Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1921-05-13
NEW EVIDENCE IN
GARRETT MYSTERY
,.sd Woman's Relative Tried
- influence His Testimony
Says Conductor
TAYLOR PLEDGES SOLUTION

,...;o, Attorney Taylor. OF l,c'n
,Ta,rty with County Detectives
yare J., ond kelly, went 10 West CE''-
O1Hn.r n,orning TO begin his inreStign
ter 'nlS ,hr murder Of Miss Anna NJ.
non t u n Swarthmorc. whose DodN
Garr''tf 'tf,,rd in IIrandywinc Creek
AGrllt ~" setting out from hi' Office IN
ml" ,bc District Attorney rlcdgpIl
Mcd'ai, ~ solyc rho murder mystery ana
hilnsSg Sawn and punish the murderer,
run dGM dGal"mmrnt of the day which lS
a ,.,oet is n statement by John
oi In,'thockcr. conductor on the Media
straw inc trolley on which Miss Gar
Sno't Jo tho last afternoon she was
rett .IIm .I;ro TINT relative of the dca
seen a'' Lod tried to make him say that
,'n" wGIn"t Garrett was mOroSc and nervous
M'S ,bc occasion he saw her. -. :,
on Wv soiJ Not on your life. TO this
S,rawhcckcr. Miss Garrett was
sa,d orosc 80" or nervous. In fact, she
ra",roJ no, "tT' 70 he very happy and cheerful
chatting with me-
logs Woman's Memory
-, understand the statement has bccn
hot n woman who was standing
maui .So m"irt whprc Miss Garrett got oil
" ~, u" cor has denied having seen her;
ur, ,I stotomCnt is not the truth.
,od iud nm the woman myself, and Whel
nccarIcd thc circumstance that ! hau
.,LoJ her 10 stand aside so ] couM hcll
Nh, Garrett get of the car. she SAID
w.. M,', ,romombcrcd the incident perfectly.
'"S "Ss,rowhecker said he had thought oi
.;rinr his information to. the Coro =
go 1ury at the inquest, but had re-
sr,;nod ''for fear they would jump on
nis,rict Attorney Taylor, at first in
o,nsd toward the suicide theory tc
oncomrt for Miss CARROTS death, Is
NOW convinced that there are circum
stances which warrant searching in
restieation. and has begun probe
wb;c6 hc says he will continue unit
the mystery is solved.
"Ths is most mystifying atalr
one demanding my immediate arc SOLE
attcption," said the District Attorney
~ intend 10 devote the next few days
10 Investigation. and nt the end of thai
time hone TO have statement.
Here is woman. never known tc
bs norosr or low in spirits, who diaap
nears as completely ms though the cartl
had opcned and swallowed her. Fiftcer
DAYS later her body. violently dead, was
found in stream fifteen miles from
where she was last seen alive. Mis-
Garrett was not only well but also prom
inentIy known to the residents of botl
Delaware and Chester Counties.
Mystery n Long Trip
uIt Is intensely myStifying how
woman So we'll known could have go
to where her body was found # Sh,
went there alive. 1t is the intention
Of this Office to thoroughly investigate
the case. We will take it up from
the day she disappeared and intcrro
gate every person who is known I'm III,
case. intend to have further talk
with Albert y. Garrett. also the ID
Voys. as well as the farmers and ether
who testified at the Coroncr'S inquest
"Surcly the authorities Of ChcStc
County. who. after due dclbcration
found that Miss Garrett met her dealt
az result Of foul play. had som
ground for rendering such vCrdic;
They believe that the crime was com
mitted within our county. IF il wa
] am going To use every effort poSSib
TO solve il.
1T is an unfortunate affair. bcCauS
murder. as n rule. always leaves som
kind Of an carmark. In this case "
hope TO find one. IT we do we Shr
get the guilty party. At present
cannot say that the finger Of suspicion
points at any one. We contemplate n
arrests now.