Atlanta tri-weekly journal. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1920-19??, 1921-03-29
WOMAN IS SAID To
HAVE CLEARED Up
DEATH Of DORSEY
Ralph Gwinn Held for SIay-
ing of Taxi Driver on
Story Told Police by His
Wife

voice broken with sobs, Mrs. Ralph
Gwinn, of As Carnegie way, denied
Saturday night that she had ever
told county officers that her hus-
band, a truck-driver for the David
T. Bussey Automobile company.
either killed Charles Dorsey the
night of February % on South
Boulevard or that he knew who
killed Dorsey.
According to the police, Mrs.
Gwinn said that her husband came
home that night about 10 o'clock and
the next morning looked feverishly
through the morning paper; that he
then told her he had had a run
in" with taxi-driver the night be-
fore and that the driver had been
killed; but that, if she ever breathed
a word about it, he would Elk her."
Mrs. Gwinn was found Saturday
night at the home of her sister,
Mrs. Wilson, % Garnett street.
| Il love Ralph better than any,
thing in the world" she declared,
tears streaming down her cheeks
Il love him even if he did treat
me bad. 1 always hoped he would
| stop going with other women and
come back to me. He has been out
nearly every highland me with an
eight-month-old baby!-but 1 remem-
Der he came home about $50 the
night this man was killed. He didn't
say anything then or the next morn
ing or any other time about any
taXi-driver being killed"
| Gwinn Under Arrest.
GWinn is under arrest at police
station. Roy Clark, of 81 Trinity
avenue, his intimate friend, is also
under arrest. Mrs. Catherine Rowe,
of Sc Garrett street, is held, too. All
three of them are said to have main
tanned an establishment for some
weeks at "a Trinity avenue and to
have been together on the night of
the Dorsey murder.
Gwinn. Clark and Mrs. Rowe deny
any knowledge of the affair and
claim they can prove convincing ali
bis. Gwinn says he and Clark shot
pool together that night at a certain
pool room, and that he can prove
| 1T. He further declares that the
charges attributed to his wife were
| inspired by jealousy and revenge on
her part. He is said to admit he
had been going with Mrs. Rowe.
The arrest Of GWinn, Clark and
Mrs. Rowe, followed by the revela-
ton of what Mrs. Gwinn is said to
| have confessed, came Saturday as
the biggest sensation yet recorded
since Dorsey's murder.
Clues Futile
Hitherto all clues to the Dorsey
murder have been groundless, and
| several suspects who were arrested
were freed for lack of evidence, the
mystery of his Staying battling all
efforts of the police.
Dorsey was a driver for the Bryant
Taxicab company. About 1880 o'clock
the night of February 20, Mr. Bryant
received telephone call at the stand
at the Ansley hotel, asking that
| touring car be sent to 159 Cherokee
avenue, the corner or Glenwood and
Cherokee" Dorsey was sent in an
sWer to the call in a big, brown
! Packard. The next morning his body
was found, with two bullet holes
through the head. in the front seat
of the automobile at lonely spot
on South Boulevard between Grant
park and the federal prison. No
| clues could be found except a heel
| print on the front seat and an empty
pistol shell on the floor of the auto
| mobile. "159 Cherokee" turned out to
Investigator Is Told
The arrest of Gwinn came about,
| it is said, when his wife and sister
| voluntarily gave the information Fri
| day night to Plennie Miner, investi
gator for Solicitor Boykin. Gwinn
was arrested Saturday morning, along
with Clark and Mrs. Rowe. They
were grilled for hours Saturday at
! the courthouse, and sent to the po-
| cta 10Th 11Tho
| they were ordered confined in sep
| arate cells.
Gwinn is said to be an ex-serv-
ice man taking vocational training
in Atlanta with the Bussey company,
where he is learning the automobile
trade. He has worked there seven
months. drawing $14O a month from
the government in addition to his
salary. Officials said he was a
good workman and faithful en-
At 84 Trinity avenue, the home of
Roy Clark, is house devoted in part
to a small store and in part to
rooms. A woman named Mrs. Lanier,
who refused to give her full name,
runs the store. She said the prop
erty was owned by e. E. Beusse,
paperhanger living in Hammond
Park, near Hapeville, and that he
leased the place to Clark and Clark
She said that Clark had been liv-
ing in a room in the back of the
house and that Mrs. Rowe, up until
short time ago, had been occupy
ing a room in the front of the house.
Visits to Mrs. Rowe
She said that Gwinn used to visit
Mrs. Rowe frequently under the
name of Mr.. Rowe and that she
thought they were husband and
wife until about a week ago, Mrs.
Gwinn came to her and asked her if
her husband hadn't been visiting
Mrs. Rowe there.
Mrs. Lanier said that Mrs. Gwinn
cried about her husbands alleged
infidelity and that she herself was
so affected that she had Mr. Beusse
make Mrs. Rowe leave the place,
Mrs. Rowe going to her present ad-
dress at Sc Garrett street.
Mrs. Lanier said that Gwinn used
to take Clark and Mrs. Rowe riding
frequently in car belonging tC his
employer and that she thinks-al- !
though she is not that they
all went out to ride on the night |
Dorsey was killed.