The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1923-09-20
DOCTORS
IN SUITCASE
MYSTERY
Or. swope Held Without Bail
As Accessory Or. Robb's
Wife Sticks by Him.
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superior criminal court, East
Cambridge, for arraignment.
Lawyers Work All Night.
While Attorney John p. Feeney,
representing Or. Robb, and Attorney
James w. Murdoclr. Of Brockton,
representing Or. swope, worked
throughout the night and early
morning hours planning their pro-
cedJlre in court today, District At
i torney Arthur K. Reading was pre-
pairing to protect sthe county's inter-
4 est against anticipated motions that
i may be made in behalf Of these two
defendants.
! There are many questions OF law
to be brought up at this early stage.
The question Of jurisdiction; the
question Of sufficient warrant for q
first degree murder indictment
against the principal defendant, and
the ordinary motions for abatement
and quashing Of indictments.
SWOpe Charge q Surprise.
The prosecution sprang surprise
when It charged DIR. Swope. In q.
blanket indictment, with being an
accessory before and after the fact.
] This would seem to Indicate that the
Government believed the Brockton
| physician had something to do with
the Acknowledgement or the disposal
| of the body after death. When he
was arrested last week he was simply
charged with being an accessory be-
fore the fact TO an illegal opera tion
that resulted in q death.
A large crowd gathered at the
| courthouse yesterday in anticipation
of the surrender Of DIR. Swope, whom
the State police were unable to find.
Attorney Murdoch had telephoned
/ the district attorney that his ellen.
4 would surrender yesterday morning.
Il but IL was well after o'clock before
DIR. Swope. in company with At
torney Murdoch, arrived in the court
house yard In coupe.
/ Nattily Dressed.
# DR.. Swope, nattily dressed In q
light brown tOp-coat and light
thrown fedora hat. and decorated
with fresh purple aster in the
lapel Of his coat. readily posed for
the camera men. With hi6" attor-
lney. he then entered the district at
ltorney'g office. q half hour later
he appeared in court still wearing
his top-coat and boutonniere and
carrying the immaculate fedora in
his hand.
i District Attorney Reading. an
4 nounced to the court that DR..
Swope had surrendered on the
secret Indictment. and at hte for
mer's request. he was committed IN
custody of the sheriff without ball
until further order Of the court.
His arrangement was set for 2
1 - 10
Tor the arraignment Of DIR. Rohb.f
DR.. Swope was then taken to the
Jail across the street. where DR..
Robb had been confined since the
middle of the afternoon Of the pre-
lvious day.
/ At DIR. SwOpe's arraignment the
district attorney again announced
his desire to place both physicians
on trial the first Monday in Octo-
Der. Attorney Murdoch, like AttOr-
ney Feeney, appeared perfectly
agreeable to this almost unprece-
denied haste to try q man charged
with a first degree crime.
Third Doctor Involved.
A thrilling legal battle is certain
this afternoon. Attorney John p.
Feeney is going to attack the va
Robb on the ground that the iden-
Itification of the victim is uncertain,
that the nature of the crime has
not been established. and that the
Jurisdiction does not rest with q
MiddleSex county grand jury.
A third physician has become in
volved in the suitcase mystery.
Shortly after midnight 1t became
known that Mrs. Alice Wolschendorf.
whose disnennbered body was found
in the mystery suitcases, consulted
several physicians in Plymouth
county before her alleged visit to
DIR. Swope at Brockton and her
subsequent call on DIR. Robb at S53
Massachusetts, avenue.
District Attorney Reading Is quite
anxious to interview the physicians
who were consulted by Mrs. Wal
schendorf, as their testimony re-
garding her condition would prove
invaluable In placing the degree IF
the crime. The names Of two of
these doctors are in the hands or
the police.
Spots in RObb'S Car.
Another attempt to establish the
condition of Mrs. Wolschendorf's
health at the time of her alleged
| NASAk W LIZ 1AOOU VIII OS IIlo00C IV-
day by DR.. G. B. Magrath, of Suf-
folk county, and DR.. Marshall A.
AIhng, of Lowell.
District Attorney Reading plans
to leave no stone unturned In his
efforts to establish the manner in
which the suitcase victim met her
death. Experts will be called in
by the government to make q thor
ough investigation Of the Stutz car
owned by DR.. Robb, now in the
custody of Sheriff FaiEbairn at East
Cambridge. The rug In the ton
neau of the car will be sent to
Harvard or Tufts for examination
by blood specialists, as there are
several spots on the rugs which the
pokce believe may be human blood.
In the meantime, the State Off
GERS, working in cooperation with
the district attorney, are laboring
day and night in an attempt ia
gather more bits OF evidence TO
add to the chain they have pieced
together.
The energies of the State police
are especially conferred on an effort
to ascertain the exact place where
this woman, whom the State con.
tends Is Mrs. Alice A. Wolschen-
derf. OF East Bridgwater. met ner
death and where her body was
dismembered. Whether this oc-