The Washington times., 1923-10-02
~ Internatlsnai News service.

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NEW YORK, Oct. 2,Detec-
lives today gave way to doctors
in the investigation of the mys-
terious death Of Mrs. Gertrude e.
German Webb, forty-year-oId
bride of Charles Webb, Wall
Street broker, at the exclusive
Westchester Biltmore Country
Club, Rye, N. Y, week ago.
Pathological examination Of the
dead woman's viscera was, COM
pleted by DR.. Alexander G.. Gett-
Ter, toxicologist Of Bellevue Hos
pital, today. DR.. Gettler was to
make his final report to Coroner
Edward j. Fitzgerald of West
chester county.
Corrosive Poison Found.
DR.. Gettler found a corrosive min
eral poison in the kidney tissues.
Whether this poison was in guam
THY to cause death was not d.
vulged. may the manner in which
the poison, apparently bichloride
OF mercury substance, was admin
istered, which over-shadoWed other
phase Of the case today.
The findings Of DR.. GettIer. it
was learned, show that this min
eral substance was injected, as
It does not appear in the digestive
tract. This fact, with the finding
OF black and blue spots on Mrs.
Webb's body BY Dr. William j..
Meyer, attending physician at the
time Of death. heightened the mys-
terry In the case.
Expect 10 Clear Mystery.
Developments which win clear the
mystery OF Mrs. Webb's death were
expected during the day.
DIR. Meyer was to appear before
District Attorney Arthur Rowland at
White Plains and tell his story.
Dorothy Dayton and Anna Her
xog,. nurses who attended Mrs.
webb also appeared.
Others who will confer with Row.
land today are:
Judge John +. Mcintyre Of gem
eral session and his wife, lifelong
friends OF Mrs. Webb: Mrs. Robert
8. Johnston, wife Of former Cen
eral Sessions Judge Johnston N
whose arms Mrs. Webb died; irving
Burdick, attorney for Mrs. Webb;
DR.. Davenport West. a former
Webb's uncle.
Sensation Promised.
A wide difference of opinion
existed between officials and
physicians in the directions OF the
case.
.'This viii prove more sensational
than the Ward case, Coroner
Fitzgerald said.
Il don't see anything to it-noth-
ing to get excited about now, g
least" District Attorney Rowland
stated.
II was suspicious OF the cause cf
Mrs. Webb's death. My fears being
aroused by the things she told me
on her death bed, /" Judge Mcintyre
said.
watched Like Hawk.
"I watched Mrs. Webb die--we.
her friends watched like hawks,
Mrs. Johnston stated. IT talked to
various people, and was told many,
many things-things enough to
hang someone.
Il would not sign death eertifi-
cate because I did not believe Mrs.
Webb's death natural" DIR. Meyer
told the coroner.
my wife died OF natural causes,
of that / am sure" Webb declared.
II have assigned two detectives
to the case, and they will continue
their investigation Capt. Arthur
Carey. head OF the New York honni-
eide squad said today.
Regardless OF the criminal pro-
ceedings, will contest was made
certain today when Attorney Burd.
ick was to file for probate a will
made by Mrs. Webb in 1921-just
before her marriage. This will
leaves her estate of $4,000 900 to
friends and charity.
A will filed for probate by her
husband yesterday consisted of
twenty lines and gave him her en-
tire property. This will was writ
ten and signed while Mrs. Webb
was i'll.