New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1921-04-07
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broadway. We met her the next night
as arranged and she laid the plans for
the murder This was on the night
of June TO-
'Shc gave Dunkiu and myself $50
apiece after we had promised to meet
her on the following night. We met
her the following night as arranged,
June II, 1920. This time it was in
front of the Marie Antoinettc Hotel
She told US that Ewcll would attend
had some one traiin~ him to see if
he went anywhere clsa after TIKI the
alter. We were to meet her again at
tn same place at 80 p. m. w met
her ms agroedA We then had little
lunch. She then took Dunkin and nv
self to Elwell's house at about l2:45
on the morning cf June IL, 1920.
'He Went Upstairs
"Elwell did not show up until be-
tween and A. M He went upstairs
md later returned downstairs again
and sat in an arm chair in the parlor.
He proceeded to read his mail. He
then went to sleep in the chair.
"Dunkin pulled out revolver from
his pocket and fired one shot. had a
Colt thirty-two caliber pistol in nv
possession, but | did not do any shoot
ing. The one shot fired by Dunkin
killed Mr.. Elwell."
Inspector John D. Coughlin was in
formed of Harris's arrest by the Chief
Of Police of Buffalo. who told him that
Dunkin had received key to tho
Eiwell house from "Mrs. Fairchild'
and they had gone in and waited until
the bridge expert returned.
harrls, according to the Buffalo
chief Of police, used to live at 1870
West Fifty,seventh Street, in this
city, and had been employed as an ele-
vator operator ut 366 Fifth Avenue.
His brothcr-inlaw, he told the Buffalo
police, was a broker in New York.
Inspector Coughlin's only comment
on the story was: at looks fshy."
Every element of the classic detec-
tive tale has appeared in its most
dramatic setting in the Elwell case,
solution by the foremost slcuths of
this city. Wealth, divorce, the glitter
of Broadway night life, beautiful
women, gowned and jewelcd for the
ball. the racetrack, the gaming table
and, far removed from the frenzied
whirl of the bright lights" the doting
parents in their vine shaded home in
the country--all these are woven and
interviewer into what has been pro-
nounced by detectives the deepest mys-
terry of years.
Found With Bullet in Brain
In its most sinister guise, murder at
the. hands of an unidentified and un-
suspected assassin, death came to Jo-
| seph BOVINE Elwell in middle age, when
his most engrQssing cares amounted to
nNxlotV a f0COrito
intricacy of his ruling passion, bridge
whist, or an after-theater engagement
with "the woman in black" or "the
lady in gray
Still breathing, though large caliber
bullet had plowed through his brain.
Elwell was discovered at $3.50 in the
morning of June II clad in his pajamas
and slumped down in 3 chair against
the wall of the reception room on the
first floor of his three story house in
West Seventeen Street. He died sew
eral hours later without speaking a
word which might betray the identity
Of his slayers.
He was found b. Mrs Marie Larsen.
Elwell's hOusekeeper, arriving for her
daily work of tdying up the house. On
a table at his side were several letters.
one Of which, from racing associate.
had been removed from the envelope.
1 ne lcttcTS n0O DGen OeIiNGrp0 HV the
poStman at 1885.
There was no weapon, no FOOTPRINT.
no evidence Of a struggle; no possible
clew except 45-caliber shell, such as
IS eJected from an automatic pistol of
the army type and the stub of a cigar
cite different from those Elwell habit
ually smoked. Doors and windows we're
securely locked.
The known facts of how Elwell spent
the night before his death are few
During the early evening he was one of
dinner party at large hotel Other
guests we're Mr.. and Mrs. Lewisohn.
can journalist who met Elwell for the
first time that evening. At nearby
table sat Victor Won Schlegel, the d.
vorced husband of Miss Kraus. and
Miss ELY Hope Anderson, singer
whose home is in Minneapolis
All who were present agreed after
ward that there was no show Of i'll
feeling between Elwell and Won Schle-
gel, though they brushed shoulders on
the dance floor several times, with Won
Schlegel's former wife dancing with
the sportsman.
Went to Roof Garden
After leaving the hotel the Lewisohn
party, including Elwcll, went to a roof
garden theater, where they remained
until 1870. when all left, and Elwell
was seen to start on foot toward his
home. Here ends all unassaIable eei-
dence of the murder victims move
ments. A man told investigators he
had seen Elwell and woman in an
upper Broadway dance hall at much
later hour. A ncighbor claimed to have
seen Elwell driven home by a man in
racing car at $50. A taxicab driver
asserted he had driven the sportsman
home directly after he left the Lew
isohn party.
More important evidence seemed to
lie IN the statements Of Margaret Emf
Ter, telephone operator, who declares
she tried to put through two telephone
calls from Elwell's home between 2 and
2:3O o'clock on the morning of the
tragedy. The number cals}d in each
case was that of William II. PendIeton,
a former racing partner of Elwell's. !
When lnterrogated he said he could not
imagine why Elwell should have been