Evening journal., 1921-05-07
TO CONTINUE
GARRETT PROBE
Jury Unable to Determine
Whether Woman Was
Suicide or Slain
FOUL PLAY
NOW HINTED

Evidence Of such a nature was
presented at the inquest into the
death OF Miss Anna M. Garrett. OF
swarthmore. yesterday at West Ches-
ter, that the Coroner's jury refused
to render a verdict Of suicide and
will continue the investigation.
w. II. Thompson. foreman OF the
grand jury announced at the end Of
the two-aad-a-half-hour session that
additional witnesses will be called
and some OF those who have already
been heard will be recalled. Among
the latter will be Mrs. Mary b. Du
Bois, OF Swarthmore. chief beneh-
ciary under Miss CARROTS will.
Some Of the disturbing elements
which have entered into the case TO
create opinion that the woman may
not have been a suicide are: Testi-
mony by DR.. Joseph Scattergood, OF
West Chester. that suffocation was
the cause of death. Testimony that
when the body was found a muffler
was wound tightly about the wom-
ans throat. And finally the entry
into the case Of a mysterious woman,
wearing a blue sailor hat, who was
mentioned as the last person TO have
been seen with Miss Garrett.
w Butler Wendell, District At
torney OF Chester county, was in at
tendance TO aid the Coroner.
Mrs Mary b. Dubois, a lifelong
friend OF Miss CARROTS and the
principal beneficiary under Miss
CARROTS will. was the first witness.
She testified that Miss Garrett left
her home on April / at $50 a. m,
70 go TO Media. She seemed well
and had said nothing Of any unfor-
tunate investment.
It was apparent at that stage OF
the proceedings that the district at
torney was seeking a motive for
suicide.
Mss Mary Dubois and Mrs Eliza
beth Dubois Dillon. daughters OF the
first witness. corroborated their
mother. Each seemed surprised by
tho apparently irrelevant question,
did you ever wear a sailor hat?'
Miss Dubois replied in the mega
tive and Mrs. Dillon in the affirnR-
tive Mrs. Dillon was wearing a
trimmed sailor hat at that momen..
Also she had glasses on.
with the calling OF Mrs. II. 3.
Engle. who has a candy store and
bakery at Media the purpose OF the
/ prosecutor in inquiring about the
sailor hat was disclosed.
Mrs. Engle told how Miss Garrett
] Ia - AaNA~n
5 o'clock on the day she disappeared,
made some purchases and ate ice
cream while waiting.
Before long Miss Garrett left with
out her parcels Then, the witness
said. a woman wearing a sailor hat
entered and asked for Miss Garrett.
packages.
Mrs. Engle asked the woman e
describe the parcels. received a sat
isfactory reply, and turned then
, over TO the stranger. Mrs. Engl'
said the woman was about FIVE fee
six inches tall, between twenty-five
and thirty years old and weighed
about 115 pounds. A fawn coloret
scarf that she wore impressed itsel'
on the mind OF the witness.
II can see her standing there be
! fore me- said Mrs. Engle. but
cannot recollect the face distinctly
i cannot seem TO recollect what tha
was like. don't know whether
would know her face again. but
feel certain that / would know her q
she wore that scarf again"
Did. she wear glasses?"
II can't remember"
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roborated her mothers testimony.
George Eckert. OF Reading. a FISH
erman. told OF finding the body.
Charles Mccormick told of seeini
] a briise on the dead woman's face
He said the mark looked as thougl
q I. might have been made with
( sharp instrument.
r. At that the District Attorney re
( called Eckert and asked whether n
had noticed the mark. That ques
= ton brought out one of the most i'm
T. portant pieces OF testimony of tn
r, day. Eckert replied that he believe
i tile bruise had been caused by
l. piece of tin, and then he told abou
j. the scarf wound about the woman
face. He said he had found din
Guilty In removing Il.
1T was wound tightly around he
neck" he said. then curled owe
I her face and nose, being brougf
1 down 10 her shoulder and wrappe
tightly under the arm. II was yer
tirht. especially over the face, an
10 I had to pull il down to get a vie
j. OF the face because 1 couldn't get
It of altogether"
=.
D call nothing about the scarf, a
r though he had removed It from n
IN body.
le DR.. John Scattergood, OF We
J. Chester. then testified that Miss Ga.
rett had been suffocated.
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