
ne ems ~ able mani was an opera
q" ,F1e American Protective
sue Froth women said they had
rlu for some time.
"S}L o. dandy of the track and
y.ttz-C Arlton, wore a darkw brown
= and had several false teeth, 1t
- ls4rned yesterday. None Of his
lr'cn friends who dined or, motored
-. the tall, dark-eyed, well-set-up
smopolite knew Of these "hrst aids
o masculine beauty. .....
Forty or fifty wigs, all Of the same
by the detectives in the Seventieth
street house. Another discovery was
a handsome faro deal box presented
to Elwell years ago by Richard Can
held, a gambler. after the dead mans S
own heart.
In an independent investigation yes
terday, IL was learned from turl
friends that Elwell got back to New
York from Louisville on June /.
HAD TO SELL GOOD HORSE.
On June he visited the Belmont
Park track, and said in conversation
with William II. Pendleton, OF Cedar
hurst, and trainer:
81 had pretty tough luck on my
Southern trip. ! am going to get
rid of horse"
On June 4 he sold Pastoral Swain
one of his best animals, for $4,000,
and deposited $4,000 in the Columbia
Trust Company.
On June last (Thursday after
nopn) he spent the afternoon. at the
track with Pendleton and. repeating
that his Southern trip was not. a sue
cess, said: ~ am going to slow up.
Before he left the track at 5:15
o'clock Thursday afternoon, he sought
out his betting commissioner. An
drew Scheller. and told him to 20 TO
Saratoga and close a deal for bunga-
low Elwell intended to occupy this
summer '' b." .
This bears out the story Of young
woman who came to town on the day
Of the murder to arrange a meeting
with Elvell at Saratoga this summer,
ARRIVED HOME. w.
.Elwell arrived home from the race
track about $50 Thursday evening.
He changed to evening clothes. He
wore patent leather pumps and a
sailor straw hat. A milk-colored
ulster covered his evening dress.
He TAXED to the Ritz-Carlton, dined
Sire f. :.