The New York herald., 1921-05-18
SHOT-SPLIT TONGUE
HIDES REID SECRET
He Is Unable to Talk of
Shooting in Home Of Mrs.
Hazel Warner.
OTHER GUESTS GONE
Police Get No Trace of Hos
tess or Members of Break
fast Party.
CCLLINS'S TRAIL SOUGHT
Jealousy by Him Believed Sole
Motive Behind Attack on
Salesman,
CCLLINS'S TRAIL SOUGHT

JcaH H. Reid, the travelling salesman
who was shot in the nome Of Mrs. Hazel
Davis Warner at 1892 University ave.
nue.. The Bronx. sunday morning, still
hcyers between life and death IN Ford
ham Hospital, unable to communicate
with detectives or representatives OF
District Attorney GleInon who have
been constantly at his bedside since
he was taken to the hospital in what
was deemed to be dying condition
hals ain hour after tho shooting.
One OF the five bullets pumped into
Reid as he lay ON the floor of Mrs.
Warmers bedroom by the man who
entered the house SO unceremoniously
thai morning, traversed and split
Reds tongue, it was learned yester-
day. From this or other injuries IN
f,ictea by the bullets which hit him
In the neck and forehead a paralysis
Of the motor nerves has developed, so
the man con move neither his arms
nor legs.
Reports he had written answers on a
pad 10 questions to the effect lie did not
know Don Collins or Arthur Tyler.
the cx-convict friend of Mrs. Warner,
70. whom the police have sent out a
general alarm on charge Of felonious
assault. were denounced by Assistant
District Attorney Oliver as baseless. Into
the same category fall reports he had
written on a pad that "if he got well he
would tell all, but if he didn't he would
die SILENT
Police and the District Attorney are
as far from solution Of the mystery
as they were Sunday afternoon. They
have only the statements of George
KRUGER. relative and houseman for Mrs
Warner. to go on. KRUGER is the only
person of the six who were in the house
at the time of the shooting available for
police interrogation. Mrs. Warner. her
friend and cousin Miss Wiley, Frank
r. Boylan, who was at breakfast with
Miss Wiley when the unexpected visitor
arrived and Tyler or Collins himself,
have succeeded in keeping out OF the
police net.
But Inspector John ID. Coughlin, COM
manding the detective division at Police
Headquarters, is confident they will not
all stay in obscurity long. Collins. he
Is convinced. has made a getaway for
the time being bur the other three
cannot, he believes. stay under cover
much more than another day or 80.
Then II is expected. the truth OF how
Reid came to be shot win be made
known.
II the story told By KRUGER. who Is an
uncle of Miss Wiley and so related to
Mrs. Warner is to be entirely believed,
there Is no other reason than shame or
dread OF publicity for the disappearance
of Boylan and the two women when
they fed In Boylan's roadster after he
and KRUGER had rushed Reid TO Ford
ham Hospital But there are several
points the police are inclined 10 ques-
tion in his story, basing their suspicious
largely on the fact lie says he had
locked himself IN his room when the
unexpected visitor who, he declares. was
Collins. appeared OH tho front porch
Collins, or Tyler. as Mrs. Warner
knen. him. did not pack gun" the
rclice think. He was too wel known
10 detectives and too frequently IN
trouble to risk arrest under the sullivan
law. Besides he is out on bail pending
appeal from his last serious conviction,
when he was sentenced in March, 1920.
to two years for grand larceny.
Jealousy Of Reid, who had shown a
passionate devotion to Mrs. Warner
since he first made her acquaintance a
motive For the crime. Any relations Mrs.
Warner end Tyler or Collins had In
connection with the mans known pro-
pensity for shaking down" rich men
under circumstances which would ini-
nose silence upon them had nothing TO
do with the shooting Of Reid. the police
arc convinced. and the stories Of a big
scandal" behind Tie crime. involving n
mysterious unknown" are denounced
by Inspector Coughlin as 'bosh.'
Mrs Crskow. mother OF Reid. and
proprietor of an extensive jobbing busi-
ness In women's wear. said yesterday
her son. who IS her only child. never had
spoken 10 her or any Of the people con-
cerned in the Warner house party,
Though On the most cordial relations
vith his mother ne has lived his own
life since she married again. while act
ing as . salesman for the firm.
Charles Leighton OF West Fifty
sixth street and Leila and Audrey Law
renee. living al tho same address. we're
questioned yesterday by District Attor-
ney Glennou. Leighton was examined
before tho Grand Jury and told some
things about Boylan. Collins and Mrs.
Warner which may help the police to
fird them, The women were told to con- e
back Thursday. They said they knew
nothing Of the circumstances Of the
ehootiux