The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1921-01-06
Killeen Held By Jury
On Death Charge For
Road House Tragedy

unclaimed In an undertaking estab-
Iishment in Rockville, a coroner's jury
there today held Edward Vincent Kill
Ieen, brother in-law or John II. Cos
teIlo, chairman OF the District Ma
tional Democratic COMMITTEES, for her
death. lie was sent back to jail 10
wait action by the grand jury. which
will ask for indictment for murder In
the nrst degree.
No bail is possible, and unless
special session OF the grand jury re-
suits In advancement, he Will not be
tried until the March session OF the
circuit court. Until that time killeen,
Immaculate In dress. accustomed to
giving himself every luxury money
can buy, will be forced to occupy one
OF the dark, cold cells OF the Rock
vile jail.
COSTELLO ENGAGES COUNSEL.
Costello, and John +. Killeen, his
brother, have engaged Attorney John
A Garrett, one OF the most noted
criminal lawyers In Maryland,y to de-
fend the slayer.
Tke latter, apparently nifed with
r~norse, stiIi declares he was drunk
and doesn't TemenSer anything about
IL .exe~pt pwilisx his xus and shoot
Ing mt soaebody.'
All of the witnesses in the case eS-
cept two were held In $1,000 bond
each. Mrs. Ruth Ludwig. apartment
mate and chum OF the dead girl: Mrs.
| Evelyn j. LaRue, and Mrs. Teresa
| Chapman, who. accompanied kilieen
and Barnett william Tanner, hacker
friend OF the victim, were unable TO
furnish bond and were locked up, the
women crying bitterly.
SOLDIER IS RELEASED.
! Pvt. John Nicholas Lorimer. OF the
auartermaster corps, who accom-
panied Tanner and his party. was re-
leased on his own recognizance, and
Clyde l.. Amer, the chauffeur who
drove them was bonded by his en-
| ployer
The inquest lasted several hours,
/ States Attorney Dawson deciding to
show his whole hand at once and
putting on all his witnesses. These,
! in addition to those already men
toned, included w. Herman Kalam-
rath, proprietor OF the Cabin John
| Bridge hotel. where the tragedy oc-
! Cured, and two negro walters who
carried the body of Mrs. Harris up
stairs to a bedroom.
GUESTS DUMPED" BILLS.
!
dining room and who saw the entire
tragedy, fled Immediately thereafter,
and could not be located A touch of
mirth was injected into the hearing
when Kalemroth remarked sadly,
that his guests not only ran away.
but forgot to pay their bills before
they left"
DEATH ENDED 2-MINUTE ROW.
! According to all witnesses. the
quarrel leading up to the staying, and
the shooting itself, occupied less than
| two minutes.
| All efforts of the authorities to find
| relatives OF the dead woman, thus
| far. have failed. Mrs. Ludwig. her
, chum, gave the name. address. and
telephone number OF persons she de-
clared were the dead woman's par
! ent's-in-law, but the Rockville au-
thorjties. calling by phone. were told
this family had nothing to do with
| the case"
Efforts will be made to locate the
dead woman's husband. Charles O.
Harris. q consumptive employe OF the
| Geological Survey, who is somewhere
in California, seeking health.
| Mrs. Ludwig tried hard to get out
OF testIfyinE today. Pressed for q
reason, she finally admitted that she
was due in court in Warrington. rs
| n witness In q divorce SUIT, In which
she Inns been named as correspondent
HAD DEATH PREMONITION.
The pretty victim had a Fremont
ton of her end. For three days
before the party" which ended in
her being shot to death. she was
morose and nervous.
| Usually singing and laughing-she
had been so light hearted her hus-
band had called her by the pet name
of "Fluffie"-her changed mood
worried Ruth Ludwig. her chum and
room mate. She asked the reason.
81 don't know why" Mrs.\ Harris
told her. "but 1 have n feeling I'm
going to die. Lord knows I'm
healthy enough, too. Hut 1 have n
feeling TINT sOmething or somebody
Ii going to Kill nae"
Her chum ridiculed the idea, but
Mrs. Harris refused to be cheered.
The premonition became especially
strong early in the evening OF the
| night on which she actually was
killed. Tanner, a chauffeur friend,
had called up and arranged the party
for Mrs. Harris, Mrs. Ludwig, himself.
and Lorimer. the soldier. Before
starting, Mrs. Harris telephoned for
| BOBBY, who describes the dead
girl as his best pal" and who occu-
pied one OF the rooms in her apart
ment at 1926 Fifteenth street north
| west.
SEEMED TO HAVE BLUES.
"She seemed to have the blues
when l got there" he said. "She came
into my room. and told me she was
going on n party with Bull Tanner
and a friend of his from out of town.
81 told her she didn't seem very
| happy about 1t. She didn't say any
thing for a minute. Just stood and
looked at me. Then she took me by
| the shoulders, bent her head over
close, and looked right straight in
| my.eyes.
| "TBobbie,' she said. something or
ribIc II going to happen to me to-
| night. know IL. can feel IL.
don't believe I'll ever come back alive
| 81 told her II she felt that way
about II, she'd better not go. but she
| Just shook her head.
"I'm poing.' she snid, mo matter
| what knppens.'"
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