The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1921-01-16
SLEUTHS TRAIL
.TWOSUSPECTS
Predict Arrests Soon Following
Tragedy at Naval Academy.
Justice Dept. in Charge.
MOTIVE BATTLES PR0BERS
Inquiry Under Way at Annapolis.
No Evidence of Criminal
Assault.

ANNAPOLIS. Nd, Jan. ia sill
ver-covered lead pencil, taken from
the pocketbook of Miss Harriet M.
Cavanaugh, nurse in the Naval Acad-
emy Hospital here, who was fatally
assaulted by an unknown person
Friday night, is expected by detec-
the apprehension of the assailant.
The pencil and a number of bills
Of unknown denomination were
missing when Miss Cavanaugh was
found lying at the foot of a steep
embankment, on the Naval Academy
grounds, suffering from three crush
ing blows on the head. A piece of
bloOd-stained gas pipe about two
feet long was found nearby.
NO CRIMINAL ASSAULT.
DR.. T. w. Richards, superintendent
Of the Naval Hospital. who attended
Miss Cavanaugh, declared today he
found no evidence that she had been
criminally assaulted. Although Miss
died, her only words were:
"Oh. Lord, help me-"
Admiral A. II. Scales, superintend-
ent Of the Naval Academy, who called
a special board of inquiry to probe
the murder OF Miss CavEnaughs ad-
mftfe6 today that the authorities
were baffled as to the identity aAd
motive of the assailant of the nurse.
who was thirty-nve years old.
So far as is known, there were no
witnesses to the crime. and while sew
eral employees, including q negro mess
hand, have been questioned At -
whatever knowledge they might have
of the identity of Miss Cavanaugh's
slayer. 1t was said this morning that
the authorities have no one under
arrest in connection with the staying.
JUSTICE DEPT. ON CASE.
United States District Attorney
Robert Carman, of Baltimore, this
morning dispatched two agents OF the
Department OF Justice to assist the
naval authorities in unraveling tie
murder mystery.
Not since the tragic death sf Mrs..
Lottie May Brandon, several years
ago, has Annapolis been stirred rs il
is today over the brutal killing of
Miss Cavanaugh. Mrs Brandon, who
was attacked by a negro In her hone.
was criminalfy assaulted. John
johnson, an Annapolis negro, waa AZ
rested for the crime and paid the
death penalty on tho gallows follow
ing his conviction.
The present investigation n en6-e-
ly in the hands of the Governmcnt-
the crime having been committed on
the Naval Academy reservation.
States Attorney James M. Monroe cf
Annapolis. this morning declared that
the Maryland authorities were nSS
probing the murder mystery, other
than to be on the lookout for any
tangible information that may come
to them outside of the Naval Acad-
emy reservation
who killed brown-eyed. swcek
tempered Harriet CavanaughT ~
the question which is agitating staid
old Annapolis today.
kEPT UNDER SURVEILLANCE.
One of the strangest features Of the
murder Is that it occurred along
pathway where strings of lights IL
Illuminate that section of the Naval
Academy reservation Directly op-
posite where Miss Cavanaugh was
found was a large bulb that shed its
radiance across the pathway.
Despite reports yesterday that three
negroes had been held by the naval
board OF inquiry in connection with
Miss Cavanaugh's death. the authori-,
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