The Washington times., 1922-09-05
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Alleged sIaying- sI&99sts s@prs
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Emphatically denyias h%s BE- had
anything to do with sI&a de4thnef
Harvey Cornell, whas5a.le6a56fs
mutilated body was shfouari
Sunday night in a dehss'SS@HGi6,
brush near the Cornai e6ome bsdi
Navy, Va, five mile4ofsetn sHst&a
don, Willard SkillmaHso tiine3ssps
years old, of HerndonsdWaLedsaeso
toned for two hour3 SSfl&day' y'rfSTa sSsi
Fairfax county authonties1sy be1b
Arrested in CIareRdofenoroo
Il was not near the q Si8sas an
Skillman cried. II baveRS been sfsd
there for over three wskrsuo1iea
could kill Mr.. Cornell?"yIeIsm
skillman was arrested; 3 asS;sDSt, ;xSSe
Clarendon. where he had s9nsJ Jnkyi6Hf
several days ago,taSoardiTsS
TO the story he related to the P0iiSSa
A technical charge of "Sedu9tt0t
was preferred against the %8Hfh. fem
Quarrel Is Alleged. sIsT Of
The seduction charge isTtshdfIEd
have grown out OF the intima1S
Skillman- is alleged TO have KaT
with Nellie Cornell, the dead man
pretty seventeen year old daughter
Cornell and Skillman are said Z"
have quarrelled on several occ1
sions when the father told th,'
youth he was tired of hearing tn"
boys in town talking about you
and my daughter"
Cornell feared for his life AMI
sought protection from Fairfa
county authorities two days befor
his death. go
For Gods sake gett the sherir
to come down here" corf-ll tol
Pete Dove, storekeeper at'Navy. w..
on Thursday. These men ha''
threatened ths t.s,,s !. to kill me Pudp kn"
Dove put In. hurry. caIi for. IT,,
sheriff. and Virgil Williams. dew.
uty sheriff. responded.
Told Hot ThreSfs.A\
Cornell told me these men were
walking about his place with shot
kill him." said Williams today. II
looked over his farm but saw no
one. There was nothing ! could do.
told Cornell that IL he found out
who the men were to cpme down
to the courthouse and swear out
warrants against them. ! promised p
him that would get the men IL
he'd do that"
Cornell told Sheriff williams he
would be down to get the warrants
Saturday morning. 1t was on Sat.
urday morning, according to Cor
oner W. !. Robey, that Cornell died.
I'M lkan-,hA.,aIa1 -I
horribly slashed, was found In
clump of bushes three hundred
yards from his home.
Murder Is Theory.
The authorities today are con.
Quoting their Investigation on the
theory that Cornell was, murdered.
although there is possibility that
the man killed himself. The cir.
cumstances surrounding the death
have puzzled Wilson Farr, Com.
monwealth attorney, and he Is
making a personal investigation Of
the mans death.
"I don't know what to think"
said Farr today. 1T looks like
suicide in one way and In another
way the suicide theory is all up
set. cannot conceive OF a man
cutting his stomach wide open in
an effort to kill himself"
Six knife wounds were found on
the body. They were made with a
razor, which was found z few feet .
from the body. Five Of lie wounds
ran across his stomach ,d looked
more like the marks rks Of a
pin than a knife. II ixth and
fatal wound was YER reaching
almost from his nee abdomen.
'In all my experid a cor.
oner I have never HI man
committing suicide man.
ner," said DR.. Robe! "He
died a horrible death, cash
as he made in his b did
so, would be fatal, bd ould
not come instantly. Iered
probably for ten or min
utes." D.
The razor found nesYst vbody
was Cornell's property Nellie NCor.
nell, seventeen.year-old daughter OF
the dead man, identified the razor
yesterday, There were signs OF a
scuffle, police said. Ae@
Cornell was particularly bitter
against the young boy, and d re-
ported TO have said time and again
that he would ret him. For several
DAYS Cornell is said to have gone
around with q shotgun.
Pete Dove. the storekeeper, said