Evening star., 1922-02-10
ZONES MYSTERY
STILL UNS0[VET
Police Establish, HoWeve-
Drowned Woman Came
to D. C..

Washington and Alexandria pole
investigating the death of Miss Air
Hullings Jones, twenty-six years o.
whose body was taken from the Potu
mac river Monday afternoon. said tn.
afternoon that they were no neare
a solution of the drowning myster.
than they were the day the boo:
was taken from the water.
1t was definitely learned in Alex
andria today that Miss Jones actual
Iy came to this city the day she dis
appeared. and relatives fixed her dis
appearance as Friday, February 3.
three days before her body was
found. The police had previously
received conflicting reports as to the
date OF her disappearance.
Finding of q black suitcase hidden
By bushes on a lot near Virginia
avenue and 22d street where it was
woman, last Monday night, promised
to furnish a clue in the case. Chief
Goods of the Alexandria police force.
accompanied by a brother anu
brother law of Miss Jones. who
came here to inspect the suitcase
said it was not the one Miss Jones
carried from home when she left
ostensibly to visit friends in Cherry
dale. what she actually carried was
a black bag, her brother said.
Believe Woman Murdered.
Relatives of Miss Jones cling to the
belief that she was murdered. They
saw she was of a jovial disposition,
and not the kind of a person who
ordinarily would contemplate taking
her life. She had absolutely no
reason to end her life, they asserted.
a-,a
learned that two women, residents
of Alexandria, had come to this city
on the car with Miss Jones and had
conversed with her on the trip. Both
said Miss Jones left the train after
it reached this city.
1t was said at the morgue today that
the condition of the body when taken
from the river suggested it had been in
the river a much longer period than
from the time she left home until 1t
was taken from the water.
Where Miss Jones went after leav-
ing the electric car at Pennsyivania
avenue and 12th street has not been
learned, according to the police, and ef-
forts today are being made to trace her
movements Ordinarily person going
to Cherrydale from this city would
board a car at 36th and NJ streets, but
no person has been found by the police
to place her at that station
Cling TO MurQcT Iheorys
Friends of Miss Jones and the po-
lice have no reason to believe Miss
Jones ever boarded a car and started
on the last lap of her intended jour-
new to Cherrydale. The brother and
brother-in-law, who were at police
headquarters oday suggesed ha she
NAV have been given dope in medicine
by some person who wanted to get
"She never committed uicide." the
hrother declared. I'm sure she was
murdered. and believe the truth Will
The autopsy performer in the Dis
+rict morgue showed that thedeath OF
Miss Jones was caused by drowning.
and not by violence. No chemical
ANALYSIS Of the contents of the
stomach was made to determine IL
noison had been administered.
It has been suggested that such
an examination should be made, and
II was said in Alexandria this after
noon that the body may be exhumed
later for such an examination.
Funeral services for Miss Jones
were conducted in the chapel at
Wheatley's undertaking establish
ment at o'clock this afternoon.
Members of a Washington post of the
American Legion served as pail
bearers and interment was in Bethel
cemetery.