Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1920-07-14
more LOVE NOTES
|NELWE[L MYSTERY
Wife OF Soldier and Divorced
Wife of Chicago Business
Man Sought for Clues
CANCELLED CHECKS FOUND

specfd' Dispatch TO Evcniro Public Ledoer
New York. July 14.-Police and nr;
vate detectives working opart from the
district attorneys office were following
today two distinct lines of investipat tion
into the murder Of Joseph Bovine FL
well, from which it was hoped the solu-
tlon OF the mystery might be found.
Two men. one Of them said to be n
former soldier and the husband of a
young woman well known in society
mere and in the South, and the other
the divorced husband. now In business in
chicago, of woman who knew the slain
race horse owner intimately, are being
traced.
Love notes written by several men
to the wife of the former soldier, both
OF whom are said to be out of the juris =
diction of the police or district attorney
here, together with cancelled checks of
large payments made by Elwell to her,
were among the effects of the dead man
tS found by the police but kept secret by
These notes and checks with other
checks made out by Elwell to the former
wife OF the man in Chicago. the police
believe. are evidence that at least two
persons had q motive sufficient to make
the killing of Elwell appear to them
Justified and necessary to their peace
of mind.
Police Seeking Writers
While members of the district at.
torney's Office continued their daily
laconic statements of ignorance as tc
any new development in the case. the
police were busy in their efforts to fine
the men involved by the old checks ant
love letters found in the Elwell home at
244 West Seventieth street.
Although no vcrifcation could be OBJ.
tanned from police officials. it was com
mon knowledge among the police de.
tectives that one of their number ha,
gone to Chicago. to find the divorced
husband there. Further inquiries IL
connection with the two men whom tn,
police desire to question,are being mad,
in Europe, it is said.
Divorces Ex- Husband NASTY"
The divorce of Elwell's woman frien,
and her husband, according to the stor.
the police are checking up, came as
result of the discovery by the husban,
of the relations existing between hi
wife and Elwell! In reference to thi
the woman wrote to the gambler, warn
ing him that her husband knew of thei
affairs and lis very nasty"
He threatens to make trouble. Wha
shall we do?" the woman is alleged t
have asked in her letter.
As a result, it is said, Elwell aide
the woman in obtaining a divorce, late
making regular monthly payments +
her as an allowance. She, the stor
goes, was the most regular recipient o
money on Elwell's long love pension list
Whether the former husband was il
New York on the night of the shootin
has not been determined and was on
of the points that the detectives hope
to clear up today.
sThat a man attacked Elwell on tn
sidewalk in front of the New Amster
dam Theatre and later followed him t
his home in taxicab to obtain fror
him the compromising love- letters an
check stubs written to the first yOun
woman. is believed by many ofjthe de
tectives working on the case. The
were endeavoring to run down this angl
of the mystery today.