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tends to eliminate the possibility of
suicide in either case. In explain
ing the nearness of the hatehst to
koukos' body. it is suggested Kou-
kos may haze picked 1t up in his
daze. Premeditatedness is indicated
by the newness of the hatchet, evil
IDENTIFY a recent purchase.
signs of Fierce. Struggle.
When fouHe, Koukos was dressed
only in his underclothes, shirt, col
lar and socks. His clothing showed
signs of a terrific night, the buttons
OF his shirt having been torn loose
but still caught in the buttonholes.
Odiscos was fully dressed. while the
girl, who was strikingly beautiful,
with clear regular features and
large, brown eyes, was smartly at
tired In an almost new black silk
rrock and wore dainty black satin
slippers. She was about five feet six
inches in height and weighed in the
neighborhood of 12O pounds.
When the trio arrived Saturday
night, they rented two rooms,
small hall room and the front room
adjoining ii, from Fletcher Nance,
colored, who is employed by Mrs.
King as janitor. They stated that
they were brothers and sister and
Mrs King understood that the girl
was to occupy the single bed in the
ballroom while the two men took
the larger room.
Had Been There Before.
According to Mrs. King. the
younger of the men had rented a
room from her several months ago
and stayed for a short time. during
which he conducted himself quiet
ly. She did not know his occupa-
tton or anything OF his personal af-
fairs.
Il did not see any of the people
except the young man who had
been in the house before" said Mrs.
King. He came down in the even
ing after I had returned from my
work in the Patent ONCE and paid
me 50 for the three beds. He told
me that the woman was his sister
and that she looked very much like
him. 1 did not take any of their
names. I was sitting here reading
the Sunday paper when I. heard
the girl scream and then the four
pistol shots. I didn't dare go up
stairs and 1 ran across the street
and had the man at the corner gro
cery telephone for the police. L.
A Sinister. one of my roomers. also
telephoned for the police"
Policemen r. Is. Page. R. J. Cox
and l. c. Davis were the first to
enter the house.
Makes Grewsome Find.
We could hear grOans coming
from upstairs" said Policeman
Page. whose uniform was heavily
spotted wiCh blood from helping
carry the bodies downstairs, 80 up
we went, and found the three OF
them. 1t was mighty grewsOme in
the dark hall Fhe woman was
alive when we picked her up. but
died as we started to carry her
downstairs.
She was a pretty woman and the
older man was good-looking- Both
men were of medium size and well
built.
Despite the large amount OF
money they carried. the only bag
page of the trio were four suit
cases of rather inferior quality, The
girls hat. which bore a Norfolk la
bel. leads TO the supposition that
they had just sold out a business in
Norfolk The hat itself is a pretty
black. transparent AFFAIR decorated
with a huge rose of deep pink velvet
Had Train Receipts.
Further color is given to the be-
lief that they had just returned from
Norfolk by two railroad train cash
receipts for $40 each being found
in one Of the suitcases. This amount
is the fare from Norfolk to Wash
ingtou. All of the suitcases bore
new chalk marks, indicating a recent
trip.
Koukos had in his possession a
number Of salary receipts from the
Norfolk Naval Y. NJ. \. and his
name was in suit of clothes
made by the Fashion Shop. 12i
Church street, Norfolk. Va. In hi:
effects were also found a number OF
cards bearing the name of John NJ
Karas, steward at the Norfolk Nava
Y.M. c. A. who is believed to have
been his employer.
Numbers of picture post cards
some bearing scenes and others q
bathing girls. were found in Odiscos
suitcase which also contained a mum
ber of shirts bought on the Atlanti,
City boardwalk.
Find Post Card on Bureau.
y post CdEu duui esSeu Lear MI
lip" and signed by the girl. stating
that she was leaving for Whining
ton. n. c.. was on the bureau. 4
razor which had just been used wal
found on the dressing cable.
Fletcher Nance, janitor of tn
rOoming house, who rented tn
rooms to the trio. said the two mel
came to the house about o'clocl
saturday afternoon. He showed tn
third floor rooms to the young man
who had roomed at the house abou
two months before.
Nance says:
The young fellow left here abou
two months ago, saying he was go
ing to South Carolina, where h
could get more money.
Saturday he returned in compan,