The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1923-04-06

Double Killing confronts New
York at Height Of Police
Drive on Crime.
InternationaI News Services.

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NEW YORK, April With
their throats sIashed the bodies Of
Mrs. Irene BIandino, eighteen
years old, Jersey City, ind Bessie
McMahon, twenty-five years old, Of
Utica, M. II, were found today on
j road in Staten Island, where they
had been tossed from an automo-
bile after their throats had been
cut with q butcher knife.
The weapon was picked up in a
field about 100 feet from the
scene.
All Exits Under Guard.
Despite the fact blood stains
were discovered further down the
road, the police are convinced the
two young women were slain some
place else and their bodies trans.
ported to the lonely spot in a
motor car.
At least two score detectives In
Staten Island are working on the
case and a general alarm has been
sent out to all ferries asking po
licenen to watch out for a blood
spIctched automobile and to ar
rest the occupants.
Mrs. BIandino was Identified by
means of cork left leg, a receipt
for which was found in her pocket.
In their pockets were found rolls
of five dollar bills, amounting to
$50.
The bodies were found by milk
man. They were warm when found
and 1t is believed they had not been
= no
fashionably clothed. were on oppo-
site sides of the road in clumps of
low bushes.
The place where the bodies were
found is an exclusive section, but
thinly settled, and is the rendezvous
of bootleggers and joyriders. Near.
by, a creek trickles its way to the
bay, affording just enough water
to float the small craft Of rum
smugglers.
Walter j. Donovan, the milkman
who found the bodies, was taking a
short cut back to his dairy about
daylight when he saw something at
the side of the road that arrested
his attention. Investigation re-
vealed girls body lying face up.
20 Detectives Probing Case.
Donovan looked around, and on
the other side of the road found the
body of the other girl, face down in
the grass. He leaped into his wagon
and drove as fast as he could to the
Stapleton police station, where he
reported the tragedy.
Acting Inspector Cornelius Cola.
hane sped to the scene in an auto
mobile, accompanied by a party of
at Ft~CV1 a
Captain of Detectives E. L. Won
WAGNER assumed charge of the
case He Immediately ordered every
exit from the island guarded. on the
theory that the murderers might
still be near, although they had
ample time to make their escape
after the gruesome killing.
The district attorney sent a repre-
sentative to the scene.
Donovan, while not under suspi.
cion, is held near the scene, so he
can be questioned from time to time.
The murders come right on the
heels of the police departments
Tightening up" to halt a so-called
"crime wave" that has swept New
York during the last ten days.
Find Marks of Auto.
Evidence of fresh marks from au-
tomobile tires and no signs of a
struggle at the scene of the finding
strengthen the police theory that the
young women were killed before
they were brought to the place.
Their hats were found several feet
from the bodies.
The nearest house to the spot
where the bodies were found is
400 yards. There are many places
within a radius of several miles
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