Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1920-10-23

the sheriff was waiting. ready to bring
i the prisoner out to be photographed.
Lamont" objected strcnuously to
having his picture taken. lie refused
! to pose, and when he was snapped
! standing beside the sheriff, tried to
break away TO attack the photographer.
! Detective Dickcrson arrived at 10 40
o'clock and went Immediately to the
jail. He looked the prisoner over and
talked to him, and told him that he
could make his choice between coming
| to Philadelphia voluntarily or being
brought back by requisition. la
mont decided he would accompan,
Dickerson.
Reporters Follow Car
An automobile was obtained, and with
ano. automobile following bearing
newspaper reporters, the party was
ready to set out on the return trip at
IL 80 o'clock.
Mr.. Virgins. when asked today
whether he beieved the report that
Brines was under arrest said he had no
information and could not form an opin-
| ion. Mrs. Virgins, however. said she
thought the suspect might be Brines.
The only reason for this belief" she
said; is that there was no detective
J - VIC i'ASuts HUult lOudy nor at tnp
| Woman's Southern Homeopathic Hos
pital. where Mrs. Brines is undergoing
treatment. | observed this today when
l went TO Mrs. Brines' apartment for
some clothing for her, and took it to
the hospital. The police have been
watching both the house and the hos
pital.
Mrs. Virgins was seen as she left the
| hospital after visiting Mrs. Brines. Her
| limousine stood at the curb waiting for
| her. She was beautifully gowncd ana
| apparently at east although there were
circles under her eyes as though she
had been weeping.
No she answered q question,
Mrs. Brines has never mentioned her
sons name to me since the tragedy,
and. of course, / have not discussed il
or brought up the subject with her. /
| do not know II she has heard anything
from the hoy. / saw in today's news
papers that police think they have 10 :
Gated Will IN Maryland and l think
perhaps this is true.
Knows Little Of CAGE
Il know little about the case except
| what l have read in the papers. l
haven't seen Will for more than a year.
| l have seen his mother and have heard
of Will. i knew he was in the Uni
versity this year and that he sold maps
last summer. He did not have to do
that for his mother has an income and
was paying his expenses. He was a good
boy. | have never heard anything other
than that about him. 1t is hard to tell
what might have caused him to act as
he did. 1t remains to be proved whether
! he committed the murder. Perhaps he
was not himslf. There might have been
circumstances, but then, these are only
suppositions. The newspapers know
far more about the case than /"
Mr.. Virgins communicated with Mr..
Gray early today, and the lawyer i'm :
mcdiately got in touch with Major Sam
uel c. Wynne, head of the county de :
tectiyes' office. Mr.. Gray spent an
hour with Major Wynne at the latter S
Office.
Later Mr.. Virgins and Mr.. Gray
went to the Womens Southern Homeo :
pathic Hospital. which is at Broad and
Bainbridge streets, and had hall
hours conversation with Mrs. Brines
1t was after this talk, with the mother
of the missfnk Penn student that Mr.
Gray announced that Brines would be
surrendered IL the family could get in
touch with him.
Mo'her Is Better
Mrs. Brines is getting better" said
Mr.. Virgins. "Now that Mr.. Gray
has been retained as attorney in the
case, Mrs. Brines refers all questions
to him"
The body Of Drewes. his brain pene
trated by n pistol bullet, was found
propped against lamppost on Mascher
road, near City line. early Sunday
morning, several hours after he left his
home to meet Brines.
BrinCs' automobile was found aban
doned at Tulpehocken and Chew streets
Wednesday morning. The automobile
was marked by spots of blood, which
tho police say was Drewes'.
note written TO Drewes while he
was Mt Dartmouth, In which Brincs and
the purchase of an automobile were
mentioned, is the best clue the detcc-
person or persons in the murder car"
at the time Of the shooting.
Note Still Suppressed
| They refuse to make public the con :
tents Of the note. but are known TO be
searching for the writer. who they be =
lievc can give information of the where
nbouts of Brnes and who may have
been witness Of the murder.
The note was turned over to the 20
! lice along with Drewes' other personal
effects by Howard l.. Heath, his room
| mate at Dartmouth, who brought them
here.
Major Wynno. head Of the county
! detectives. and Belshaw. say they have
ample evidence to support their murder
charge against Brines.
What evidence they have in addition
! to the bloOdStained automobile, his at
. tcmpts to eradicate the stains and his
disappearance, they refuse to state.
Drewes "StoIe" Girl
Major Wynne said they had discov-
cred the motive Of the crime. He said
no women figured in the case. but
Drcwes had Stolen a girl from Brines
several months ago.
Although the detectives will not state
positively that they are working on the
theory that automobile thieves are in
roved ia the case, they did admit that
such might be the case.
Lieutenant Of Detectives LeStrange
head OF the squad in charge of tracing
stolen automobiles, made a close ex
animation of Brines' car and is work
, ing 10 liud out II the automobile was
! stolen.
Hrjrcs Ind the automobile but few
weeks. but already had achieved quite
I Il record n reckless driver.
Brincs is thought to have to'1 r ~,
IN the case TO his mother. who %,
fined in n downtown hospital with nery
GUS breakdown. the result, the detec
tiycs say, of worriment over the murder
sergeant OF marines was arrested