Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1921-09-02
OFFICERS LEAVE, HERE
TO BRING DR.. w. A. HAD. Ely BACK

time in communicating with the po-
lice.
Coroner Whitfield of Richmond.
was called ana gave ii as his upin-
ION that the body had been in the
water about TWO months /, was
partially dccOmpoScd. its complete
dissolution in the opinion of the
coroner. having been prevented only
ny tue fact that il had been frozen
curing Il long period "f it's INNER
SION. He ordered the tudy removed
To Nelson's undertaking cstatl!sH-
nrn'' where il was cmhalm.d and
where 1t stu lies No inquest has
ever been held. hut II was stated
EAST night that one will doubtless he
CARED as soon as Mr.. SNdnor ana Mr
beverley return from the West If
the man they bring with them IS
found Ia bc Dr. iIadi.y.
Pointed Clearly to Murder.
Tn" body was clad in light even
ins dress. around which had h..,,
wrapped II raiucoat. which was one
"i the principal means OF identified
ton Around the waist of the body.
ma" cen tied picc" OF wire. and
'tcauS" IT had been broken at ON.
end the impression prevailed i'm of,
weighted with Il stone or soiurthinr
else before being committed Ia IN.
water. Coroner Withheld rcnori.d a,
the tim" that there was mo water i'm
III" lungs. indicating. he said. that
""hth was not du" 90 drowuinr hut
that murder had been committee.
II wars not until Jauuarv % lHl".
that the body was idcntincd as TINT
al Mrs. liadlcy. The corset which tn
Womdh wore was then Identified as
one h'l"n@lnS To tn. wife OF TIA" arm.
physician by Mrs. T.. q; Clarke. 2gg,
West Grac" street. at whose bnur,i-
InS-h"nS" pr. and Mrs iladlyy made
their home when he WIG stationed
at the army hospital Mrs. CLARKE.
noticing that the corset contained
several stitches, recalled that she
mad seen Mrs. Iiadlcy mcuding "a cor
SET in just 'smch manner some time
before her disappcarangr
Went Fer Automobile Ride.
IL was some two months or So.
those who lived at the CLARK. Aour.
said that Mrs. IIudl"y WAS last seen
awe ON the evening in question.
II WAS said at the time tn" body was
id"nt titled. Mrs. !ladl"y dressed hur-
'"hiE ON" evening. saying that SHE
was g"iuS for AN automobile rid.
according To III" evidence ad,!uccd i'm
1919. pr lIadlcy returned rn M.
Clarke home wiihuu; his wif, IN
,imnt" friends had taken his wifi. ON
q Northern tr!n. it was alleged. Had
ley lived ct the Charlie homo t";u
j" wlt discharged as an army sur.
E'"h "n December =. l9IS and for
- day or two afterwards when h. is
said t" hav" lnft III" city. lie hn.i
he"n stationed her" since July. 1918.
ana during that time Was connected
WIN ia" army h"spltui.
som" tim" after leaving Richmond
pr' liadlcy is said /" nav" written
local friends that his wifi, had died
Of influenza. 7" friends in tn. ci,,.
ne had told. tn" authorities SAY, in
accounting for her absence boCor. his
discharS" from the hospital. tina, She
had gone West to obtain n divorce
y nurse at the WcSthampton hoSpitul
with whom llndlcy is said To hny.
hrrn intimate. was brought into th,
casie at The time She Was uucstinu,I
ny the authorities shortly AFTER The
body "f Mrs. IIadIcy was idcnliG.l
nut II Is SAID that she had littlc AZ
tcuiN IN convincing them that sh,
W"s not III amy way coguizaut of
| nc cr'm". Letters which II.dl,v is
FA'" I" haN" written her are now in
possession "f county authorities
r""k Couple Near Hrid.r.
Nh"n the investigation of Mrs
i"'''N death was being confined 10
focal angles. commemorative Ann
n"y beverley had an Interview Win
a taNicah chauffeur. Eugene II. Fer
gusSon. l7l5 Grove Avenue. viii. -.
called that about The Tim, tn. m,r-
der is supposed 10 HAY, h,., .,