Evening star., 1921-05-22
.P0CKETB0OKF FOUND
ON PATH OF SLAYER
New Clues Lead Detectives
Further on Trail of Mrs.
Weber's Murderer.

| Discovery Of two sections of the
| rifled and torn. pocketbook of Mrs.
Margaret Elizabeth Weber. victim of
an unidentified slayer Thursday morn
| ing near White Station, a short dis
! tance from her h1:ne. in Columbia
Park. gave members of the investigat-
ing forces at woIk yesterday on the
| case additional information as to the
| course taken by the slayer in leaving
! the woods. The pieces of the pocket
book. one section missing. were found
! about 500 yards from the scene of
the crime by NJ. F. Casserly, one Of
the searching party.
, The torn pocketbook. with the
powder puff. railway ticket hearing
| h!oodstains. bits of paper and piece
or paper sack. all gathered within
fully examined by Detective Frederick
Sandberg, Identification and finger
print expert of the police department,
| yesterday afternoon. Numerous other
! DTS OF information obtained promise
70 go lar toward solving the mystery.
Doubts Jealousy Motive.
The evidence which showed the
| ington. Baltimore and Annapolis
! electric line suggested to Constable
Thomas H. Garrison and Detective
Joseph Dougherty. assisting in the
| investigation. that the slayer was
familiar with the region. Garrison
! together with other bits of evidence,
made him doubt that the crime was
; committed as result of jealousy by
a man who had been infatuated with
! the young lady before her marriage
Statements by persons who passed
! the place between and II o'clock
Thursday morning made it appear
| that the murder was committed aft
| er the latter hour. but the rigid con-
! dition Of the body. Constable Garri-
son stated. suggested the crime was
committed about o'clock. probably
station
! Saw AInn Enter Woods.
| Mrs. Agnes Queen. colored. residing
nearly one mile from the scene of
| the crime. told of having seen a man
| allght from the train that reached
| White station about 10 o'clock Thurs
day morning. She said he walked
| behind the car and crossed the
! tracks. going in the direction Of the
woods in which the body of Mrs.
i Weber was found. She was able to
/ clothing. but stated she was unable
| to tell his color because she did not
see his face.
| 1t was learned yesterday that at
least three persons heard a pistol
! shot Thursday morning. and agreed
, that it was about 9 o'clock when
| they heard the report.
! Washed Blood From Hands,
+ Trailing the slayer from the scene
/ of the crime. those working to solve
I the mystery were satisfied that he
stopped at small pond and washed
the blood from his hands. At a
point on the path through the woods.
not far from the pond, the slayer is
believed to have wiped red clay from
his shoes with a piece of newspaper.
Farther along the path he seems
to have examined the pocketbook.
dropping or discarding the powder
, puff. and later the handkerchi efs
Turning to the right at the first sug-
gestion of a path leading in the di-
rection of a house on the Sheriff
road. the SLAYER walked part way up
the hill before throwing away the
| two pieces of the pocketbook.
What became of the third piece is
problematical One suggestion was
that there may have been bloodstains
on it. suggesting to the slayer it
might be dangerous to discard be-
cause of possible fingerprints. and
another was that he rif1ed the pocket
hook as he went along and dropped
1t at point nearer the road