The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1923-06-30
POLICE 0
WAIT a
HOURS
TEST
Doctors Seeking Traces Of
Drug or Disease FiIipino's
Widow and Friend Detained.

Not for at least twenty-four
hours viii the Washington police
be ready to make any further
move in the death Of Cleto NJ.
Abing, thirty-four- year-old Fill
Pine butler, and the detention Of
his wife, Mrs. Adeline Eunice
Abing, and his close friend, Vim
.cente A. Navarro. former George
Washington University medical
student.
Upon the findings Of . chemists
test tubes and an expert patholc-
gist's examinations VIII hang the
further holding or release Of che
woman, now ii the House Of De-
stesI, rid le Philippine frieIl
DIR. Herbert 4. Martyn. deputy
corner, performed an autopsy AZ
|tile ii1orglie this morning fOIlCW1ng
exhurnation Of Abiugis body yes
terday from a grave In Mt. Oliyet
Cemetery.
He removed the stomach and
viscera and after taking specimens
for pathological determination a.
to whether or not the dead man
was suffering from tuberculosis or
the intestines, turned over the re-
mainder to DR.. T. M. Price, Dis
trict chemist.
DR.. Price win test for poison
traces. He also viii attempt to
develop from tissue culture OF
tubercular bacilli. These tescs,
necessarily Of delicate and ex-
haustive nature, probably will show
no return at least before late to-
morrow.
TITS all dependent upon tests
now" said Inspector Of Detectives
Grant today. meanwhile. we shah
most certainly hold Mrs. Abing and
Navarro. If poison is discovered by
examination. we shall go further.
DIR. Martyr was loath to say any
thing in connection with the case
until announcements are forthcom-
ing from DIR. Price and the patho-
logist. The liver, kidneys. and heart
were in good shape, he said.
Was House Servant.
.Abing, house servant for Comdr.
C. D. Mayo, U. S. NJ, 1403 Thirtieth
street northwest, by dint Of careful
saving, had acquired title not only
to the house in which he died, 2225
New York avenue northwest, but
that next door, 2227, which he
rented out. He had other posses
sions beside, 1t is said. Two weeks
ago he was stricken with intense
abdominal pains. according to the
police. He died June %, having
been attended the last two days OF
his Illness by DR.. F. A. Hornaday.
While finding a condition sug-
costing tuberculosis of the in
testines, DR.. Hornaday declares he
urged Mrs. Abing to allow an
autopsy to be performed and that
she refused. Thereupon he issued
a certificate Of death from tubercu-
losis, the body was inferred, and
apparently the incident was closed.
/ But yesterday District Attorney
Peyton Gordon received a letter
voicing the suspicion that Abing did
not come to his end through natural
causes.
Body Is Exhumed.
The body was at once ordered
exhumed from Mt. Olivet Cemetery.
At 8 o'clock in the afternoon Mrs.
Abing and Navarro were placed
under arrest by Headquarters De-
tectives Scrivener and Kelly, taken
to the office Of Inspector of
Detectives Grant, and quizzed.
Then they were locked up without
bond.
The most significant points in
affairs prior to the death are these:
A week before the fatal illness.i
according to the police, Abing
caused to be drawn up will be-
queathing all his property to his
wife, despite the fact that the,
couple are said to have been the
parents of one child by birth and
another by adoption. At the same
time, investigators continue, Mrs.
Abing drew q similar instrument
in favor of her husband.
Abing enjoyed good health prior
to the attack of stomach trouble,
IL is affirmed. That he was viO-'
lently i'll after the onset OF the.
supposed malady is testified to by
neighbOrs, who saw him In his
front yard several times.
Held for Investigation.
The police records show Mrs.
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