The Washington times., 1923-09-19
PHYSICIAN
PUT BACK
Be HIND
BARS
Wife Faints as He Is Hand
cuffed Police Seek His Assoc
.ciate as an Accessory.

BOSTON, Mass, Sept. To-.
William M. Robb, prominent Bos
ton surgeon, brother Of Justice
Charles H. Robb, Of the Circiit
Court Of Appeals at Washington.
arrested Friday IN connection with
the death Of Alice M. WoIschen-
dorf. the East Bridgewatsr
Mass. woman Identified as the
Typgsboro suitcase victim, is back
in East Cambridge jail after Inv
ing beer released 81 bond 81
10. As the result 81 action
Mfddlesex grand jury
which late yesterday ut 1 special
session indicted him Oh charges
of first-degree murder IN the
death Of Mrs. Wolschendorf.
Hunting for SWOpe.
AT the same session Of the grand
jury an Indictment was brought
charging DR.. Dalva n. Swope, OF
232 Perkins avenue, Brockton, with
being an accessory to the murder.
He also was arrested Friday.
charged with being an accessory
before the fact in an illegal opera
ton upon Mrs. Wolschendorf. DR.
SWope was released on bail and IS
now being sought on the murder
charge.
When State Detectives Ferrari
and Fleming reached the home Of
DIR. SWope just before midnight,
they learned he had left the city
in his automobile. The officers re-
ported his disappearance to Dis
trict Attorney Reading and were
ordered to hunt him and arrest him
on the indictment warrant AT 1
a. m. the Middlesex prosecutor re-
ceived telephone cali from James
w. Murdoch. attorney for Swope,
stating the physician would be
produced at East Cambridge court
today.
b Police Surround House.
That won't do Mr.. Reading re-
sponded. I'VE want him tonight
Daylight this morning found the
Swope home covered by detectives
while dozen other officers were
searching for the alleged accomhIices
of DIR. Robb.
Two startling developments in
the investigation of the suitcase
murder occurred yesterday.
The first was the finding Of
key in the home Of DIR. RObb at 353
Massachusetts avenue. This key
opens and locks one Of the suit
cases which were found floating i'm
the Merrimac river at TyngsbOr0 ON
September /, and which contained
portions of the body of Mrs. VOLS
chendOrf.
When the suitcase which this
key opens and locks was found, a
piece of red Irvine tangled from
the handle and was broken off as
though a key had been parted from
it. The prosecution c. Insiders this
a strong piece of evidence, as suit
cases used in DIR. Robbs car are
separately fitted with keys.
Statement BY Doctor.
A second development was the
statement of Mildred Wolschendorf
of Brockton, twenty-year- old daugh
ter of the suitcase victim. To
representative of The Washington
Times Miss Wolschendorf said:
''MOtIler visited me q week before
she went to Boston for treatment
and told me she had been to see
DIR. SwOpe, i'm BrOckton, for . con-
sultatiOn and that he suggested she
go to q private hospital in Kings
ton, where she would be under case
Of another doctor, who was very
close to him. rather thought
mother was going to Kingston and
was surprised when learned she
had gone to Boston"
The name of this physician car
not be disclosed for publication at
this time.
About the same time that the
grand Jury In Cambridge brought in
the murder indictment against DIR.
RObb. attachments were placed on
his bank account at the Massa-
chusetts Trust Company, this city,
by Deputy Sheriff Gallagher Of Suf-
folk county, in connection with q
snlt to be brought by Attorney
John B. WEIGH, representing George