The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1921-01-16
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Staying
Two Under Surveillance at An
napoIis Following Killing on
Naval Reservation.
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case. IL was aupltteu, however, tHht
two men are being kept under sur
yeillance and their arrest Is likdly
TO occur at any moment IL was said
that one OF these men is a mess at
tendant who had been missing from
the reservation for several days.
Whether or not he was seen on FRI
day, when Miss Cavanaugh was at
tackled, Is not known. the authorities
claiming they have found no one who
has admitted seeing the negro.
Miss Cavanaugh was bound home
from a shopping expedition in An
napolis when she was attacked. She
crossed the bridge that spans College
creek, the stream which separates tho
Naval Academy grounds. and started up
the winding cement pathway leading to
the hospital.
Her route was the main path by
which people travel to and from the
Naval Academy grounds. and at the
hour OF the night at which Miss
Cavanaugh was attacked, IL is trav-
eled usually by steady stream Of
pedestrians. Just below the spot
where the attack was made In the
home Of an overseer, James Casey. and
any scream or noisy struggle should
easily have been heard by people In
the house.
HEARD NO OUTCRIEs.
Yet Casey. who claims to have been
at a window a good part OF the even
ing and at the time Of the assault.
heard no unusual sound. He says that
IL he had heard an outcry he might
have thought nothing Of 1t, because
noises are not uncommon on that
roadway. with the academy students
passing to and fro.
Just before she crossed the College
creek bridge, on her way hOma. Miss
Cavanaugh met one Of her fellow
nurses and stopped for word OF
greeting. This was approximately at
s:15 o'clock Friday night. A half
hour later Kenneth w. Riley. pharma-
cist's mate, u. S, N, heard groans in
the gully beside the path as he was
pa ssing by and went down the incline
pathway to the bottom of the gully is
about twenty feet and the declivity
Is steep.
FINDS NURSE UNCONSCIOUS.
Riley found Miss Cavanaugh uncon-
scious and tried to carry her up to
the hillock and to the hospital. He
couldn't manage 1t and summoned
help. A stretcher was brought and
the woman was picked up and carried
there.
Superintendent Scales was notified
and appointed a board Of investiga-
ton end board Of inquest. The
board of investigation is composed Of
Edward d. washburn. Comdr. Rand
all Jacobs. and Lieut.. Comdr. Henry
]. Shields. of che Medical Corps.
Members named for the board of in
quest are Comdr. Harold w. Smith.
Lieut. Comdr. Donald T. Hunter. and
Lieut.. Comdr. James Houghton.
L. s. AGENTS TO AID BOARD.
While these boards were getting
down to work, the chief of police at
Annapolis. was notified and he sent
word to District Attorney 'Carman at
Baltimore. Howard Boteler and Jo-
seph b. Sainbury, two agents of the
Department of Justice, were then
sent to assist the naval board in the
investigation.
The motive for the murder, taken
in conjunction with the lack OF in
formation about the girl herself.
shrouds the affair with deep mystery.
Miss Cayanaugh's only known relative
IL f. r. Dooley, OF Buffalo. N. Y, a
| cousin, who is said to be a physician.
Dooley was named by Miss Cavanaugh
as the person 10 De nOtlneu III case
| of accident ~ injury to herself.
He was notified of the tragedy. The
naval authorities have no informa-
ton regarding Miss Cavanaugh's par
| ents or any other relatives nearer than
| this cousin.
SLAYER TOOK BIG CHANCE.
If the motive for the murder was
robbery, which is doubtful, the muir
derer took a big chance for sake Of a
| possible small sum OF money,
| If the motive was criminal assault
which the authorities believe to be the
| fact, and which is credited despite the
fact that no evidences of such attack
was found on the body, the miscrean'
acted queerly in beating his victim
into insensibility with the lead pipe.
The theory is that Miss Cavanaugh's
assailant struck her down after hi
failed to accomplish his purpose an
for fear that she had identified him
II is said there were found no ev.'
dence of preliminary struggle a
the scene where Miss Cavanaugh was
found.
Miss Cavanaugh came to the Nava
Academy Hospital a year ago last
July. She had been nurse NOR
than six years She began her
nursing career at the Naval Hospita
in 1915, but remained only thre.
months, leaving the institution only
to return July year ago.