Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1921-05-17
INQUIRY
! POINTS TO SUICIDE
r,vIor. However, Withholds o.
soiaI Statement, Until Skull
Examination Today
M EVIDENCE OF MURDER

n,,,r;ct Attorney William Taylor. of
,,.,.,r.re County. is awaiting the out
p. :, the examination of the skull
Cv w,,. Anna VI. Garrett before issuing
Il Il, statement as to whether. IN ms
Inna;,;on. ~; the Swarthmore woman wnose
Vp vpSs was found in Brandywihe creek
". Wv murdered or was q sulclue;
"'Eyery clue that County Detecuye
o.Toole and the. others working on tnis
30 have gotten have been run OUT anu
case nJ 70 them. he says, reveals anything
ncne oo,hstontiates the finding of the
tnat.or's tnat su hry in West Chester that
,gion1G; ,,0D Garrett was the victim of foul
play. ,,u tba+ bos come TO the at
L s, NJ Mr.. Taylor has been care
tpn.Vh mu Vahecked. according to that official,
lulY ,vsry person who has been brought
snu ,he case has been interviewed per-
NV ln.,,iv nv him and none Of them had
son"o, oy,dence that would lead to belief
H. woman was murdered.
lne nv m' renort that Miss Garrett had been
nv Samuel Lockwood in Coates
sssa ,,a on or about April . was consid-
I .."J vitol BY the District Attorney, who
eieut t there last night and had talk
si,h Lakewood. He is convinced that 1t
,."iIv vii was Miss Garrett. Following up
M. cine the trolley crews of the line
.Ih;oh .h; runs from Coatesville to West
Cbsster touching at I,enape. which is
.,.ctlv one mile from where the body
.as found. were seen, but none of the
.rews could recall having seen woman
srswering Miss CARROTS description on
their cars.
/. C. Baker, station agent at Pocop-
,on who tells Of seeing a strange woman
@ there around April 2, who wore n
White shirtwaist and dark coat. ad-
r,its that the woman Tailed somewhat
With I the description of Miss Garrett as
M height, age and general appearance,
,,eepting that Miss Garrett was not
gearing a white shirtwaist at the time
she disappeared.
District Attorney Taylor has also
learned that it had been the practice
n fishermen to drive their cars into the
meadow where the auto tracks were seen
by Farmer John Tanguey.
The letter which stated that Miss
Garrett had been murdered in her own
home has proven to be hoax. The
writer of this letter declared that when
Miss Garrett left Media she was trailcd
in motorcar by a man and woman.
This would not be possible. rs there is
no road running parallel with the troll
lev from Media to Chester Stop, where
Nj. Garrett is supposed to have
alighted.
The mystery surrounding the woman
who called at Engle's bakery in Media
for the cakes ordered by Miss Garrett
may be cleared up by the appeal of Dis
trict Attorney Taylor that this woman
come forth and tell her story under
the promise of secrecy. Mr.. Taylor be-
lieves that this woman was asked by
Miss Garrett to call for the cakes. He
attaches considerable significance to the
statement Of J. G. Strawhecker, the
Media Short Line conductor, who says
Miss Garrett was passenger on his
car the day she disappeared. Straw
hecker declares the woman who left his
car at Chester Stop had q package SINH
lar to the one wrapped at Engle's
bakery.
However, District Attorney Taylor.
although satisfied in his own mind that
Miss Garrett was a suicide, hesitates
to say so until every possible clue and
theory has been run out.